PT TODAY: Giants add Upton to OF mix
Apr 9 2017
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| National League | American League | |
| Giants | San Francisco adding Melvin Upton | |
| Free-agent OF Melvin Upton Jr. (Blue Jays) will sign a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants and is expected to report to Class AAA Sacramento, according to a source. Source: MLB.com - Mark Feinsand | |
| BHQ take: The well-traveled Upton finds himself back in the NL West, where he wore a Padres uniform in 2015 and a good chunk of the 2016 season before being acquired by the Blue Jays. His TOR performance was shoddy, hitting .196 with a 66% ct%—but even so, Upton earned his fourth 20-20 season, clubbing and swiping his highest totals (20 and 27,... |
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