Justin Upton is no doubt a talent, and now that talent will be staying in Arizona for quite awhile. He will be making a pretty penny too. Upton signed on Wednesday with the Diamondbacks for $51.25 million over six years. Age 22, Upton had a historical year last year, as he had a batting average of .300, 26 home runs and 86 RBI's. Just the sixth time in the last five years.
Upton has been dubbed the future of the Diamondbacks franchise and now with this deal he is set to be there through 2015. Having had enough pressure on him before the deal, having had his brother BJ selected number two in the draft, and then to be chosen number one by Arizona in 2005, Justin has no fear of the future, and really neither should Arizona. Especially with his confidence:
I want to be great, that's the thing. If you want to be great, then you set your
goals higher.
He is coming off an all star season, has all the tools to be a great player, and is humble. He is the guy that Arizona wanted, and now has for years to come:
We view him as a core player, one of our key pieces, and as we view the
next six years the kind of guy we want to build around.
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