HBT: Mets had serious interest in J. Upton

In the middle of this John Harper column lamenting the state of the Mets outfield, we learn what the Mets were trying to do to improve it:

Alderson wouldn?t go into details, but from all indications there was a time in mid-to-late January when he felt strongly that he was going to land either?Justin Upton?or?Michael Bourn.?At that time, according to a club source, the Mets were discussing the possibility of trading Daniel Murphy or even Ruben Tejada, along with some of their younger pitching prospects, to the Diamondbacks for Upton.

In form that was like the Braves? trade for Upton ? major league infielder + pitching prospects for Upton ? but neither Murphy nor Tejada is as good as Martin Prado. Without naming the pitching prospects it?s hard to gauge whether they match up to Randall Delgado. And completely out of the equation is how much grit the these guys have, given the Diamondbacks? grit fetish.

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Source: http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/25/the-mets-were-seriously-in-on-justin-upton/related/

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