Chris Cwik: Reports have the Diamondbacks trading outfielder Justin Upton to the Braves for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado and prospects Nick Ahmed, Zeke Spruill and Brandon Drury. While the deal, awaiting the passing of a pending physical, probably won't be official until Monday.

What do you make of the deal? Were the Diamondbacks wise to get rid of Upton? Did they get enough in return?

R.J. White: Were they wise to get rid of Upton? Probably not. The only players younger than Upton to finish in the top-10 of the MVP voting the last two years were Angels outfielder Mike Trout and Braves closer Craig Kimbrel. Guys that good and that young just don't get traded, especially when the money and time left on their remaining contracts are comparable to mid-tier free-agent signees. He's a former No. 1 overall pick who has actually lived up to that lofty status -- and the Diamondbacks traded him with three years left on an affordable deal? At 25 years old, Upton is the kind of cornerstone player you build around, not somebody you move to clear playing time for Adam Eaton or Gerardo Parra.

Prado is a relatively young player at 29 who does virtually everything well. He's not a superstar in any one facet of the game, but give me eight Prados and I'll take a team to the playoffs. However, he's a free agent after this year, one who's probably due for a nice, long-term deal. Will the Diamondbacks give him that? They'd better, or the fan base is going to be livid.

Delgado battled control issues all through the upper levels of the minors and they've followed him to the majors, so the Arizona staff probably has some work to do before we can deem Delgado a rotational mainstay for the next four or five years. The other three prospects are good, but I wouldn't cast them as key pieces of a deal for a player of Upton's pedigree if I were looking to move him.

Chris Cwik: I think you nailed it by mentioning Prado is only under contract for one season. The team has already hinted that they'll try to lock him in to a long-term deal, but what if he's more interested in testing the market next offseason? Does this mean the Diamondbacks think they can compete this year? I don't see it. The team was much better off with Upton, Chris Young and Trevor Bauer. I understand if Kirk Gibson wants to revamp the clubhouse, but getting rid of potential stars in Upton and Bauer is not the way to do it. And what does that say about him as a manager if he can't reach those guys? I understand that some players are difficult to work with, but none of those three players are regarded as bad guys. A manager's job outside of the games is to manage his club's personalities properly. I don't see that at all with the Diamondbacks. I really feel like they botched this deal.

Jack Moore: It isn't difficult for me to see this deal working out well for Arizona in the very near term. The Diamondbacks had a glut of outfielders and a hole at third base. I think chances are going from Chris Johnson and Eric Chavez to Martin Prado is a bigger jump than downgrading from Justin Upton to Adam Eaton (as well as opening platoon at-bats for Gerardo Parra). The Diamondbacks should be competitive in the NL West -- San Francisco has lineup issues (as usual) and the Dodgers have plenty of question marks despite the huge payroll.

For me, the issue for Arizona is all in the long-term. The easiest way to sustain a winning team is by consolidating a lot of talent into a few roster spots; it gives you the freedom to make moves or bring in more talent from the minor leagues and improve the team in great ways without having to make a ton of moves. Having guys like Justin Upton in the talent base makes it much easier than having to rely on eight or so players to form a core like the Diamondbacks now have to do. They need all of Ian Kennedy, Martin Prado, Jason Kubel, Adam Eaton, Paul Goldschmidt, Aaron Hill and Miguel Montero to maintain their production to stay at a high level, and it doesn't take much of a drop-off from any of these guys before they're washed up. This is the value of star power -- even in down years, they can produce. And Upton did in 2012 -- he had a 107 OPS+ and stole 18 bases, which is a solid season for most players. That kind of talent can be replaced in the short term. Doing so in the long term is a much tougher proposition.

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