After so much speculation regarding Justin Upton, team owner Ken Kendrick said there is a 90 percent chance the All-Star outfielder will be staying in the Arizona Diamondbacks' organization.
Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays fans, don't even think about getting your hopes up about acquiring Upton. He's placed you guys on his no-trade clause.
The Mariners have been mentioned to being players in picking up outfield talent, but they might have to keep their focus on Nick Swisher.
The Blue Jays, who are seemingly grabbing everybody, do not have a chance unless they could somehow convince Upton to join their team.
Trade rumors in relation to Upton have been flying since the 2012 deadline back in July and once again resurfaced at the end of the season.
Kendrick said he "thinks there's a very high likelihood Justin will be in our starting outfield" at the beginning of 2013.
As the Diamondbacks are searching for a new shortstop, they lost hope in a possible trade with the Texas Rangers after they were told at the general managers meeting that they wouldn't add Jurickson Profar, their prospect, nor Elvis Andrus.
According to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, talks with the Tampa Bay Rays also didn't go anywhere since they didn't possess an MLB ready talent at short and let's not even talk about how much Upton's contract is worth.
It is just under $40 million for the next two seasons. The Oakland Athletics aren't the only team that produces great baseball teams on a budget, the Rays has produced some serious talent from their farm system. They place great young players on the field, they win and they save money this way.
Upton is a young player, but his talent has earned him a nice payday, which a lot of teams are hesitant about trading for, especially if the D'Backs are asking for a highly touted talent at short.
