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# REPORT: Upton Is Outta Here
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/report-upton-outta/
- Published: 2017-08-31T15:06:28.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:50:00.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

Justin Upton is a Detroit Tiger no more, reports Ken Rosenthal, who is usually a very reliable source when it comes to baseball news.

> Sources: [#Angels](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angels?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) close to acquiring Justin Upton from [#Tigers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tigers?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com).
> 
> — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken\_Rosenthal) [August 31, 2017](https://twitter.com/Ken%5FRosenthal/status/903319298466353152?ref=dailydetroit.com)

In a season and a half with the Tigers, Upton hit 59 home runs. Another report says that the Tigers will get pitcher Grayson Long as well as send the Angels a large chunk of cash to offload the contract.

The next home run the 30 year old Upton hits would be the 250th for his career.

> [#Tigers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tigers?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) will get pitcher Grayson Long from [#Angels](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angels?src=hash&ref=dailydetroit.com) in the Justin Upton trade.
> 
> — Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) [August 31, 2017](https://twitter.com/jcrasnick/status/903322862232227841?ref=dailydetroit.com)

For the deal to complete, Upton needs to clear medicals.

**[According to the Los Angeles Times](http://www.latimes.com/sports/angels/la-sp-angels-justin-upton-20170831-story.html?ref=dailydetroit.com)**, Upton is due $22.125 million in each of the next four seasons, and about $3.5 million for the rest of this season. His contract lasts through 2021.

Trade talks started to heat up once it became clear that the **[Detroit Tigers have given up on the 2017 season](http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/08/30/2017-detroit-tigers-stink/618844001/?ref=dailydetroit.com)** and are now in rebuilding mode.

Also, this meme is no longer true:

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