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The M's have got to have a RH hitter somewhere in the middle of the lineup. Upton is young with a reasonable contract and signed for five years. He's not a dead pull hitter, so Safeco wouldn't Beltre him.
I think Towers will not get what he is asking for but it's going to take a lot. Pineda + Gutz + Lueke plus some pieces and parts. Hot, Grade A pitching phenom + established gold glove OF'r whose bat profiles better in AZ + hot, cheap young closer in waiting. Throw in Aardsma and Towers probably has four guys on his 25 man roster for 2011.
I wouldn't trade Ackley or Smoak in a package for him. Keep those two and add Upton and you've got your #2/3/4 hitters for the next five years locked in. We haven't seen that kind of firepower in the lineup in quite a while.