What GMs might see in B.J. Upton
By ROB SHORE
Sports Writer
This column should be read while listening to “Sweet Lips” by Scatman Crothers (running time: 2 minutes, 20 seconds).
• Different observers see different things where former Tampa Bay Ray and current free agent B.J. Upton is concerned. But his specific skillset — good glove, blossoming power, so-so contact rate — makes one wonder if he could be Curtis Granderson all over again (i.e. after his Yankee rejuvenation).