Melvin Upton Expected To Start Rehab Assignment

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Updated: May 15, 2015

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According to Corey Brock of MLB.com San Diego Padres outfielder Melvin Upton is expected to start his rehab assignment this weekend.

Sounds like #Padres OF Melvin Upton will start his MiLB rehab assignment this weekend with @epchihuahuas

— Corey Brock (@FollowThePadres) May 14, 2015

Upton is the brother of Padres’ slugger Justin Upton has been out with a toe injury. He was acquired in a blockbuster deal that landed closer Craig Kimbrel.

Melvin had spent most of his career with the Tampa Bay Rays went to Atlanta in 2013. He spent two years there and did not mind the success that anyone was hoping for.

Below is Upton’s career stats.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2004	19	TBD	AL	45	177	159	19	41	8	2	4	12	4	1	15	46	.258	.324	.409	.733	93	65	1	1	1	1	0	6D5/7

2006	21	TBD	AL	50	189	175	20	43	5	0	1	10	11	3	13	40	.246	.302	.291	.593	56	51	1	1	0	0	0	5
2007	22	TBD	AL	129	548	474	86	142	25	1	24	82	22	8	65	154	.300	.386	.508	.894	136	241	14	4	1	4	4	84/D
2008	23	TBR	AL	145	640	531	85	145	37	2	9	67	44	16	97	134	.273	.383	.401	.784	108	213	13	2	3	7	4	*8/D
2009	24	TBR	AL	144	626	560	79	135	33	4	11	55	42	14	57	152	.241	.313	.373	.686	82	209	7	3	3	3	0	*8
2010	25	TBR	AL	154	610	536	89	127	38	4	18	62	42	9	67	164	.237	.322	.424	.745	106	227	13	2	1	4	1	*8
2011	26	TBR	AL	153	640	560	82	136	27	4	23	81	36	12	71	161	.243	.331	.429	.759	114	240	16	4	2	3	4	*8
2012	27	TBR	AL	146	633	573	79	141	29	3	28	78	31	6	45	169	.246	.298	.454	.752	108	260	13	1	4	8	0	*8/D
2013	28	ATL	NL	126	446	391	30	72	14	0	9	26	12	5	44	151	.184	.268	.289	.557	54	113	7	3	1	6	2	*8
2014	29	ATL	NL	141	582	519	67	108	19	5	12	35	20	7	57	173	.208	.287	.333	.620	73	173	6	1	3	2	5	*8
10 Yrs				1233	5091	4478	636	1090	235	25	139	508	264	81	531	1344	.243	.324	.400	.724	97	1792	91	22	19	38	20
162 Game Avg.				162	669	588	84	143	31	3	18	67	35	11	70	177	.243	.324	.400	.724	97	235	12	3	2	5	3

TBR (8 yrs)				966	4063	3568	539	910	202	20	118	447	232	69	430	1020	.255	.336	.422	.758	105	1506	78	18	15	30	13
ATL (2 yrs)				267	1028	910	97	180	33	5	21	61	32	12	101	324	.198	.279	.314	.593	65	286	13	4	4	8	7

AL (8 yrs)				966	4063	3568	539	910	202	20	118	447	232	69	430	1020	.255	.336	.422	.758	105	1506	78	18	15	30	13
NL (2 yrs)				267	1028	910	97	180	33	5	21	61	32	12	101	324	.198	.279	.314	.593	65	286	13	4	4	8	7

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com:
Generated 5/14/2015.

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