Yesterday, the Boston Red Sox traded Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies for Clayton Mortensen. If you haven’t heard of Mortensen, don’t feel bad. He likely won’t be a part of the Red Sox plans this year anyway. For many in the industry this was a curious move for the Red Sox, but the deal will make a lot more sense when we find out what they are doing to follow it up. First, let’s take a look at what each team was thinking.
Colorado Rockies
For the Rockies this was simple. They get a regular second baseman in exchange for a fringe arm. Mortensen does have options left, so he could have played in Colorado Springs and waited for a turn at the rotation, but having someone to man second was a lot more important. The move almost completes their work for the postseason and they only have a hole at third and that holes has potential plugs.
Scutaro used to be a second baseman before moving to shortstop back in 2009. He was an average shortstop defensively, so ther...
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