The Red Sox have shipped Marco Scutaro to Colorado
The Boston Red Sox have completed a trade that sent shortstop Marco Scutaro to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Clayton Mortensen. Mortensen has been a bit of a journeyman in his 4 years in the majors, as he was originally drafted by St. Louis, who sent him to Oakland as part of their deal for Matt Holliday. Oakland subsequently shipped him to Colorado for a minor-leaguer, and now Mortensen lands in Boston. Last year, Mortensen went 2-4 with a 3.86 ERA in his 16 appearances, 6 of which were starts.
Scutaro is known as a defensive specialist and filled a need the Red Sox had at shortstop, but Boston’s focus has now turned to freeing up cash to pursue a big-named free agent , such as Roy Osawlt. That, in addition to the fact that the Sox have several viable options at shortstop, including Mike Aviles, Nick Punto and young defensive phenom Jose Iglesias already on the depth chart, left Scutaro as the odd-ma...
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