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Rockies Acquire Clayton Mortensen

By Mike Axisa | January 24, 2011 at 6:08pm CDT

The Rockies have acquired Clayton Mortensen from the Athletics for minor league righty Ethan Hollingsworth according to the team's Twitter feed. Troy Renck of The Denver Post says that Colorado has also designated right-hander Samuel Deduno for assignment (Twitter link).

Mortensen was designated for assignment last week to create room on the 40-man roster for Grant Balfour. The 2007 supplemental first round pick has appeared in eight big league games over the course of the past two campaigns. He has posted a 7.12 ERA with 20 strikeouts and 15 walks in 26 2/3 innings for the A's and Cardinals in his big league career. The 25-year-old has a 4.29 ERA with 6.9 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 as a minor leaguer.

Hollingsworth was Colorado's fourth round pick in 2008. He owns a 4.33 ERA with impressive peripheral stats (8.4 K/9, 2.1 BB/9) in 376 minor league innings. Baseball America did not rank him as one of the team's top 30 prospects in the 2010 edition of their Prospect Handbook. Deduno, however, was ranked as the Rockies' 11th best prospect before last season. The 27-year-old has battled elbow issues in recent years, throwing just 47 innings (3.83 ERA) in 2010.

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9 Comments

  1. -C

    15 years ago

    Championship!!

    -C

    Reply
  2. thekoshow

    15 years ago

    Would have been a much better deal had it been Clayton Kershaw.

    Reply
    • Justin J. Bartz

      15 years ago

      Or even the ghost of Royce Clayton.

      Reply
  3. BobbyJohn

    15 years ago

    I don’t see any reason to value Mortensen higher than Deduno. This move makes zero sense to me.

    Reply
  4. Pete

    15 years ago

    So the Rockies traded the future Clay Mortensen for the present one?

    Reply
  5. achilles111

    15 years ago

    williams is probably the blackest last name i have ever heard haha

    Reply
  6. rxbrgr

    15 years ago

    Hmmm. The Rockies appear to have a penchant for the backwoodsy Idaho folk. They’ve acquired the only two MLB players who are from Rexburg, Idaho.

    Reply
  7. George C. Costanza

    15 years ago

    He’s a sinkerball pitcher. Rockies play a mile high. Get it now?

    Reply

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