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Matt Murton

Colorado Rockies

1981/10/03 27

6-1 220

Fort Lauderdale, FL

R / R

4

the Boston Red Sox in 2003 (1st round)

Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG
2009 Rockies 16 36 7 10 5 0 1 4 3 6 1 0 .278 .333 .500

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Scouting Report

Assets
  • Boasts decent plate discipline and developing power, not to mention decent speed on the bases. Hits especially well against lefties.
Flaws
  • Has the strength to hit the ball out of the park more often, but struggles in that department. On defense, he doesn't have much of an outfield arm.
Career Potential
  • A quality platoon or fourth outfielder.

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Transactions/Injuries/Suspensions

April 29, 2009 Recalled from Colorado Springs (AAA).
March 30, 2009 Optioned to Colorado Springs (AAA).
March 4, 2009 Re-signed by the Colorado Rockies to a one-year contract.
February 4, 2009 Acquired from the Oakland Athletics.
July 27, 2008 Optioned to Sacramento (AAA).
July 11, 2008 Recalled from Sacramento (AAA).
July 8, 2008 Optioned to Sacramento (AAA).
June 17, 2008 Recalled from Iowa (AAA).
May 1, 2008 Optioned to Iowa (AAA).
April 19, 2008 Recalled from Iowa (AAA).
March 30, 2008 Optioned to Iowa (AAA).
July 27, 2007 Recalled from Iowa (AAA).
June 13, 2007 Optioned to Iowa (AAA).
June 4, 2007 Missed 2 games (back injury).
June 2, 2007 Back injury, day-to-day.
April 30, 2007 Missed 1 game (back injury).
April 28, 2007 Back injury, day-to-day.
March 5, 2007 Re-signed by the Chicago Cubs to a one-year contract.
March 3, 2006 Re-signed by the Chicago Cubs to a one-year contract.
August 30, 2005 Recalled from Iowa (AAA).
August 19, 2005 Optioned to Iowa (AAA).
July 7, 2005 Contract purchased from Iowa (AAA).
July 8, 2003 Signed by the Boston Red Sox.

Trades

February 4, 2009 Oakland Athletics traded Matt Murton to the Colorado Rockies for Corey Wimberly.
July 8, 2008 Oakland Athletics traded Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin to the Chicago Cubs for Sean Gallagher, Matt Murton, Eric Patterson and Josh Donaldson.
July 31, 2004 In a four-team trade, the Chicago Cubs traded Alex S. Gonzalez, Brendan Harris and Francis Beltran to the Montreal Expos and Justin Jones to the Minnesota Twins; The Red Sox traded Nomar Garciaparra and Matt Murton to the Chicago Cubs; The Montreal Expos traded Orlando Cabrera to the Boston Red Sox; The Minnesota Twins traded Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox.
June 3, 2003 Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the supplemental round (32nd overall) in 2003.

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