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Murton hot in Colorado Springs

By Kevin Goldstein
Baseball Prospectus

Monday, June 22, 2009

Not really a prospect, but sure is hot Matt Murton, OF, Rockies (Triple-A Colorado Springs) Sunday's stats: 2-for-4, 2B, HR (9), 2 R, 3 RBI, K Murton has certainly been around the block. A supplemental first-round pick by the Red Sox in 2003, he was traded to the Cubs as part of the complicated Nomar Garciaparra deal in 2004, then held down a big league job for a while before he stopped hitting. He was more of a throw-in than anything else in last year's Rich Harden trade, and then the A's ...

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