The Red Sox have traded 28-year old righty reliever Manny Delcarmen to the Rockies for 21-year old lefty starting pitcher Chris Balcolm-Miller. Delcarmen pitched in 48 games (0 starts) for the Red Sox this year and he is 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP. He walked 28 batters in only 44 innings for the Red Sox this year which was likely the final straw. Delcarmen pitched in 289 games (0 starts) in his six years with the Red Sox and he was 11-6 with 3 saves, a 3.89 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. Balcolm-Miller has started 19 games in A-ball this year and he is 6-7 with a 3.31 ERA and a 0.98 WHIP. He has only given up 86 hits while whiffing 117 batters in only 108 2/3 innings in the minors so far this year which shows you what kind of stuff he has. The most impressive number for Balcolm-Miller this year is the fact that he has only walked 20 batters this year. I really like this trade for the Red Sox as Manny Delcarmen just wasn’t getting the job done anymore.