The Red Sox have acquired 26-year old righty reliever/starter Clayton Mortensen from the Colorado Rockies for 36-year old righty swining shortstop Marco Scutaro. Mortensen pitched in 16 games (6 starts) for the Rockies last year and he was 2-4 with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. He has now pitched in 24 games (3 starts) in his first three years in the majors and he is 4-8 with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP. Mortensen could compete for a rotation or bullpen spot this spring depending on the Red Sox’ need this spring. Marco Scutaro played in 113 games for the Red Sox last year and he was 118 of 395 (.299 avg, .781 OPS) with 59 runs scored, 7 homers, 54 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. He played in 263 games in his two years with the Red Sox and he was 292 of 1,027 (.284 avg, .744 OPS) with 151 runs scored, 18 homers, 110 RBIs and 9 stolen bases. The Red Sox will likely replace Scutaro at SS with a platoon of Mike Aviles (vs. lefty starting pitchers) and Nick Punto (vs. righty starting pitchers).