Red Sox trade infielder to Braves eight days after acquiring him originally appeared in NBC Sports Boston
Zack Short is about to join his third team in less than two weeks.
The Boston Red Sox traded 28-year-old infielder to Atlanta Braves on Thursday in exchange for cash considerations. The transaction only takes place Eight days after the Red Sox acquired Short from the New York Mets on May 1st, also in exchange for cash consideration.
Short appeared in a total of two games for Boston – a May 2 loss to the San Francisco Giants and a May 5 win over the Minnesota Twins – and went 0 for 7 with four strikeouts. The Red Sox assigned him to a mission Wednesday by reinstating infielder Romy Gonzalez from the injured list in a corresponding move.
Short, a lifetime .169 hitter who spent the previous three seasons with the Detroit Tigers, wasn’t expected to make much of an impact in Boston. But his abrupt departure is the latest example of new chief baseball officer Craig Breslow have a short leash on players who are not performing.
After Triston Casas suffered a rib injury, for example, the team gave Bobby Dalbec the opportunity to start at first base in his place. But after just nine struggling Dalbec games, Breslow took action, demoting Dalbec to the minors and inking deals for veteran first basemen Garrett Cooper and Dominic Smith.
Now, Short is out after just two games with Boston, joining a Braves team that just beat the Red Sox in a two-game series in Atlanta.
