Red Sox acquire infielder Zack Short in trade with Mets
Short played college baseball at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
The Red Sox announced another trade on Wednesday, acquiring infielder Zack Short from the Mets for cash considerations. It’s already the fourth trade that chief baseball officer Craig Breslow has completed since the start of the 2024 season.
The team disclosed that with the completion of the deal, Boston’s 40-man roster is full.
Short, 28, has played in 187 games in his major league career. He has a career batting average of .172 with 13 home runs and 55 RBIs, most recently appearing in a game on April 21 before being designated for assignment by New York several days later on the 26th.
Now in his fourth MLB season, Short was originally drafted by the Cubs in the 17th round in 2016. He was then traded to the Tigers in 2020 for Cameron Maybin. The Mets claimed him off waivers in Nov. 2023.
With Trevor Story out for the season after shoulder surgery, and third baseman Rafael Devers dealing with ongoing injury issues, Boston will utilize Short in a periodic utility role, as he has experience playing second base, shortstop, and third base.
Short, a New York native, played college baseball for Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. There, he overlapped with former Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine (then the school’s athletic director), forming a connection that’s continued into his professional career.
“He was great to me throughout my draft process,” Short said of Valentine to New York Post reporter Mike Puma earlier in 2024. “I actually saw him in Los Angeles last year. We were getting ready to take our pregame ground balls and all I heard was ‘Shorty!’ I was like, ‘I don’t think anyone in LA knows me,’ and I turn around and there is Bobby V smiling ear-to-ear as he always did.”
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