Red Sox deal reliever Manny Delcarmen to Rockies

The Red Sox have traded relief pitcher Manny Delcarmen to the Rockies for Single-A pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller. Delcarmen was 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA in 48 relief appearances this season. 

The Rockies are in dire need of some pitching and will benefit more from Delcarmen than the Red Sox will down the stretch. The Rockies also picked up veteran Luis Ayala on a minor league deal last week.

"Manny wasn't necessarily pitching in the highest leverage situations with us anymore," Boston general manager Theo Epstein said. "We had a couple of guys that passed him on the depth chart." 

The Red Sox receive a decent prospect from the Rockies in Balcom-Miller, 21. He will be assigned to Single-A for the remainder of the year. So far this season, Balcom-Miller owns a 3.31 ERA, 117 strike outs, and 19 walks in 19 starts.

Since being drafted in 2009, he is 10-7 with a 2.72 ERA. It'd be nice to see him start the year in Double-A and maybe see him in Triple-A if he can perform well.