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Josh Rutledge is an infielder who is currently a free agent. He has played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox. Rutledge won a state championship in high school before playing college baseball for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. Then, after a short stint in the minor leagues, he made his MLB debut for the Rockies in 2012.
Rutledge enrolled at the University of Alabama and played shortstop for the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team. In 2008, as a freshman, he started 61 games and led the team in batting average (.369), hits (99), runs scored (62), and stolen bases (16). He became the second freshman to ever lead the team in hitting. From March 26th to May 10, he had a 28-game hitting streak, the third-longest in school history. In 30 SEC games, he batted .406, and his 56 hits led the league. The following season, Rutledge batted .305 with five home runs and 44 RBIs. He was named to the All-SEC first team.
The Colorado Rockies selected Rutledge in the third round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft, and he signed with the team on June 25th. That season, he played 11 games for the Northwest League’s Tri-City Dust Devils. The following season, he played for the Modesto Nuts of the California League. He batted .348 with 9 home runs and 71 RBI and was named the league’s player of the week twice. Rutledge was then moved up to the Tulsa Drillers of the Class AA Texas League in 2012. He hit .308 with 13 home runs and 35 RBI.
Rutledge was called up to the major league Rockies in 2012 to play shortstop while Troy Tulowitzki was injured. Rutledge made his MLB debut on July 13th. In his first 145 at bats, he batted .345 with 24 extra base hits. Towards the end of the season, he injured his quadriceps and batted .197 in September. He finished his first major league season with a .274 batting average, 8 home runs, and 37 RBI. A natural shortstop, Rutledge began playing other infield positions in 2014.
On December 11th, 2014, the Rockies traded Rutledge to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for Jairo Díaz. Rutledge spent half of the season in Triple-A with the Salt Lake City Bees, hitting .286 with 6 home runs and 34 RBI in 81 games before being traded to the Boston Red Sox in July 2015. On July 27th, 2015, the Angels traded Rutledge to the Boston Red Sox for Shane Victorino and $3.8M in cash considerations. He was designated for assignment on November 30th. The Red Sox selected his contract from Triple-A Pawtucket in April 2016 after an injury to Pablo Sandoval. Rutledge injured his knee in June and was placed on the 15-day disabled list. On July 14, the team moved Rutledge to the 60-day DL.
On November 4th, 2016, Rutledge elected free agency after declining an outright assignment to Triple-A. He signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies on November 23rd. On December 8th, 2016, the Red Sox selected Rutledge from the Rockies with the 26th pick of the Rule 5 draft. From 2015-2017, Rutledge played in 104 games and collected 58 hits and hit .252 with the Red Sox.
The featured size 10.5 black, white and gray under armour cleats were game worn by Josh Rutledge as a member of the Boston Red Sox. The versatile infielder has signed the cleats and added “Game Worn” in silver. His #32 is faintly written in black on the size tag inside each tongue. The cleats show good use!!!
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