As the August 31 trade deadline approached, #Rockies Twitter was again waiting for the front office to act. Only a half game out of first place, the Rockies had been on a West Coast road trip that was only slightly better than disastrous, including a painful 3-2 extra-innings loss to the Padres on Thursday. Surely, after largely sitting out the July 31 trade deadline, the Rockies would act and add a lefty reliever or a right-handed bat. Other teams were aggressively shoring up their rosters, the thinking went, so the Rockies should as well.
Why did the Rockies trade for Drew Butera?
