The Athletics had pretty much decided that Donnie Murphy would be their primary utility guy heading into 2008. That left Marco Scutaro without a job and while they looked to be set to non-tender him, they were actually able to find a trading partner. They dealt Scutaro to the Blue Jays for minor league pitchers Graham Godfrey and Kristian Bell. Neither looks to be a potential star but the alternative would have been to just give him up for nothing. Had they kept Scutaro, he probably would have made upwards of $2 million a year from arbitration.
