The Rockies have acquired shortstop Reid Brignac from the Rays for cash and a player to be named later, the club announced Thursday.

Brignac, 27, went 2 for 21 (.095) in 21 at-bats for the Rays in 2012. Over a five-year career, Brignac has a .227/.268/.317 (68 OPS+) batting line. 

The Rays drafted Brignac in the second round of the 2004 draft and he shot up farm system rankings. He was Baseball America's 17th-ranked prospect before the 2007 season and remained in the top 80 for the next three seasons. His best minor league season came as a 20-year-old in 2006, when he hit .321/.376/.539 in 128 games betweein High-A and Double-A.

Although he's become one of the game's better defensive shortstops, his bat never developed the way his early minor league performance suggested it would.

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