Take a good look at this flying Italian Stallion because he is next on the laundry list of Red Sox shortstops as the team today announced the signing of free agent SS-2B-3B Marco Scutaro to a two-year deal with an option for a third, according to reports.

Let us all now bow our heads in prayer and thank our respective divinities that Dusty isn't moving over to shortstop. I'm not saying he couldn't do it; he can literally do anything and if you say differently he'd probably slap you in the face and then do it. I'm just saying he's a Gold Glove second baseman and that's where he belongs, so better not to mess with a good thing.

Scutaro had career highs in almost every offensive category last year,hitting .282 with 12 bombs and 60 RBI. He also never strikes out (75whiffs last year), gets on base a lot (.379 OBP), and scored 100 runs in '09. To put itin Red Sox terms, he struck out 50 less times than Kevin Youkilis lastyear in 83 more at-bats. That's legit.

You might be wondering why I'm not pissed the Red Sox signed another stop gap aging shortstop with debatable success at the big league level. Well, that's because we're only paying him 6 mil a year. So, to put it in perspective, Scutaro's being paid the same money that Rocco Baldelli's underachieving ass made last year. Plus it's only a two-year deal, so if he does regress and approach his career averages (which are considerably worse than last year's career year), we can just go another direction. All in all, it sounds like another low-risk, high-reward signing by Theo Epstein.

So at least we Sox fans don't have to worry about the revolving door at shortstop for the next two years. I just hope someone lets Scutaro know that those chants coming from the Fenway Faithful are actually SCUUUUT and not BOOOOOO.