Eric Hinske to the Yankees

IATA · Jun 30, 2009

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NEW YORK -- Former AL Rookie of the Year Eric Hinske was acquired by the New York Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday for a pair of minor leaguers.

Pittsburgh will receive right-hander Casey Erickson and outfielder Eric Fryer for the utilityman. In addition, the Pirates will give the Yankees cash.

The 31-year-old Hinske hit .255 in 106 at-bats this season with nine doubles, one homer and 11 RBIs, playing right field, first base and third base. He was 8 for 24 as a pinch hitter and said to be unhappy with a lack of playing time.

Through June 29 last year, he had 13 home runs en route to a 20-home run season with the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays. He won the rookie award with Toronto in 2002, when he hit .279 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs, and was a member of Boston's World Series championship team in 2007.

The 23-year-old Erickson was 3-3 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts and 18 relief appearances at Class A Charleston this season. Fryer, also 23, hit .250 with 11 doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs and 11 steals for Class A Tampa after leading the South Atlantic League with a .335 average last year for West Virginia. He was obtained by the Yankees in February for left-hander Chase Wright.

To fill Hinske's roster spot, Pittsburgh said it will purchase the contract of 28-year-old outfielder Garrett Jones from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he hit .307 with 18 doubles, 12 homers, 48 RBIs and 14 steals.
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Where is he going to play? This pickup dosen't make a whole lot a sense, from where I sit.

Hinske just needs to join the Orioles now to complete his tour of the AL East.

The Dark Knight · Jun 30, 2009

He sucks! Oh well.

mj2sexay · Jun 30, 2009

He'll spell a-rod once a week.

Learn To Swim · Jun 30, 2009

Pirates finally looking like a franchise that's rebuilding for real, instead of haphazardly and rudderlessly trading away some players and then signing others to nonsense contracts. Made another move today, trading Nyjer Morgan (29 years old already) and Sean Burnett for Lastings Milledge and Joel Hanrahan.

IATA · Jun 30, 2009

That trade is phenomenal for the Pirates. Now all they need is a coaching stuff with a fucking clue to get these young kids to meet their potential.

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