Yankees acquire Hinske from Pirates
June 30, 2009
NEW YORK (AP)—Former AL Rookie of the Year Eric Hinske(notes) was acquired by the NewYork Yankees from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday for a pair of minorleaguers.
Pittsburgh will receive right-hander Casey Erickson and outfielder EricFryer 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 ninedoubles, 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 playingtime.
Through June 29 last year, he had 13 home runs en route to a 20-home runseason with the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays. He won the rookie award with Torontoin 2002, when he hit .279 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs, and was a member ofBoston’s World Series championship team in 2007.
The 23-year-old Erickson was 3-3 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts and 18relief appearances at Class A Charleston this season. Fryer, also 23, hit .250with 11 doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs and 11 steals for Class A Tampa afterleading the South Atlantic League with a .335 average last year for WestVirginia. He was obtained by the Yankees in February for left-hander ChaseWright(notes).
To fill Hinske’s roster spot, Pittsburgh said it will purchase the contractof 28-year-old outfielder Garrett Jones(notes) from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he hit.307 with 18 doubles, 12 homers, 48 RBIs and 14 steals.
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