Yanks Deal Prospect Wright to Brewers

In a minor-deal (that has received a lot of media attention due to the stillness of the free agent market) the Yankees have dealt LHP Chase Wright to the Brewers for (former outfielder) catcher Eric Fryer. Fryer, 23, sent last season in Class A playing for the West Virginia Power in the South Atlantic League. There he hit .335 with 10 HR and 63 RBI in 104 games. He was picked in the 10th round of the 2007 draft by the Brewers and the Yankees have said that he will be assigned to Class A Tampa.

26-year-old Chase Wright (left) was designated for assignment last week when the Yankees added LHP Andy Pettitte to the 40-man roster. He spent most of the year with Double-A Trenton where he went 8-2 with a 2.96 ERA in 16 starts. He was then promoted to Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre where he went 2-1 with a 2.41 ERA in 6 starts. However, Wright is most well-known for what he "accomplished" at the major league level: he went 2-0 despite a high 7.20 ERA. But on April 22, 2007, in a game at Fenway Park, Wright broke history: he became just the second pitcher in major league history (Paul Foytack of the Angels in 1963 was the first) to give up four straight home runs in one game, a record I'm sure he would've loved to stay away from. But never-the-less, this move is one that adds minor-league depth to both teams with the Brewers most-likely getting the better end of the deal.