Yanks Acquire Eric Hinske

The Yanks have acquired Eric Hinske from the Pittsburgh Pirates for minor leaguer P Casey Erickson and OF Eric Fryer. Both 23-year olds played in Single-A for the Yanks.

Ken Singleton on the Yanks pre-game show on YES said Brian Cashman was looking for some pop of the bench. Cashman realized he could use someone who could knock it out of the yard when Brett Gardner came to the plate against the Marlins as the tying run.

Hinske's an interesting choice and has plenty of playoff experience. He can play 1B/3B and either corner OF position In the last 2 seasons, he won a World Series with Boston and went to the dance again last year with Tampa Bay. Does this mean we will never see the likes of Shelley Duncan again?