The David Carpenter era is officially over in New York.
#Yankees acquire Minor League INF Tony Renda from Nationals for RHP David Carpenter.
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) June 11, 2015
On Thursday morning, the Yankees announced that they traded the 29-year-old right handed pitcher to the Washington Nationals.
After acquiring Carpenter in a deal with the Atlanta Braves during the offseason, the Yankees hoped that the hard throwing right hander would be able to impact the big league club. Manager Joe Girardi had hopes that Carpenter could be the seventh inning guy for the club, leading the way to Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller, but unfortunately that wasn’t the case.
In his 18.2 innings pitched (22 appearances) Carpenter posted a 4.82 ERA, which is over a run higher than his career ERA was coming into this season. When Masahiro Tanaka returned to the big league club, Carpenter was the player that the club designated for assignment, so it was assumed that a trade could be in the works.
In return for the struggling reliever, the Yankees will receive Minor League infielder Tony Renda.
The 24-year-old was a second round draft pick by the Nationals in the 2012 amateur draft from the University of California. The infielder (who has played second base and shortstop in his minor league career) has yet to play in the big leagues,as he was currently playing for the Nationals’ Double-A team, the Harrisburg Senators.
In 367 minor league games, Renda posted a slash line of .288/.366/.365. The Yankees hope that eventually Renda could impact the big league club.
