A former Marauder is heading to Pittsburgh.Catcher Eric Fryer, who spent all of last summer in Bradenton with the high Single-A Marauders, has been called up to the Pirates and will be in uniform for tonight's game against the Boston Red Sox.
He becomes the first Marauder to make the majors with the Pirates. Pitcher Nathan Adcock, a Marauder last summer, was taken by the Kansas City Royals in the Rule 5 draft and made this year's Opening Day roster.
A catcher, Fryer hit .300 and threw out 37 percent of runners trying to steal in 83 games last season with Bradenton despite missing part of the season after taking a foul ball off his face while trying to bunt.
He began this year with Double-A Altoona, where he hit .345 with 16 RBIs in 37 games before a bump to Triple-A Indianapolis.
Fryer was hitting .262 with the Indians before getting the call from the Pirates.
The 25-year-old Fryer was a 10th-round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2007. He was traded from the New York Yankees to the Pirates during a deal in the summer of '09 that sent Eric Hinske to New York.
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