After splitting a pair of games at Yankee Stadium, the two teams made a trade, as the Yankees found a taker for Carpenter.
The off-season trade for then- Braves reliever David Carpenter did not go as planned for the Yankees. Although they received the solid young lefty Chasen Shreve in addition to Carpenter in exchange for former top prospect Manny Banuelos, Carpenter did not live up to his billing. After posting a 2.63 ERA and 2.88 FIP over two years for Atlanta, he never got in a rhythm in pinstripes and had quite ugly numbers to his name after 22 games: 4.