This ex-Brewers prospect just completely ripped Yankees fans' hearts out in the ALCS

While the Milwaukee Brewers made an unfortunately early exit from the 2024 playoffs, that doesn't mean that Brewers fans don't have ANY stake in the goings on. In addition to rooting against the Mets because Jesse Winker was a complete tool in the Wild Card round, there are a number of ex-Brewers still competing for the ultimate glory. In fact, one former Milwaukee prospect just completely changed the complexion of the ALCS with one swing.

David Fry was a relatively unassuming seventh round draft pick by the Brewers in the 2018 draft. He got off to a strong start in the lower levels of the minors before settling in as an interesting, but not overly exciting hitting prospect in the upper minors by 2021. Eventually, he would be chosen as the player to be named later in the ill-fated trade that brought J.C. Mejia to the Brewers in 2022 and that was that.

At least that is what Brewers fans thought. Mejia would make a handful of rough appearances for Milwaukee, get suspended for testing positive for steroids, and hasn't played in the majors since 2023. However, Fry would eventually make it to the big leagues with Cleveland and proceeded to not only make the All-Star team this season, but he also just hit the biggest home run of his life with his walk-off shot in extra innings of Game 3 of the ALCS against the Yankees.

David Fry has gone from an organizational depth piece with Brewers to the Yankees' worst nightmare

This isn't a knock on the Brewers for moving on from Fry as basically no one saw the extent of his emergence coming. Again, this is a guy that was generally a mid-.700ish OPS hitter in the minors with a little bit of pop and without a clear defensive home. Those types of prospects are not particularly hard to come by and often get shuffled off to different organizations and lost to the sands of time.

Fry's case is the exception to the rule and good for him for making the most of his abilities and playing his brains out. Milwaukee certainly has to be wondering if they missed something with him, but sometimes trades don't work out the way you hope and you just have to tip your cap to a guy for making something of himself.

Fry wasn't the only architect of the Yankees' demise on Thursday. Jhonkenzy Noel's pinch-hit two-run bomb in the ninth was the only reason that game got to extra innings and some suspect pitching and baserunning from New York played a huge role as well.

However, the prevailing image for Yankees fans is going to be when Fry connected on a 96 mph fastball right in his wheelhouse for the clinching bomb that just turned the ALCS into a real series again. Hopefully New York fans' suffering is a little consolation to Brewers fans still accepting that Milwaukee got bounced and maybe...just maybe they are feeling a little bit of pride.

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