The Milwaukee Brewers acquired LHP Chris Cody from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for RHP Jose Capellan.
The 23 year old Cody has spent most of the season at Class-A West Michigan, where he went 5-5 with a 1.77 ERA in 14 starts. He was named to the Midwest League All-Star team as he ranked among league leaders in ERA (2nd 1.77), strikeouts (2nd, 92) and innings pitched (91.1). He held his opponents to a .215 batting average while pitching for West Michigan.
Selected by the Tigers in the eighth round of the 2006 First-Year Player Draft, Cody owns a career record of 9-7 with a 2.06 ERA in 26 starts.
Capellan was 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in 7 relief appearances for the Brewers this season.