The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of significant league baseball that they are playing for keeps this season by finishing an eight player deal just weekly after acquiring Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off place gamers, 1 who was an All-Star final calendar year and the other who may have sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there has to be process to your madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles at the rear of the superior traveling Cardinals, but have a very good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Together with the fourth best document from the NL. General Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has dealt with that will need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged fifty five innings in the main 50 %, and Monthly bill Bray, a former initial spherical draft pick on the Montreal Expos. Moreover the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-previous Clayton, who'll get above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his 1st All-Star team previous year.
Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals normal manager Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s making blocks in the course of Bowden’s eleven-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he received called 안전메이저놀이터 in to the manager’s Place of work for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-year-aged Majewski was 3-two by using a three.fifty eight ERA in forty six online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final period and experienced a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-calendar year-old Bray was the thirteenth In general choose from the June 2004 draft and was thought of one of several Nationals’ top pitching prospects. He was 1-1 with a three.ninety one ERA in 19 aid appearances this season, his to start with from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in correct industry immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and thirty RBIs, but has often didn't make the regimen play. The Reds are second-to-final from the NL in-fielding.
Building the plan performs on a regular basis and getting top quality Center reduction must set the Reds in situation to challenge the Playing cards that have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton