The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud concept to the rest of important league baseball that they are actively playing for keeps this year by finishing an 8 player deal just a week just after acquiring Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning place gamers, a person who was an All-Star previous yr and the opposite who may have sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be system in your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 video games driving the significant flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing With all the fourth ideal record in the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has dealt with that will need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has previously logged 55 innings in the very first half, and Invoice Bray, a previous initially spherical draft select of your Montreal Expos. Aside from the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-old Clayton, who will choose in excess of as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his very first All-Star team very last calendar year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft choose in 2003. Nationals typical supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of many group’s setting up blocks for the duration of Bowden’s eleven-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he bought referred to as to the manager’s office for A non-public Conference.
The 26-year-old Majewski was three-two using a three.58 ERA in forty six video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances previous year and had a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the 13th overall choose while in the June 2004 draft and was deemed among the list of Nationals’ best pitching prospects. He was one-one with a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 aid appearances this season, his initially in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in right industry after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo 안전메이저놀이터 Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star recreation.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has once in a while failed to make the program play. The Reds are 2nd-to-final during the NL in-fielding.
Building the regime performs all the time and obtaining high-quality middle reduction really should set the Reds in posture to obstacle the Cards who definitely have struggled all year with injuries.
Bob Acton