The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the rest of big league baseball that they're actively playing for keeps this year by finishing an 8 player deal just a week soon after attaining Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning placement gamers, a person who was an All-Star previous calendar year and one other who's got sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be strategy on your madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles powering the significant flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth very best file while in the NL. General Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has dealt with that will need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got currently logged fifty five innings in the 1st half, and Monthly bill Bray, a former first round draft decide of your Montreal Expos. Other than the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-previous Clayton, who will get about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his initial All-Star crew final 12 months.
Headed to Washington may be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft select in 2003. Nationals general supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a 안전메이저놀이터 few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the workforce’s constructing blocks during Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he got called into your supervisor’s Workplace for A personal Conference.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was 3-2 with a 3.fifty eight ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances past year and experienced a 2.ninety three ERA. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the thirteenth Over-all pick inside the June 2004 draft and was considered among the list of Nationals’ best pitching potential clients. He was 1-1 having a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this season, his 1st while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in proper industry soon 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 occasionally failed to make the regimen Participate in. The Reds are next-to-final inside the NL in-fielding.
Creating the schedule plays continuously and finding excellent Center reduction should really set the Reds in placement to challenge the Cards who've struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton