The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the rest of important league baseball that they are playing for retains this year by finishing an eight participant offer just weekly just after acquiring Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing placement gamers, 1 who was an All-Star final 12 months and one other that has 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there need to be approach for your madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles guiding the large flying Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth ideal report during the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has dealt with that have to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has currently logged fifty five innings in the 1st 50 percent, and Bill Bray, a previous initial spherical draft decide on of your Montreal Expos. Besides the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-yr-aged Clayton, who'll take more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his 1st All-Star workforce last calendar year.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner 안전메이저놀이터 a first-round draft decide on in 2003. Nationals basic supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all three players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s building blocks throughout Bowden’s eleven-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he got referred to as into the supervisor’s Place of work for A non-public Conference.
The 26-year-previous Majewski was three-two by using a three.58 ERA in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances previous time and experienced a two.93 ERA. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the 13th Over-all choose while in the June 2004 draft and was thought of on the list of Nationals’ top rated pitching potential clients. He was one-1 which has a 3.91 Period in 19 reduction appearances this time, his first during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in suitable industry just after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds inside the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has often did not make the routine Participate in. The Reds are next-to-previous within the NL in-fielding.
Earning the plan performs continuously and finding excellent middle reduction should really put the Reds in placement to problem the Playing cards that have struggled all year with accidents.
Bob Acton