The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the rest of important league baseball that they're taking part in for retains this time by completing an 8 participant deal just every week right after attaining Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing situation players, a single who was an All-Star past 12 months and one other who may have sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there need to be system for your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles guiding the significant flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth finest report from the NL. Basic Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has dealt with that want.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got already logged fifty five innings in the primary half, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous very first spherical draft choose of the Montreal Expos. Besides the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 안전메이저놀이터 months-previous Clayton, who'll choose around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his to start with All-Star staff previous 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 select in 2003. Nationals normal supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of team’s developing blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-calendar year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he bought called in to the manager’s Office environment for a private Assembly.
The 26-12 months-previous Majewski was 3-two with a three.58 Period in forty six games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances previous season and had a two.93 ERA. The 23-yr-outdated Bray was the thirteenth In general select inside the June 2004 draft and was thought of one of the Nationals’ top pitching prospects. He was 1-one having a three.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this time, his very first inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in appropriate area soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star activity.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has from time to time failed to make the plan play. The Reds are second-to-last inside the NL in-fielding.
Generating the schedule plays constantly and receiving high-quality middle aid ought to place the Reds in placement to obstacle the Cards who have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton