The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the remainder of important league baseball that they are actively playing for retains this season by finishing an eight participant offer just a week immediately after getting Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off position players, just one who was an All-Star previous yr and the opposite who's got sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be strategy to the madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles driving the large traveling Cardinals, but have a very good shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth ideal history during the NL. Common 안전메이저놀이터 Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has resolved that require.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has currently logged 55 innings in the 1st 50 %, and Bill Bray, a previous initial round draft decide on in the Montreal Expos. Aside from the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-previous Clayton, who will choose above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his initial All-Star staff very last yr.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft choose in 2003. Nationals typical supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the crew’s developing blocks throughout Bowden’s eleven-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he received identified as into the manager’s office for A non-public Conference.
The 26-12 months-old Majewski was 3-2 with a three.fifty eight Period in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances very last period and experienced a 2.93 Period. The 23-yr-old Bray was the 13th Over-all choose in the June 2004 draft and was regarded one of the Nationals’ leading pitching prospects. He was one-one by using a 3.ninety one Period in 19 relief appearances this year, his to start with while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in correct industry soon 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 nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has occasionally didn't make the regimen Engage in. The Reds are next-to-very last within the NL in-fielding.
Making the schedule plays constantly and obtaining high-quality Center relief need to put the Reds in situation to obstacle the Playing cards who've struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton