The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the rest of main league baseball that they are playing for keeps this year by finishing an 8 participant deal just every week just after acquiring Seattles ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up placement players, a single who was an All-Star very last 12 months and the other that has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be process to the insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles guiding the superior flying Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth ideal document during the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has tackled that have to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have presently logged 55 innings in the 1st 50 %, and Bill Bray, a previous initially round draft pick with the Montreal Expos. Moreover the right-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'll take about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his to start with All-Star staff past 12 months.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals common supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of several team’s developing blocks through Bowden’s eleven-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he received called into your manager’s Business for a private Conference.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was three-two 안전메이저놀이터 by using a 3.fifty eight ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last time and had a two.ninety three Period. The 23-yr-aged Bray was the 13th overall decide within the June 2004 draft and was considered one of the Nationals’ leading pitching prospects. He was one-one with a 3.91 Period in 19 aid appearances this time, his initially in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in right field immediately 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 Participate in. The Reds are next-to-last during the NL in-fielding.
Generating the regime plays on a regular basis and having top quality middle aid ought to place the Reds in position to obstacle the Playing cards who have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton