The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the rest of key league baseball that they are participating in for keeps this period by completing an eight participant deal just a week just after getting Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing position players, a single who was an All-Star previous calendar year and one other who's got 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there has to be strategy to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four online games behind the large flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing With all the fourth greatest report within the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has dealt with that have to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have already logged fifty five innings in the main 50 percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initially round draft decide from the Montreal Expos. Other than the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-yr-previous Clayton, who will choose around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his 1st All-Star workforce 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-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals basic manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of several 안전메이저놀이터 crew’s setting up blocks all through Bowden’s 11-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he obtained referred to as to the manager’s Place of work for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-year-old Majewski was 3-2 which has a 3.58 ERA in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances past year and experienced a 2.93 Period. The 23-calendar year-outdated Bray was the thirteenth General choose inside the June 2004 draft and was regarded as among the list of Nationals’ major pitching prospects. He was one-1 which has a three.91 ERA in 19 aid appearances this season, his initial during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in proper discipline following Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star activity.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has occasionally failed to make the regimen Participate in. The Reds are 2nd-to-very last while in the NL in-fielding.
Making the regime performs continuously and finding quality middle relief really should place the Reds in position to obstacle the Playing cards who have struggled all yr with injuries.
Bob Acton