The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud concept to the remainder of significant league baseball that they are playing for keeps this time by completing an eight participant deal just a week immediately after getting Seattles ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up place gamers, just one who was an All-Star final calendar year and the opposite who may have sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there need to be method for your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles driving the significant flying Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth greatest document within the NL. General Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has tackled that require.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has presently logged fifty five innings in the primary fifty percent, and Invoice Bray, a previous initial spherical draft pick 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'll acquire over as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his very first All-Star group previous 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 pick in 2003. Nationals standard manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the crew’s setting up blocks during Bowden’s eleven-yr operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he got named to the manager’s Business for A personal meeting.
The 26-yr-outdated Majewski was 3-2 using a three.58 ERA in forty six games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine 안전메이저놀이터 appearances last season and experienced a two.93 Period. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the 13th Total decide within the June 2004 draft and was regarded as among the Nationals’ top pitching potential clients. He was 1-one with a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 reduction appearances this year, his to start with during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in right area just after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has sometimes did not make the routine Engage in. The Reds are 2nd-to-past from the NL in-fielding.
Generating the regime plays all the time and finding high quality middle aid need to set the Reds in situation to obstacle the Playing cards who definitely have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton