The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of important league baseball that they're playing for keeps this period by finishing an eight player offer just per week immediately after acquiring Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off situation players, 1 who was an All-Star past 12 months and the other who's got 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there needs to be system to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four game titles driving the large flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for ending With all the fourth finest report inside the NL. General Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen necessary 안전메이저놀이터 an overhaul and he has dealt with that want.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has presently logged 55 innings in the main 50 %, and Bill Bray, a previous initially spherical draft decide on of your Montreal Expos. Aside from the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-yr-outdated Clayton, who will get more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his very first All-Star group final yr.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals typical manager Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of staff’s constructing blocks through Bowden’s 11-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired known as into the supervisor’s Workplace for A non-public Conference.
The 26-calendar year-old Majewski was three-two by using a 3.fifty eight Period in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances last period and experienced a two.93 Period. The 23-12 months-aged Bray was the 13th In general decide in the June 2004 draft and was thought of among the Nationals’ major pitching prospects. He was one-1 having a three.ninety one ERA in 19 relief appearances this time, his to start with during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right industry right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star sport.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection®ion=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/안전메이저놀이터 30 RBIs, but has occasionally did not make the schedule Engage in. The Reds are next-to-final within the NL in-fielding.
Building the schedule performs constantly and finding excellent middle aid really should set the Reds in position to challenge the Playing cards who have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton