The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of significant league baseball that they are actively playing for keeps this time by finishing an eight player offer just every week right after obtaining Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning placement players, one particular who was an All-Star very last calendar year and another who's got sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be strategy to the madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 games guiding the higher flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for finishing With all the fourth finest history in the NL. Basic Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has dealt with that want.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged 55 innings in the 1st 50 %, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous very first spherical draft pick on the Montreal Expos. Apart from the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl 안전메이저놀이터 Thompson. The 36-yr-previous Clayton, who'll consider more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his very first All-Star staff very last 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 general supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the workforce’s developing blocks during Bowden’s eleven-yr operate in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired termed into your supervisor’s Workplace for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-year-previous Majewski was three-two that has a 3.fifty eight Period in forty six video games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances final period and experienced a 2.93 ERA. The 23-calendar year-old Bray was the 13th Over-all pick inside the June 2004 draft and was considered among the list of Nationals’ best pitching prospective buyers. He was one-one by using a three.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this season, his to start with from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate field right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds while in the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has often failed to make the plan Engage in. The Reds are next-to-final during the NL in-fielding.
Generating the plan performs continuously and getting top quality middle aid should put the Reds in placement to problem the Cards who've struggled all yr with accidents.
Bob Acton