The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the remainder of big league baseball that they're participating in for keeps this year by finishing an eight player deal just every week just after buying Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing posture gamers, one who was an All-Star very last 12 months and one other who has 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be approach on your madness.
The Reds presently sit four video games at the rear of the significant flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Using the fourth very best file in the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has addressed that want.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has previously logged 55 innings in the main fifty percent, and Bill Bray, a previous very first spherical draft choose on the Montreal Expos. Apart from the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-old Clayton, who will choose above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his initially All-Star workforce final year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft decide in 2003. Nationals typical manager Jim Bowden obtained all three players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s building blocks during Bowden’s 11-calendar year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained known as into your supervisor’s Business for A non-public meeting.
The 26-year-outdated Majewski was three-2 by using a three.58 ERA in 46 games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances final season and had a 2.93 ERA. The 23-yr-old Bray was the thirteenth Total decide on during the June 2004 draft and was considered one of the Nationals’ prime pitching prospective buyers. He was 1-one having a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 aid appearances this year, his initial while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in ideal industry immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March 안전메이저놀이터 for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has at times failed to make the plan Engage in. The Reds are second-to-very last during the NL in-fielding.
Generating the schedule performs constantly and obtaining quality Center relief really should put the Reds in situation to problem the Playing cards who've struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton