The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the remainder of major league baseball that they're enjoying for keeps this year by completing an 8 participant deal just every week following buying Seattles ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning position players, 1 who was an All-Star past calendar year and the opposite who has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be technique to the madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles behind the higher flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth ideal record from the NL. Standard Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has resolved that need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got currently logged fifty five innings in the main half, and Monthly bill Bray, a former initially round draft decide in the Montreal Expos. Moreover the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-previous Clayton, who'll just take around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, made his first All-Star group final calendar year.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft choose in 2003. Nationals general supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of crew’s developing blocks for the duration of Bowden’s 11-calendar year run 안전메이저놀이터 in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he received known as into the manager’s Office environment for A personal Assembly.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was 3-two that has a three.58 ERA in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances past season and experienced a two.93 Period. The 23-yr-aged Bray was the thirteenth Over-all decide on from the June 2004 draft and was deemed on the list of Nationals’ best pitching prospective buyers. He was one-1 having a three.ninety one Period in 19 relief appearances this time, his initially during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate field following Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star activity.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has from time to time did not make the plan play. The Reds are next-to-past in the NL in-fielding.
Building the program performs constantly and finding high quality Center reduction must set the Reds in position to problem the Cards who have struggled all year with injuries.
Bob Acton
