The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the remainder of important league baseball that they're playing for retains this time by completing an 8 participant offer just a week after buying Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up placement players, a single who was an All-Star previous calendar year and the opposite who's got 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there needs to be system towards your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles behind the high flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for finishing With all the fourth most effective file inside the NL. Normal Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has tackled that will need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has previously logged fifty five innings in the very first fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a former first round draft pick with the Montreal Expos. Besides the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, 안전메이저놀이터 infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-outdated Clayton, who'll take about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his to start with All-Star team last year.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals basic supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s creating blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he got known as into the supervisor’s Office environment for a private meeting.
The 26-12 months-aged Majewski was 3-two by using a three.fifty eight ERA in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final time and had a two.ninety three Period. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the 13th In general select while in the June 2004 draft and was thought of among the list of Nationals’ prime pitching prospects. He was one-one with a three.ninety one Period in 19 aid appearances this season, his very first inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in right field after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has from time to time failed to make the regime Engage in. The Reds are next-to-past during the NL in-fielding.
Producing the routine plays on a regular basis and obtaining quality Center aid must put the Reds in position to challenge the Playing cards who have struggled all yr with injuries.
Bob Acton