The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the remainder of major league baseball that they are actively playing for retains this time by completing an 8 player deal just weekly soon after buying Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning posture players, just one who was an All-Star past calendar year and one other who has sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there has to be process to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four video games behind the large flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending Using the fourth finest record within the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has tackled that require.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has currently logged fifty five innings in the initial half, and Bill Bray, a previous initial round draft select on the Montreal Expos. Other than the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-previous Clayton, who'll choose around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his initial All-Star team final calendar year.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide in 2003. Nationals standard supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all three players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of several workforce’s setting up blocks throughout Bowden’s 11-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he got named in to the supervisor’s Business for A personal Assembly.
The 26-yr-aged Majewski was 3-2 by using a three.fifty eight Period in forty six online games. He led the Nationals with 79 안전메이저놀이터 appearances last year and had a two.93 Period. The 23-yr-outdated Bray was the thirteenth Over-all decide on within the June 2004 draft and was deemed one of several Nationals’ top rated pitching potential customers. He was 1-one with a 3.91 ERA in 19 aid appearances this season, his initially in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right field 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 nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has once in a while did not make the routine Enjoy. The Reds are second-to-final inside the NL in-fielding.
Earning the program performs all the time and receiving high-quality middle reduction ought to set the Reds in place to challenge the Playing cards who may have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton