The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the remainder of key league baseball that they're playing for keeps this season by completing an 8 player deal just a week right after getting Seattles ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning situation players, a single who was an All-Star final 12 months and the opposite who's got 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there should be method to the insanity.
The Reds presently sit four game titles behind the higher traveling Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth ideal history in the NL. General Manager, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has addressed that need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has by now logged fifty five innings in the 1st 50 percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous first round draft choose from the Montreal Expos. Other than the ideal-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-yr-outdated Clayton, who'll consider 안전메이저놀이터 more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his initially All-Star group previous yr.
Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals standard manager Jim Bowden obtained all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of staff’s making blocks through Bowden’s 11-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired identified as in to the supervisor’s Business office for A personal Conference.
The 26-12 months-previous Majewski was three-two which has a 3.fifty eight Period in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final year and experienced a two.93 Period. The 23-year-previous Bray was the 13th All round decide in the June 2004 draft and was regarded on the list of Nationals’ top pitching potential clients. He was 1-one having a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this year, his initial while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in suitable subject right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has once in a while didn't make the program Enjoy. The Reds are next-to-final during the NL in-fielding.
Producing the plan plays all the time and finding high-quality Center aid must put the Reds in posture to challenge the Playing cards which have struggled all year with injuries.
Bob Acton