The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the remainder of key league baseball that they are enjoying for retains this time by completing an eight participant deal just per week immediately after acquiring Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing situation gamers, one who was an All-Star last year and the opposite who may have 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there have to be strategy to the insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 online games driving the significant traveling Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth ideal report inside the NL. Standard Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has resolved that want.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have previously logged fifty five innings in the first 50 %, and Invoice Bray, a previous initial spherical draft decide on on the Montreal Expos. Moreover the appropriate-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 The 36-yr-outdated Clayton, who will take about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his to start with All-Star group final yr.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft select in 2003. Nationals common manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of many staff’s building blocks all through Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained known as into the manager’s Office environment for A personal meeting.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was three-2 which has a three.58 ERA in 46 games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last time and had a 2.93 Period. The 23-year-outdated Bray was the 13th All round choose while in the June 2004 draft and was regarded as among the Nationals’ prime pitching potential customers. He was 1-1 with a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this season, his to start with while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right area immediately 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 30 RBIs, but has sometimes did not make the routine Enjoy. The Reds are second-to-last while in the NL in-fielding.
Building the routine performs constantly and getting high quality middle relief 안전메이저놀이터 ought to place the Reds in position to problem the Playing cards who've struggled all calendar year with injuries.
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