The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the rest of big league baseball that they are actively playing for keeps this year by finishing an eight player deal just every week following acquiring Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off situation gamers, one particular who was an All-Star past calendar year and the opposite who may have sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there needs to be technique on your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four games powering the high traveling Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for ending With all the fourth greatest record during the NL. Normal Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has tackled that require.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged 55 innings in the main 50 percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initial spherical draft select with 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-calendar year-aged Clayton, who'll choose around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his initial All-Star staff final yr.
Headed to Washington may be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave 안전메이저놀이터 up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft choose in 2003. Nationals standard supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of staff’s developing blocks for the duration of Bowden’s eleven-12 months operate in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained identified as to the supervisor’s Business office for a private Conference.
The 26-calendar year-previous Majewski was 3-2 using a three.fifty eight Period in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances last time and had a two.ninety three Period. The 23-year-previous Bray was the thirteenth All round decide inside the June 2004 draft and was considered one of many Nationals’ leading pitching prospective buyers. He was one-one which has a three.ninety one ERA in 19 relief appearances this period, his initial while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in correct subject after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has occasionally failed to make the plan Engage in. The Reds are 2nd-to-final inside the NL in-fielding.
Creating the schedule performs continuously and finding quality Center relief should put the Reds in position to obstacle the Playing cards which have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton