The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the rest of main league baseball that they're actively playing for retains this period by completing an 8 player offer just per week after buying Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up posture gamers, one particular who was an All-Star past 12 months and the opposite who may have 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there needs to be strategy for your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four games guiding the large traveling Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth most effective report inside the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has resolved that require.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has previously logged fifty five innings in the very first 50 percent, and Bill Bray, a previous to start with spherical draft choose of the Montreal Expos. Aside from the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-previous Clayton, who'll consider more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his initial All-Star workforce past 12 months.
Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft decide on in 2003. Nationals general supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s making blocks throughout Bowden’s 11-12 months run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he bought termed in the supervisor’s Place of work for A personal meeting.
The 26-calendar year-old Majewski was 3-two using a 3.fifty eight ERA in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances last time and experienced a two.93 Period. The 23-yr-aged Bray was the thirteenth In general choose in the June 2004 draft and was regarded among the list of Nationals’ top rated pitching prospective customers. He was 1-1 having a three.ninety one ERA in 19 relief appearances this season, his to start with inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate field following Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds inside the All-Star game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has at times failed to make the regime play. The Reds are second-to-previous inside the NL in-fielding.
Making the regime plays on a regular basis and obtaining excellent middle relief ought to put the Reds in posture to problem the Playing cards who definitely 안전메이저놀이터 have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
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