The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the rest of main league baseball that they are participating in for retains this season by finishing an 8 participant deal just a week following getting Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing place gamers, one who was an All-Star past yr and the other who's got sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there has to be strategy in your madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles powering the superior traveling Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth greatest record inside the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has tackled that need to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has now logged fifty five innings in the main half, and Bill Bray, a former 1st round draft decide with the Montreal Expos. In addition to the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-aged Clayton, who'll choose over as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, produced his initially All-Star staff final calendar year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals common manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of crew’s constructing blocks in the course of Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he bought named in to the supervisor’s Workplace for A personal Assembly.
The 26-yr-old Majewski was 3-2 having a 3.fifty eight ERA in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances previous period and experienced a 2.93 ERA. The 23-yr-outdated Bray was the 13th All round decide on inside the June 2004 안전메이저놀이터 draft and was viewed as one of the Nationals’ major pitching prospective clients. He was one-1 which has a three.ninety one Period in 19 reduction appearances this year, his initial from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in correct field after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds while in the All-Star game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has often did not make the regimen play. The Reds are 2nd-to-very last within the NL in-fielding.
Earning the schedule performs on a regular basis and obtaining high quality Center relief must place the Reds in posture to problem the Playing cards who have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton