The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the rest of significant league baseball that they are enjoying for keeps this year by completing an 8 player offer just per week just after obtaining Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning position players, a single who was an All-Star past year and the other who has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be technique towards your madness.
The Reds presently sit four online games guiding the substantial traveling Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Along with the fourth finest file inside the NL. Standard Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has tackled that require.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got currently logged fifty five innings in the main half, and Bill Bray, a former very first round draft decide on in the Montreal Expos. Other than the right-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 acquire around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed 안전메이저놀이터 his initial All-Star workforce final yr.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals basic manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the crew’s making blocks through Bowden’s eleven-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he got known as into the manager’s Business for A non-public meeting.
The 26-year-aged Majewski was three-2 by using a three.58 Period in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances previous period and experienced a 2.ninety three Period. The 23-calendar year-outdated Bray was the 13th Total decide on within the June 2004 draft and was thought of among the Nationals’ best pitching potential customers. He was 1-one with a three.91 ERA in 19 aid appearances this period, his very first inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in right subject immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds while in the All-Star sport.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has sometimes failed to make the program Perform. The Reds are 2nd-to-final inside the NL in-fielding.
Generating the routine performs all the time and having quality middle relief should set the Reds in place to challenge the Cards that have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton