The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of significant league baseball that they're playing for retains this period by finishing an eight player offer just per week after buying Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off position 안전메이저놀이터 gamers, a person who was an All-Star past 12 months and the opposite that has 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there have to be approach in your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four game titles at the rear of the higher flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth most effective history while in the NL. Normal Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has tackled that need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have currently logged 55 innings in the 1st fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initially round draft select of your Montreal Expos. Aside from the correct-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 consider around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, made his initially All-Star staff final 12 months.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft pick in 2003. Nationals standard supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of staff’s developing blocks for the duration of Bowden’s eleven-12 months run in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained identified as in the manager’s Workplace for A non-public meeting.
The 26-calendar year-old Majewski was 3-two by using a three.fifty eight ERA in forty six online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final period and experienced a 2.93 ERA. The 23-year-outdated Bray was the 13th Over-all select within the June 2004 draft and was viewed as among the list of Nationals’ top rated pitching potential clients. He was 1-one that has a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 relief appearances this period, his very first from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right discipline following 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 thirty RBIs, but has often did not make the regimen Engage in. The Reds are second-to-very last in the NL in-fielding.
Producing the regimen performs on a regular basis and getting excellent middle aid ought to put the Reds in place to obstacle the Playing cards who've struggled all yr with accidents.
Bob Acton
