The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the rest of key league baseball that they are actively playing for keeps this time by finishing an eight player offer just each week immediately after obtaining Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning situation gamers, one particular who was an All-Star past year and the other who's got sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there should be approach to the madness.
The Reds presently sit four online games powering the large flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth very best document from the NL. General Manager, 안전메이저놀이터 Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen essential an overhaul and he has dealt with that need to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has previously logged 55 innings in the main half, and Bill Bray, a previous 1st round draft select of your Montreal Expos. Besides the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-old Clayton, who'll just take more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his 1st All-Star staff previous year.
Headed to Washington may be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals general manager Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of many team’s setting up blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he obtained known as into your manager’s Workplace for A non-public Conference.
The 26-calendar year-aged Majewski was 3-2 that has a 3.58 Period in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances past period and experienced a two.ninety three Period. The 23-year-previous Bray was the 13th Over-all choose within the June 2004 draft and was regarded one of the Nationals’ leading pitching prospective buyers. He was one-1 that has a three.91 Period in 19 aid appearances this season, his first in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in right area immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds inside the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has once in a while failed to make the regimen play. The Reds are second-to-very last inside the NL in-fielding.
Creating the program performs continuously and having top quality middle reduction must place the Reds in situation to challenge the Cards who may have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton
