The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the rest of main league baseball that they're enjoying for keeps this time by finishing an eight player offer just a week just after buying Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up place players, a person who was an All-Star final year and the opposite who has 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be technique to your madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles driving the higher flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Along with the fourth very best document while in the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has resolved that have to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has now logged fifty five innings in the first fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a former 1st spherical draft choose of the Montreal Expos. In addition to the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop 안전메이저놀이터 Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-outdated Clayton, who will get above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his 1st All-Star workforce final calendar year.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft decide on in 2003. Nationals normal supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of team’s building blocks for the duration of Bowden’s eleven-12 months operate in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he acquired called into the supervisor’s office for A non-public Conference.
The 26-yr-aged Majewski was three-two having a three.fifty eight ERA in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances final period and experienced a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-yr-outdated Bray was the 13th Over-all decide during the June 2004 draft and was considered among the list of Nationals’ top rated pitching prospective customers. He was 1-one with a 3.ninety one Period in 19 aid appearances this period, his initially during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in right industry right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star activity.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has sometimes did not make the schedule Participate in. The Reds are second-to-previous within the NL in-fielding.
Earning the regime plays continuously and having good quality Center aid ought to place the Reds in posture to challenge the Playing cards who definitely have struggled all year with injuries.
Bob Acton