The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the remainder of important league baseball that they're enjoying for retains this year by finishing an eight participant offer just weekly immediately after buying Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up placement players, a person who was an All-Star final 12 months and the opposite who has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there should be process to the madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles behind the significant flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Using the fourth best report in the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has resolved that will need.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got previously logged 55 innings in the main fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initial spherical draft decide of the Montreal Expos. Besides the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-previous Clayton, who will take above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his 1st All-Star workforce previous 12 months.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin 안전메이저놀이터 Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft select in 2003. Nationals normal supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the group’s building blocks throughout Bowden’s eleven-12 months run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he bought identified as to the manager’s office for A non-public meeting.
The 26-calendar year-outdated Majewski was three-two having a three.fifty eight Period in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances previous season and had a two.93 ERA. The 23-year-previous Bray was the 13th Over-all pick in the June 2004 draft and was deemed among the Nationals’ leading pitching prospects. He was one-1 which has a 3.91 ERA in 19 aid appearances this year, his initial during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in proper area after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has at times failed to make the regimen Perform. The Reds are second-to-very last within the NL in-fielding.
Creating the program performs all the time and acquiring high-quality Center aid really should put the Reds in position to obstacle the Cards who've struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton