The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the remainder of major league baseball that they are actively playing for retains this period by completing an eight player deal just each week immediately after acquiring Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing posture players, just one who was an All-Star very last yr and the other that has 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there have to be process to the madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 video games driving the superior traveling Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for ending with the fourth finest record in the NL. General Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has resolved that will need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have previously logged fifty five innings in the initial 50 %, and Invoice Bray, a previous initial round draft select with the Montreal Expos. Moreover the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-old Clayton, who'll take about as shortstop for 안전메이저놀이터 Felipe http://www.thefreedictionary.com/안전메이저놀이터 Lopez, built his to start with All-Star staff final yr.
Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft select in 2003. Nationals standard supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of team’s setting up blocks for the duration of Bowden’s eleven-12 months run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained called into the manager’s office for a private Assembly.
The 26-yr-outdated Majewski was 3-2 that has a three.58 ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances very last time and had a two.ninety three Period. The 23-year-aged Bray was the 13th Total decide on while in the June 2004 draft and was regarded as one of several Nationals’ top rated pitching prospective clients. He was 1-one having a 3.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this period, his to start with within the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate field soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star recreation.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has often failed to make the program Engage in. The Reds are second-to-last while in the NL in-fielding.
Earning the regimen plays on a regular basis and receiving high-quality middle aid must put the Reds in place to problem the Playing cards that have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton