The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the remainder of important league baseball that they're actively playing for keeps this time by completing an eight player deal just per week immediately after attaining Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting placement gamers, a person who was an All-Star past year and one other who may have 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there must be approach on your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four online games powering the substantial flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Using the fourth finest file while in the NL. Common Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has tackled that have to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has currently logged fifty five innings in the 1st fifty percent, and Invoice Bray, a previous initial round draft pick on the Montreal Expos. Other than the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds 안전메이저놀이터 obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-outdated Clayton, who will just take over as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his very first All-Star workforce previous calendar year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft select in 2003. Nationals normal supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of workforce’s constructing blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-yr operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he got termed to the supervisor’s Business for A personal Conference.
The 26-year-aged Majewski was three-2 having a 3.fifty eight Period in forty six game titles. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final season and had a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-12 months-aged Bray was the thirteenth In general decide from the June 2004 draft and was viewed as one of the Nationals’ leading pitching potential clients. He was 1-one which has a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 reduction appearances this period, his initially during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in suitable field soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has often did not make the regimen Perform. The Reds are next-to-last in the NL in-fielding.
Building the regimen plays all the time and acquiring quality Center reduction really should set the Reds in situation to challenge the Cards who definitely have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton