The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of big league baseball that they're participating in for retains this time by finishing an eight player deal just per week just after obtaining Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up placement players, a single who was an All-Star last yr and the other that has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be strategy on your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four online games guiding the high traveling Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth best record while in the NL. Standard Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has dealt with that have to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got by now logged fifty five innings in the very first 50 percent, and Bill Bray, a previous initially spherical draft choose with the Montreal Expos. Other than the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-aged Clayton, who'll just take above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, made his first All-Star team final yr.
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 in 2003. Nationals standard supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the workforce’s setting up blocks all through Bowden’s 11-calendar year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking within a whirlpool Thursday when he bought named in to the supervisor’s Workplace for A non-public meeting.
The 26-yr-outdated Majewski was three-two using a three.58 ERA in forty six online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances last season and had a 2.ninety three ERA. The 23-12 months-old Bray was the 13th All round choose in the June 2004 draft and was deemed one of several Nationals’ major pitching potential clients. He was 1-one which has a 3.91 Period in 19 reduction appearances this period, his to start with inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in suitable discipline right 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 from time to time didn't make the plan Participate in. The Reds are second-to-last in the NL in-fielding.
Earning the plan performs all the time and getting good quality middle relief should really place the Reds in 안전메이저놀이터 position to obstacle the Cards who definitely have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
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