The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of major league baseball that they're playing for keeps this period by completing an eight player offer just every week after obtaining Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up situation gamers, a person who was an All-Star past calendar year and the other that has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there needs to be strategy on your madness.
The Reds presently sit four video games guiding the large flying Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth ideal document during the NL. General Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen needed an overhaul and he has resolved that require.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have now logged 55 innings in the first 50 %, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous very first spherical draft pick from the Montreal Expos. Moreover the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-aged Clayton, who will acquire more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his initially All-Star crew previous 12 months.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide in 2003. Nationals normal manager Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the staff’s setting up blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-12 months operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he bought termed to the supervisor’s Office environment for a private Assembly.
The 26-yr-old Majewski was three-2 using a 3.58 ERA in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final time and experienced a two.ninety three Period. The 23-year-old Bray was the thirteenth Total decide in the June 2004 draft and was regarded one of the Nationals’ prime pitching prospects. He was one-one which has a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this period, his 1st while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in right discipline 안전메이저놀이터 right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star activity.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has often failed to make the schedule Enjoy. The Reds are 2nd-to-very last within the NL in-fielding.
Building the regime plays continuously and obtaining high-quality middle relief really should place the Reds in situation to problem the Playing cards that have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton