The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the rest of key league baseball that they are playing for retains this period by completing an 8 player deal just a week just after getting Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up situation players, a single who was an All-Star final 12 months and one other who's got sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be approach for your madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles behind the large flying Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for ending With all the fourth most effective file inside the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has addressed that require.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have by now logged fifty five innings in the initial half, and Invoice 안전메이저놀이터 Bray, a previous 1st round draft select of the Montreal Expos. Aside from the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-old Clayton, who will get more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his very first All-Star team past year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals basic manager Jim Bowden obtained all 3 players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of crew’s creating blocks in the course of Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he bought called in to the manager’s Place of work for A personal Conference.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was three-2 which has a 3.fifty eight Period in forty six video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final year and had a 2.93 Period. The 23-12 months-old Bray was the thirteenth In general select while in the June 2004 draft and was thought of one of several Nationals’ top rated pitching prospective customers. He was 1-1 using a three.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this period, his first inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in ideal subject soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and thirty RBIs, but has from time to time didn't make the plan Participate in. The Reds are 2nd-to-previous in the NL in-fielding.
Making the regime performs constantly and having quality middle reduction need to place the Reds in place to problem the Cards who may have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton