The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the rest of major league baseball that they're playing for keeps this season by completing an eight player offer just per week immediately after buying Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off placement gamers, a person who was an All-Star last 12 months and the opposite who's got 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there need to be technique in your madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles powering the superior flying Cardinals, but have a very good shot at snaring the wild card for ending With all the fourth ideal history from the NL. Basic Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has addressed that need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has previously logged fifty five innings in the very first fifty percent, and Bill Bray, a former first spherical draft decide 안전메이저놀이터 of your Montreal Expos. Other than the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-old Clayton, who'll consider more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his 1st All-Star staff previous yr.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft decide in 2003. Nationals standard manager Jim Bowden acquired all three gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of workforce’s setting up blocks through Bowden’s 11-yr operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he got called in to the supervisor’s Office environment for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-12 months-aged Majewski was 3-two which has a three.58 ERA in 46 games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances very last season and had a 2.93 ERA. The 23-12 months-old Bray was the thirteenth General decide on within the June 2004 draft and was thought of among the list of Nationals’ best pitching potential clients. He was one-one having a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this time, his initially in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in proper discipline immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds while in the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and thirty RBIs, but has from time to time did not make the program Participate in. The Reds are next-to-very last from the NL in-fielding.
Creating the plan performs on a regular basis and obtaining top quality middle aid really should set the Reds in place to problem the Playing cards who may have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton