The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the rest of main league baseball that they are enjoying for keeps this season by finishing an eight participant deal just every week immediately after buying Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning position gamers, one particular who was an All-Star final year and the other who has 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there need to be technique for your insanity.
The Reds 안전메이저놀이터 presently sit 4 games guiding the substantial flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending With all the fourth greatest file during the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has addressed that have to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged fifty five innings in the first fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous to start with spherical draft decide on of the Montreal Expos. Besides the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-old Clayton, who'll just take above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his very first All-Star team past calendar year.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft select in 2003. Nationals standard manager Jim Bowden acquired all three players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the staff’s setting up blocks during Bowden’s 11-calendar year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he received called into your manager’s Workplace for A personal meeting.
The 26-year-outdated Majewski was 3-2 that has a 3.58 Period in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances last period and had a 2.93 Period. The 23-calendar year-old Bray was the thirteenth overall decide on during the June 2004 draft and was regarded as among the list of Nationals’ prime pitching prospects. He was 1-one which has a 3.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this period, his to start with within the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in right area right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds inside the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has from time to time didn't make the plan Perform. The Reds are 2nd-to-final in the NL in-fielding.
Earning the routine performs continuously and acquiring quality Center aid need to place the Reds in place to challenge the Playing cards who definitely have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton