The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the remainder of key league baseball that they're playing for retains this year by finishing an 8 player offer just weekly after acquiring Seattles ace while in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up posture gamers, one particular who was an All-Star final year and the other that has 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there should be strategy to the madness.
The Reds presently sit four online games driving the higher flying Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for finishing While using the fourth very best history from the NL. Normal Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen essential an overhaul and he has resolved that need to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have previously logged fifty five innings in the primary 50 %, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initially spherical draft select from the Montreal Expos. In addition to the ideal-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 acquire above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his initially All-Star workforce previous calendar 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 select in 2003. Nationals basic supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of several crew’s setting up blocks for the duration of Bowden’s 11-12 months operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired referred to as in the supervisor’s Business for A personal Assembly.
The 26-12 months-aged Majewski was three-two having a 3.fifty eight ERA in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances past time and had a 2.ninety three Period. The 23-12 months-outdated Bray was the 13th Over-all pick within the June 2004 draft and was deemed one of the Nationals’ top rated pitching prospective customers. He was 1-1 that has a 3.ninety one ERA in 19 reduction appearances this time, his very first in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in appropriate discipline immediately after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in 안전메이저놀이터 March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and thirty RBIs, but has once in a while failed to make the program play. The Reds are second-to-previous inside the NL in-fielding.
Generating the program performs on a regular basis and finding good quality middle reduction need to place the Reds in situation to obstacle the Playing cards who may have struggled all 12 months with accidents.
Bob Acton