The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud message to the remainder of key league baseball that they are participating in for keeps this time by finishing an 8 player deal just a week immediately 안전메이저놀이터 after attaining Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two commencing position gamers, one particular who was an All-Star previous 12 months and the opposite who has sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there has to be process to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 game titles guiding the substantial traveling Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing with the fourth greatest document within the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen desired an overhaul and he has addressed that need to have.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got already logged fifty five innings in the first 50 %, and Bill Bray, a previous initial spherical draft decide with the Montreal Expos. Moreover the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-previous Clayton, who'll get in excess of as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his first All-Star workforce very last yr.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals standard manager Jim Bowden acquired all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of group’s setting up blocks for the duration of Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired referred to as to the manager’s Office environment for A personal Conference.
The 26-yr-aged Majewski was 3-2 using a 3.fifty eight Period in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances final time and had a two.93 ERA. The 23-calendar year-outdated Bray was the thirteenth overall decide on from the June 2004 draft and was deemed one of many Nationals’ top pitching potential customers. He was one-one having a three.ninety one Period in 19 reduction appearances this time, his initially during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in correct 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 30 RBIs, but has at times didn't make the schedule play. The Reds are 2nd-to-final in the NL in-fielding.
Building the regimen plays all the time and having top quality Center aid should really put the Reds in situation to obstacle the Cards that have struggled all yr with injuries.
Bob Acton