The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud concept to the rest of key league baseball that they're participating in for keeps this year by completing an eight participant deal just a week following obtaining Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting place gamers, a person who was an All-Star past yr and the other that has sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there should be process to the madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 video games guiding the large traveling Cardinals, but have a great shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth best record in the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has tackled that need to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has now logged 55 innings in the main fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a former to start with round draft decide with the Montreal Expos. Aside from the appropriate-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-old Clayton, who will consider more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, designed his initially All-Star workforce last 12 months.
Headed to Washington will 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 manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of many staff’s constructing blocks during Bowden’s 11-year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired called in to the supervisor’s Business office for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-yr-aged Majewski was three-2 with a three.fifty eight ERA in forty six video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances past time and experienced a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-year-aged Bray was the 13th Over-all select in the June 2004 draft and was thought of among the Nationals’ leading pitching potential clients. He was 1-one by using a three.ninety one ERA in 19 reduction appearances this season, his very first while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a fixture in appropriate discipline soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds 안전메이저놀이터 while in the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has sometimes failed to make the routine Participate in. The Reds are next-to-very last in the NL in-fielding.
Building the regime performs continuously and having excellent middle aid ought to put the Reds in situation to obstacle the Playing cards who may have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton