The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the remainder of significant league baseball that they are actively playing for retains this year by completing an 8 participant deal just each week just after obtaining Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting place players, a person who was an All-Star very last calendar year and the other who has 16 homeruns and fifty RBIs, there need to be method towards your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four game titles driving the high traveling Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending Along with the fourth very best history from the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen essential an overhaul and he has resolved that require.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged 55 innings in the 1st half, and Invoice Bray, a former first spherical draft decide on with the Montreal Expos. Moreover the ideal-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-previous Clayton, who will take about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his to start with All-Star staff very last yr.
Headed to Washington is the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner 안전메이저놀이터 a first-round draft choose in 2003. Nationals basic manager Jim Bowden obtained all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the list of group’s constructing blocks throughout Bowden’s eleven-12 months operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he bought identified as into the supervisor’s Business office for A personal Conference.
The 26-12 months-old Majewski was three-two that has a 3.58 Period in forty six games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last year and experienced a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-calendar year-previous Bray was the 13th Total decide on in the June 2004 draft and was deemed among the Nationals’ major pitching prospective buyers. He was 1-1 by using a 3.91 ERA in 19 relief appearances this year, his initial from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate discipline after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star sport.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has sometimes failed to make the schedule Participate in. The Reds are next-to-final from the NL in-fielding.
Producing the regime performs all the time and obtaining high-quality middle relief should really put the Reds in situation to challenge the Cards that have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton