The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud concept to the remainder of big league baseball that they're actively playing for retains this season by finishing an 8 player offer just per week after buying Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning position players, just one who was an All-Star past 12 months and another who's got sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there must be strategy to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four game titles at the rear of the superior flying Cardinals, but have a good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Along with the fourth most effective record while in the NL. Basic Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has addressed that will need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has by now logged 55 innings in the very first fifty percent, and Invoice Bray, a previous initially spherical draft pick 안전메이저놀이터 of the Montreal Expos. Apart from the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-previous Clayton, who will just take around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, created his initially All-Star staff previous 12 months.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-round draft select in 2003. Nationals general manager Jim Bowden obtained all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of several group’s creating blocks for the duration of Bowden’s 11-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he obtained called in to the supervisor’s Business office for A non-public Assembly.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was 3-2 with a 3.fifty eight ERA in 46 online games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances previous season and had a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-yr-aged Bray was the 13th Over-all select from the June 2004 draft and was viewed as among the Nationals’ prime pitching prospective customers. He was one-one with a three.ninety one Period in 19 aid appearances this season, his initially within the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He became a fixture in suitable industry following 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 occasionally failed to make the schedule play. The Reds are second-to-very last inside the NL in-fielding.
Generating the regime performs all the time and having good quality middle aid really should put the Reds in situation to problem the Playing cards that have struggled all year with accidents.
Bob Acton