The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud concept to the rest of important league baseball that they are actively playing for keeps this season by completing an 8 player offer just a week right after buying Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting off posture players, one who was an All-Star final year and another that has 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there have to be process in your madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 games at the rear of the substantial flying Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for ending Together with the fourth ideal history within the NL. Common Manager, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has tackled that need to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got presently logged fifty five innings in the main half, and Bill Bray, a former very first round draft decide on on the Montreal Expos. Aside from the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-aged Clayton, who'll take about as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his initial All-Star group past year.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft pick in 2003. Nationals typical supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all a few gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of group’s setting up blocks through Bowden’s 11-year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he bought referred to as into your supervisor’s office for A personal Conference.
The 26-yr-previous Majewski was 3-2 by using a three.fifty eight ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last period and had a two.93 ERA. The 23-12 months-outdated Bray was the 13th General decide in the June 2004 draft and was regarded as one of the Nationals’ major pitching prospective customers. He was 1-one with a 3.91 Period in 19 aid appearances this year, his 1st from the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in proper subject soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter 안전메이저놀이터 Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds within the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has sometimes failed to make the routine Participate in. The Reds are second-to-previous while in the NL in-fielding.
Building the program plays continuously and obtaining good quality Center relief really should place the Reds in place to problem the Playing cards that have struggled all yr with accidents.
Bob Acton