The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud concept to the remainder of significant league baseball that they're participating in for retains this time by finishing an eight participant offer just each week just after obtaining Seattles ace from the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up position gamers, 1 who was an All-Star final yr and the other that has sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there have to be system to your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four games behind the significant traveling Cardinals, but have a fantastic shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Along with the fourth most effective document from the NL. Common Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has tackled that need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who may have by now logged fifty five innings in the initial 50 %, and Bill Bray, a former first round draft choose in the Montreal Expos. Moreover the correct-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-calendar year-outdated Clayton, who'll just take above as shortstop for Felipe 안전메이저놀이터 Lopez, made his to start with All-Star crew previous year.
Headed to Washington will be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-round draft pick in 2003. Nationals normal manager Jim Bowden obtained all 3 players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the team’s developing blocks in the course of Bowden’s 11-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a very whirlpool Thursday when he bought named into your manager’s office for A personal Conference.
The 26-yr-old Majewski was three-two with a three.58 ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances final year and experienced a 2.93 Period. The 23-calendar year-outdated Bray was the 13th In general decide in the June 2004 draft and was regarded as one of the Nationals’ leading pitching potential customers. He was 1-1 using a three.91 Period in 19 aid appearances this time, his initially while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in suitable industry just after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star recreation.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has once in a while did not make the regimen Engage in. The Reds are 2nd-to-final while in the NL in-fielding.
Earning the program performs on a regular basis and finding high-quality middle reduction ought to set the Reds in placement to obstacle the Playing cards who definitely have struggled all year with accidents.
Bob Acton