The Cincinnati Reds despatched the loud information to the rest of big league baseball that they are participating in for retains this year by finishing an 8 player offer just each week right after acquiring Seattles ace within the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two beginning position gamers, a single who was an All-Star past calendar year and one other who has sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there have to be process towards your madness.
The Reds presently sit 4 online games powering the superior traveling Cardinals, but have a very good shot at snaring the wild card for finishing While using the fourth ideal history during the NL. Typical Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen essential an overhaul and he has addressed that want.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has now logged fifty five innings in the initial fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a former first round draft pick of the Montreal Expos. Moreover the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds acquired shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-old Clayton, who'll just take above as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his to start with All-Star team last yr.
Headed to Washington would be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft pick in 2003. Nationals general supervisor Jim Bowden obtained all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the staff’s setting up blocks all through Bowden’s eleven-yr run in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he acquired termed into the supervisor’s Office environment for A non-public Conference.
The 26-yr-outdated Majewski was 3-two that has a three.fifty eight ERA in forty six games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last period and had a two.93 Period. The 23-yr-aged Bray was the 13th All round decide in the June 2004 draft and was considered among the Nationals’ major pitching prospective customers. He was 1-1 which has a 3.ninety one ERA 안전메이저놀이터 in 19 reduction appearances this time, his 1st while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in appropriate area after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds from the All-Star video game.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and thirty RBIs, but has occasionally did not make the regime Enjoy. The Reds are 2nd-to-past while in the NL in-fielding.
Generating the program plays all the time and finding excellent middle relief should set the Reds in situation to challenge the Playing cards which have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton
