The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the rest of main league baseball that they're enjoying for keeps this period by completing an 8 participant deal just a week right after attaining Seattles ace during the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up placement gamers, a single who was an All-Star past calendar year and the other who may have 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there should be technique to the madness.
The Reds presently sit four game titles behind the higher flying Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for finishing Using the fourth ideal report from the NL. Basic Manager, Wayne Krivsky, recognized that his inept bullpen essential an overhaul and he has addressed that need to have.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, who's got by now logged fifty five innings in the primary half, and Monthly bill Bray, a former first spherical draft choose of your Montreal Expos. Aside from the proper-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-12 months-old Clayton, who will choose more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his initial All-Star crew very last yr.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft select in 2003. Nationals basic supervisor Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of many staff’s making blocks in the course of Bowden’s 11-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking inside of a whirlpool Thursday when he got identified as into the manager’s office for A non-public Conference.
The 26-12 months-previous Majewski was 3-two that has a three.fifty eight ERA in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances last season and experienced a two.ninety three ERA. The 23-12 months-aged Bray was the thirteenth General decide 안전메이저놀이터 on during the June 2004 draft and was viewed as one of the Nationals’ major pitching prospective buyers. He was 1-one by using a 3.ninety one Period in 19 aid appearances this time, his first inside the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 homers and fifty RBIs. He turned a http://edition.cnn.com/search/?text=안전메이저놀이터 fixture in ideal discipline soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star recreation.
Lopez is hitting .268 with 9 homers and 30 RBIs, but has sometimes did not make the plan Participate in. The Reds are next-to-final while in the NL in-fielding.
Building the plan plays constantly and acquiring high-quality Center relief must set the Reds in place to challenge the Cards who may have struggled all calendar year with accidents.
Bob Acton