The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the rest of significant league baseball that they are participating in for retains this period by finishing an eight player deal just weekly just after attaining Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up placement players, one particular who was an All-Star past 12 months and one other who has sixteen homeruns and 50 RBIs, there has to be method towards your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four video games behind the significant flying Cardinals, but have a superb shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth finest report during the NL. Common Supervisor, Wayne 안전메이저놀이터 Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen wanted an overhaul and he has addressed that want.
Cincinnati gets Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has previously logged 55 innings in the initial fifty percent, and Invoice Bray, a former very first round draft decide on in the Montreal Expos. Other than the best-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-yr-aged Clayton, who will take more than as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his 1st All-Star group very last calendar year.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a primary-spherical draft decide in 2003. Nationals general manager Jim Bowden obtained all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, among the workforce’s creating blocks in the course of Bowden’s 11-year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking in the whirlpool Thursday when he bought named into your supervisor’s Office environment for a private meeting.
The 26-calendar year-outdated Majewski was 3-two which has a three.fifty eight Period in forty six online games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances very last year and had a 2.ninety three ERA. The 23-calendar year-aged Bray was the 13th Over-all pick while in the June 2004 draft and was regarded as on the list of Nationals’ prime pitching prospective customers. He was one-one that has a 3.91 Period in 19 reduction appearances this time, his initial during the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and fifty RBIs. He grew to become a fixture in appropriate field right after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds during the All-Star match.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has occasionally did not make the regime Engage in. The Reds are next-to-very last while in the NL in-fielding.
Producing the plan plays continuously and finding top quality middle relief should put the Reds in position to problem the Cards who have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton