The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud information to the remainder of major league baseball that they're playing for retains this year by finishing an eight player offer just every week right after acquiring Seattles ace inside the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two starting up situation players, a single who was an All-Star final yr and another that has 16 homeruns and 50 RBIs, there must be technique in your insanity.
The Reds presently sit four online games guiding the large flying Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for ending While using the fourth finest document inside the NL. General Supervisor, Wayne Krivsky, realized that his inept bullpen necessary an overhaul and he has tackled that need.
Cincinnati receives Washingtons Gary Majewski, that has now logged 55 innings in the very first 50 %, and Invoice Bray, a former to start with round draft select of your Montreal Expos. Moreover the right-handed Majewski and lefty Bray, the Reds obtained shortstop Royce Clayton, infielder Brendan Harris and pitching prospect Daryl Thompson. The 36-year-aged Clayton, who will just take around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, built his to start with All-Star staff previous 12 months.
Headed to Washington is definitely the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft choose in 2003. Nationals typical manager Jim Bowden obtained all a few players when he ran the Reds. Kearns, one of the workforce’s constructing blocks in the course of Bowden’s eleven-calendar year run in Cincinnati, was soaking in a whirlpool Thursday when he acquired termed in to the manager’s office for a private Conference.
The 26-calendar year-aged Majewski was three-two using a 3.fifty eight Period in 46 game titles. He led the Nationals with 79 appearances very last time and had a 2.93 Period. The 23-yr-outdated Bray was the thirteenth In general decide inside the June 2004 draft and was deemed among the list of Nationals’ major pitching prospective buyers. He was 1-one having a three.ninety one Period in 19 relief appearances this year, his first while in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with 16 안전메이저놀이터 homers and 50 RBIs. He turned a fixture in right area following Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds while in the All-Star sport.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and 30 RBIs, but has occasionally did not make the plan Enjoy. The Reds are next-to-final within the NL in-fielding.
Building the routine plays constantly and getting top quality middle reduction really should put the Reds in place to problem the Playing cards who may have struggled all 12 months with injuries.
Bob Acton