The Cincinnati Reds sent the loud message to the remainder of main league baseball that they are participating in for retains this period by finishing an 8 player offer just weekly immediately after buying Seattles ace in the bullpen, Eddie Guardado. Any time you ship out two setting up posture gamers, a person who was an 안전메이저놀이터 All-Star very last year and another who's got sixteen homeruns and fifty RBIs, there have to be strategy in your insanity.
The Reds presently sit 4 video games guiding the higher traveling Cardinals, but have an excellent shot at snaring the wild card for finishing While using the fourth very best document inside the NL. Normal Manager, Wayne Krivsky, understood that his inept bullpen required an overhaul and he has addressed that need.
Cincinnati will get Washingtons Gary Majewski, who has presently logged 55 innings in the very first fifty percent, and Monthly bill Bray, a previous initial spherical draft pick of your 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 The 36-calendar year-outdated Clayton, who'll acquire around as shortstop for Felipe Lopez, manufactured his initial All-Star group past calendar year.
Headed to Washington could be the aforementioned Lopez and slugger Austin Kearns. The Reds also gave up reliever Ryan Wagner a first-spherical draft decide on in 2003. Nationals general manager Jim Bowden acquired all 3 gamers when he ran the Reds. Kearns, on the list of crew’s setting up blocks in the course of Bowden’s eleven-year operate in Cincinnati, was soaking inside a whirlpool Thursday when he received termed into your manager’s Place of work for a private meeting.
The 26-calendar year-previous Majewski was 3-two having a three.58 Period in 46 video games. He led the Nationals with seventy nine appearances past period and had a 2.93 Period. The 23-yr-old Bray was the 13th Over-all decide on within the June 2004 draft and was viewed as among the list of Nationals’ top pitching prospective customers. He was one-1 with a three.91 ERA in 19 reduction appearances this season, his to start with in the majors.
Kearns was hitting .274 with sixteen homers and 50 RBIs. He became a fixture in appropriate subject soon after Krivsky traded outfielder Wily Mo Pena to Boston in March for starter Bronson Arroyo who represented the Reds in the All-Star sport.
Lopez is hitting .268 with nine homers and thirty RBIs, but has sometimes failed to make the regime Perform. The Reds are 2nd-to-previous from the NL in-fielding.
Creating the plan plays constantly and having quality middle reduction must place the Reds in placement to problem the Playing cards who definitely have struggled all calendar year with injuries.
Bob Acton