Nationals/Reds: Eight player trade
'Tis once again the season of trades and rumors as the annual trade deadline hangs around the corner. As you probably heard yesterday Aubrey Huff was dealt to the Houston Astros for a couple of prospects. Today, the Nats and Reds swapped players:
Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner have been traded from the
Reds to the Nationals for the Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton,
Brendan Harris and Daryl Thompson.
Not sure, why the Reds would make this move when Wily Mo Pena was dealt to the Red Sox; I thought the OF had unclogged their jam. Lopez was a 2005 all-star and Wagner needs a change of sceneary. The biggest player the Nats gave up was Majewski who should provide good pen support for the Reds.
I think this is just the beginning of the Nat's fire sale. Alfonso Soriano is their golden ticket and they should expect a huge return. Also available could be Livian Hernandez, who I think will land in a Mets uni by the end of the month. Other available Nats are Chad Cordero, Jose Guillen, and probably everyone else expect for John Patterson, Nick Johnson, and Ryan Zimmerman whom the team will be rebuilt around.
Austin Kearns, Felipe Lopez and Ryan Wagner have been traded from the
Reds to the Nationals for the Gary Majewski, Bill Bray, Royce Clayton,
Brendan Harris and Daryl Thompson.
Not sure, why the Reds would make this move when Wily Mo Pena was dealt to the Red Sox; I thought the OF had unclogged their jam. Lopez was a 2005 all-star and Wagner needs a change of sceneary. The biggest player the Nats gave up was Majewski who should provide good pen support for the Reds.
I think this is just the beginning of the Nat's fire sale. Alfonso Soriano is their golden ticket and they should expect a huge return. Also available could be Livian Hernandez, who I think will land in a Mets uni by the end of the month. Other available Nats are Chad Cordero, Jose Guillen, and probably everyone else expect for John Patterson, Nick Johnson, and Ryan Zimmerman whom the team will be rebuilt around.
posted by Adam at
4:14 PM
2 Comments:
Worst trade ever for the Reds...I can't believe how badly Jim Bowden ripped them off. The Nats unquestionably got the two best players in the deal (Kearns and Lopez)...all I know is that if somebody had tried to sneak a deal like this through my fantasy league, I would have vetoed it.
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XXX, at 7:55 AM
Yea, from what i've read after the fact the Reds GM was desperate to make a trade..? I wouldn't even make a baseball card trade of this nature.
Who knows, Washington could be using Kearns and Lopez to flip towards something bigger?
By
Adam, at 8:11 AM
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