This is what the
Transaction Oracle had to say about the trade:
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Cincinnati Reds - Tanked the 2006 season.
Washington Nationals - Acquired OF Austin Kearns, SS Felipe Lopez and P Ryan Wagner from the Cincinnati Reds for SS Royce Clayton, 3B Brendan Harris, P Bill Bray, P Gary Majewski, and P Daryl Thompson.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
If I were a Reds fans, I’d be choking back the vomit right about now. The Reds, a team in contention, have just given up two of their most important position players to pick up 2 good relievers, a horrible SS, a waiver-wire 3B, and a decent pitching prospect with some injury problems.
What else can be said about this trade? I’ve heard some talk about a Kearns trade this morning, but I never envisioned the horror that was unleashed by Wayne Krivsky on Cincinnati fans. The Nats have suddenly acquired two solid regulars in their 20s for players they don’t really need.
Seriously, is Alfonso Soriano and unnamed player to be named later or something?
I have to give Jim Bowden credit. After giving out awful contracts to guys like Christian Guzman and Vinny Castilla last year, Bowden completely fooled me with the Soriano/Wilkerson trade, and now he's pulled this one off.
