[jammin' jamey]

To help with the bullpen, the Reds released seldom used reliever Rheal Cormier yesterday and called up Brad Salmon from Triple A Louisville. The Reds also said that Marcus McBeth is the player to be named later in the Chris Denorfia trade.

McBeth was the closer for Triple A Sacramento in the A's orgainzation. He had 32 saves for Class A & AA last season. This year, he's (1-0, 5 saves).

Salmon has been pretty effective at Louisville for the Reds. He has a 95mph heater. He was 1-0 with two saves and a 2.16 ERA in eight games covering 8 1/3 innings pitched. He had struck out nine and allowed only seven hits and no walks.

I think these are good moves and much needed. The bad thing is, the Reds ate $2 million after extending Cormier's contract last season, yet the release shows that the Reds aren't afraid to cut their losses in order to win.

http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/arti...p&c_id=cin