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Found December 21, 2011 on Redlegs Review: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Travis Wood,  Sean Marshall,  Bill Bray
TEAMS: Cincinnati Reds,  Chicago Cubs

Is Marshall coming to Cincinnati? The latest trade story surrounding the Redlegs is that they are potentially close to trading Travis Wood and two minor leaguers to the Chicago Cubs for left-handed reliever Sean Marshall. This would be another move, as I tweeted, that would be indicative of the "win now" mentality by the Reds front offices. Marshall has been a pretty good reliever in his career. Last year he was 6-6, with a 2.26 ERA and held righties to a .249 batting average, while lefties hit just .206 against him. He only gave up one home run and just 17 walks in 75.2 innings of relief, to go along with five saves. In his six year career he is 32-40 with a 3.96 ERA and seven saves. His BAA vs. righties for his career is .263 and .227 vs. lefties. His two best years have been his last two years though, so he is in the prime of his career. He's only under contract for 2012, so working out an extension with him would be a crucial point to this deal. As far as w...
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