Saturday, November 17, 2001
Reds add 2 pitchers to 40-man roster
By John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Reds continued to re-tool their 40-man roster Friday, purchasing the contracts of right-handed pitchers Ricardo Aramboles and Chris Booker.
Spots opened when Ruben Rivera was claimed off waivers by San Francisco and the Reds released right-hander Scott MacRae.
Rivera hit .255 with 10 home runs and 34 RBI for the Reds last season. He declined a $1million option for next season, and the Reds probably wouldn't have offered him arbitration.
Aramboles and Booker are players the Reds had to add to the 40-man roster or risk losing in the Rule 5 Draft.
The Reds traded Mark Wohlers to the New York Yankees for Aramboles, 19, on June 30. After the trade, Aramboles split time between Single-A Dayton and Double-A Chattanooga, combining to go 1-4 with a 5.02 ERA.
Booker, 24, was acquired from the Chicago Cubs on July 20 in the Michael Tucker trade. Booker was 4-6 with a 4.24 ERA with two saves and 101 strikeouts in 61 games this year.
The Reds hope to re-sign MacRae, 27, to a minor-league contract. He made his major-league debut for them this year and went 0-1 with a 4.02 ERA in 24 games with the Reds.
Reds Stories
 Reds add 2 pitchers to 40-man roster
|
Doesn't get better than this
Is this state title game?
St. X vs. Elder: Tension high for game
CovCath upsets Lexington Catholic
McNick comes up just short
N. College Hill just misses
NewCath too much for Beechwood
Plymouth trying to become least likely of champs
Ohio football playoffs
Kentucky football playoffs
Indiana football playoffs
Bengals plan on facing McNair
Bengals soft? Titans say no
Bengals notebook
NFL notebook
NFL picks
NFL previews
Bearcats win at Dayton
No. 18 Oklahoma St. 69, Cincinnati 62
Oklahoma State tops Bearcats in opener
UC notebook
Short on depth, long on ambition
XU beats ISU in opener
Buckeyes' Bellisari suspended
Coming up this week
Hampton stuns Tar Heels 77-69
Knight wins debut at Texas Tech
Local college notebook
Miami: Shorts, Davis and . . .
Mumme's the word
NBA roundup
NHL roundup
NKU men top Ferris St.
RedHawks regroup in Hawaii
SULLIVAN: She'll run this race standing still
UK: Rebounds to beat Marshall
UK thinking upset vs. UT
• Return to Reds front page...
