The Reds have subscribed Bubba Crosby for a one twelvemonth covenant and seem to be to have succeeded in totting up a few wisdom to their piece of land. The licence is worth $400,000.
By offer this Major League deed to Crosby, Cincinnati has fortified him on its 40 man listing. However, Crosby is not assured of a point on the 25 man schedule for the Opening Day 2007. Bubba Crosby who is 31 years old will go for the Spring Training and will have to contend for a topographic point of a hang-up outfielder.
Reds generalised commissioner Wayne Krivsky verbalised his exuberance in sign language Crosby by revelation that the Reds were getting a artist who has been on in the lead teams and knows to frisk the hard; and who can performance in the iii antithetic parcel positions.
Crosby is a not here handed hitter and has fatigued the second iii seasons betwixt Yankees and Triple A Columbus. With the Yankees he averaged .207 beside one sett run and six RBIs. While beside Columbus he batted .238.
Crosby was in the beginning the slice of the Dodgers union since break into the Major League in 2003. His vocation applied math for 205 big conference games he has vie are .216 batting intermediate and .255 on stand proportionality. He became a six period Minor League unconstrained causal agency after the 2003 time period.
Wayne Krivsky commented that Crosby knows the quality of ballplayer he is and which constituent of activity he needs to slog on. The Reds were curious in him and settled to gestural him by offer the agreement to him.