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via The Enquirer - Krivsky: No red flags

Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky would not say on Tuesday if the club will file a grievance over the Washington Nationals’ failure to disclose that relief pitcher Gary Majewski, who has been sent to the disabled list, took a cortisone shot for tendinitis in his shoulder just days before being traded to Cincinnati.

“I don’t know,” Krivsky said. “We’re trying to lay low and see what develops. It’s not a subject I want to talk a lot about.”

But the club clearly thinks it was wronged. Krivsky said he left a message for Washington general manager Jim Bowden Tuesday morning. He said he had not heard back as of 5 p.m. Tuesday.

“I’m in uncharted territory,” he said.

Krivsky said he’d work with Bowden again, then added:

“Hopefully when people are dealing with us, they feel like we’re being straight up. I want people to feel like they’re being dealt with honestly. For me, Wayne Krivsky, creditability is paramount.

He continued:

“(If) you lose your credibility, you’re done in this business. You better treat them right and the way you want to be treated.”

The Reds’ medical director, Dr. Tim Kremchek, said on Tuesday that the team would have taken a closer look at Majewski’s health before completing the July 13 eight-player deal that sent Austin Kearns and Felipe Lopez to the Nationals had they known Majewski was taking cortisone shots.

The 26-year-old Majewski has struggled for the Reds. His ERA with the team is 12.54. He gave up 21 hits in 9 1/3 innings.

Kremchek added that an MRI would not have revealed the tendinitis in Majewski’s shoulder, and that he thinks the deal likely would have gone through.

"His shoulder looks clean," Kremchek said. "It would have been (Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky's) call, but I imagine we would have made the trade."

Said Krivsky: “I’m glad we have Gary Majewski and he’s not hurt seriously. I’m disappointed he’s not active.”

The Reds had no reason to have Majewski examined. He pitched for Washington right up to the trade.

“I didn’t have any cause for concern based on the information we had,” Krivsky said. “We felt like we did everything we needed to do before we made the trade.”

Kremchek said he has never given a player from another club a physical before completing a trade.

"The way it works is the GM talks to the GM," Kremchek said. "If there's any issues, medical talks to medical."

In Majewski's case, Reds trainer Mark Mann talked to the Nationals trainer.

"(The Nationals) didn't allude to anything," Kremchek said.

Kremchek, who is a consultant for the Nationals, said his relationship with that team may end over this incident.

Bowden did not return a phone call from the Enquirer on Tuesday.

In an e-mail sent to The Washington Post regarding Majewski’s placement on the disabled list, Bowden said, "In every trade we make, our medical and training staff are always thorough, complete and give full disclosure on information on any player involved in the transaction as requested by the other club involved in the transaction per major league rules."

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