The Reds obtained Guardado and cash from the Seattle Mariners for minor league pitcher Travis Chick on Thursday, hours after the latest in this season's series of bullpen meltdowns - blown leads in the 10th and 13th innings of a 6-5 loss at Milwaukee.
“He lives for the ninth inning; he loves the pressure of being in that situation, and we're going to give him that opportunity,” said Reds general manager Wayne Krivsky, a former assistant general manager at Minnesota where Guardado was an All-Star for two years.
Guardado led the American League with 45 saves in 2002 and was second with 41 in 2003.
Guardado lost his closer's role at Seattle, but Krivsky said he'll get the chance to claim Cincinnati's.
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