August 27, 201610 yr Mets got to be thinking UH OH. Bruce 0 for 4 with 4 Ks in a 9-4 win. Now hitting .169 for the Mets. .256 OBP. Not exactly powering that Wild Card run.
August 27, 201610 yr If this keeps up and the Mets don't want Bruce for next year, where does he go? Who picks up his contract, does he take a pay cut somewhere?
August 27, 201610 yr There is no mediocre Jay Bruce. There is only good Jay and bad Jay. Probably the streakiest player I have ever seen...and his streaks (both good and bad) can go on for a LONG time.
August 28, 201610 yr I have to think that all the front that Jay was putting on before the deadline was just that. I don't know him personally but he looked like he was having fun in Cincy. I don't think he really wanted to go to NY but realized that he could no longer play for the Reds given the circumstances. He was probably miserable when he went to NY and I am sure he is miserable today given his struggles. I have been a Jay Bruce fan for years but honestly was getting sick of the peaks and valleys with him but I really thought that he was learning how to hit and that maybe some of Joey Votto was rubbing off on him with his approach at the plate. I still think he can be productive but not in that environment.
August 28, 201610 yr Jay Bruce is a darn good baseball player. Period. He's a good late-middle of the order hitter. If you can hit him 6th/7th you're in good shape. If you have to hit him 3rd-5th you're going to struggle.
August 29, 201610 yr Author Jay went 1 for 4 with 3Ks today. DNP on Saturday when Mets scored 12. Now has struck out 10 times in his last 13 ABs. NY media and crowd probably making him press even more. Hope he comes out of it soon.
August 29, 201610 yr Jay seems like a small market guy. I'd think he'd like to get out of NY first chance he gets.
August 29, 201610 yr Bruce was being discussed on the radio this morning, and I thought I heard the broadcaster say Bruce had asked the Reds that they NOT trade him to a New York team.
August 30, 201610 yr Bruce since the trade: .163/.242/.267 with 2 HR and 6 RBI In comparison... Schebler since the trade: .256/.323/.478 with 6 HR and 17 RBI
August 30, 201610 yr Bruce was being discussed on the radio this morning, and I thought I heard the broadcaster say Bruce had asked the Reds that they NOT trade him to a New York team. Red Sox, Rays, Yankees, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Marlins, A’s, or Twins were his list of No-Trade Teams. He had the opportunity to update that list in the winter and didn't.
August 30, 201610 yr Red Sox, Rays, Yankees, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Marlins, A’s, or Twins were his list of No-Trade Teams. He had the opportunity to update that list in the winter and didn't. Aha, that was not mentioned in the program of which I was listening. Wonder why he didn't want to "go home" and play for up and coming Houston? Beaumont is not that far from Houston. (Although he'd be going from one rebuilding to another)
August 30, 201610 yr Aha, that was not mentioned in the program of which I was listening. Wonder why he didn't want to "go home" and play for up and coming Houston? Beaumont is not that far from Houston. (Although he'd be going from one rebuilding to another) Did it say that he didn't want to go to Houston? Perhaps they didn't have any/enough interest in him.
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