Re: Juan Francisco Promoted to Reds; Jay Bruce Off the DL
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Originally Posted by
GOYA
A lot of talk about Cisco when I think Bruce merits more questioning. Cisco is supposed to be in AA and Bruce is supposed to be in the bigs. In their time playing together Cisco proved himself vastly more productive.
Small sample size and one coming off an injury. There is something wrong with Bruces approach/swing but to put Cisco above him because of a week or two of triple A games is very premature.
Re: Juan Francisco Promoted to Reds; Jay Bruce Off the DL
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Originally Posted by
GOYA
A lot of talk about Cisco when I think Bruce merits more questioning. Cisco is supposed to be in AA and Bruce is supposed to be in the bigs. In their time playing together Cisco proved himself vastly more productive.
True, but Bruce was on a rehab assignment after having not played in 2 months. Franchester has been healthy and playing.
Re: Juan Francisco Promoted to Reds; Jay Bruce Off the DL
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Originally Posted by
bubbachunk
Small sample size and one coming off an injury. There is something wrong with Bruces approach/swing but to put Cisco above him because of a week or two of triple A games is very premature.
There's nothing premature about it because it is not projection. Cisco out produced Bruce while they were playing together. That's all I said. Cisco might not maintain the kind of bat he showed at Louisville. But for quite a while, Bruce hasn't shown that he's much better than what we saw here. He should have more power than he showed but his BA and OBP were consistent with his pre-injury big league numbers.