I'm calling it right now folks, Jay Bruce is going to homer in his first major league game.
I'm calling it right now folks, Jay Bruce is going to homer in his first major league game.
But seriously, I hope we don't get our hopes up too high for him. I'm 100% confident Bruce will out produce Corey Patterson by a large margin, but I do understand that he will struggle at times like all young players do. Evan Longoria of the Rays is a similar prospect to Bruce and while he's had plenty of bright spots, he's also struggled. His overall line is .247/.321/.466/ - .787 OPS though he has belted seven homeruns in 146 atbats. I think Bruce will hit somewhere along .275-.280/.325/.500+ with 15-20 homeruns if he plays everyday, and that is very solid for right now.
According to Baseball Digest Daily, the Reds will promote top prospect Jay Bruce tomorrow. The 21 year-old is mashing to the tune of .364/.393/.630 in Triple A. Said Rob Neyer today: "Has there ever been a more obvious call-up in the history of the sport?" Bruce's promotion may signal the end of Corey Patterson in Cincinnati.
We can only hope that Patterson is gone!!!!
I can spell,I just can't type!!
again I think we need to hold on to Patterson. He is a solid defensive replacement and we could certainly do worse with a left off the bench. Plus why cut a guy and then pay him 2 mil for the rest of the year.
I think we'd complain a whole lot less about Corey if he wasnt batting lead off
I look for Bruce to put up Votto type numbers his first partial year.
.321 .360 .548 908
I am also looking for some intangibles that I think that might come with Dunn, Phillips, Votto and Bruce together as teammates, I look for them to bring some competitive drive and energy to this team along with Hairston and Freel the rest of the way. As a group I think that they will take over this team and extinguish that old losing low energy cloud that seems to be a part of the present team.
Now I can't wait to see what moves will correspond with this, and with the movement throughout the system.
Hopefully the next move is replacing Mike Lincoln with Josh Roenicke.
Just a little fwiw, but Adam Dunn went 1-for-3 with a single and intentional walk against Matt Clement in his major league debut. Austin Kearns went 1-for-3 with a RBI single and HBP against Carlos Hernandez in his debut.
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
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