Royals interested in Bruce?

[REDREAD]

So you're completely happy with trading Bruce, a proven 30+ HR hitter who, outside of injury seasons, puts up .320+ OBP, averaging 3.7 WAR over 4 seasons and generally good defending in RF, who is under 30, for...someone who might one day be an average or back-up player?

Insanity.

Yes, I am, because the market reality is that Bruce could not be traded in spring, even with the Reds willing to eat 8 million.
2014 and 2015 were really disappointing and much more relevant to his market value than years before that.
Bruce has about 200 ABs this year, has been doing well. I am happy for him, but every team in baseball knows that he could crash at any moment.
My original post was that people need to lower their expectations.. This hot start in 2016 isn't going to change Bruce's market value much, especially after last year's crash and burn.
And not to be nitpicky, but Bruce is not really a proven 30+ HR hitter. He did it from 2011-2013, but that data really isn't relevant anymore.
His last two years OBP is 281 and 294. I don't want to be dragged into the argument about Bruce's defense, but it's debatable whether he is a good fielder.
And since you brought up WAR, his last 2 seasons WAR is -1.1 and 0.8