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Jay Bruce | Outfielder

Team: Cincinnati Reds
Age / DOB:  (26) / 4/3/1987
Ht / Wt:  6'3' / 226
Bats / Throws: Left / Left
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Jay Bruce had an RBI single in the fourth and a two-run double in the 10th to lead the Reds to a 5-3 win over the Marlins on Thursday.
All of those angry tweets obviously got Bruce going. He is hitting .308 with two homers and 13 RBI in 12 games this month after coming in at .252 with one homer and 11 RBI during a rough month of April. May 16 - 10:50 PM

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Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Marlins.

No word on the reason for his absence. Donald Lutz will start in right field Tuesday while Xavier Paul will play left.
Related: Donald Lutz
Source: MLB Lineups on Twitter
May 14 - 2:05 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBI Saturday as the Reds beat the Brewers by a score of 13-7.

Could the 26-year-old outfielder finally be emerging from his prolonged early-season slump? He hit a solo shot to right-center in the bottom of the second inning and had two doubles in the third. He entered the game with a .247/.298/.367 batting line and came out of it hitting .258/.307/.406. Look for more of the same going forward.
May 11 - 7:45 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

After being dropped to sixth Sunday, Jay Bruce was back in the fifth spot in the order Monday, but he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against the Cardinals.

It looked like Bruce was pointed in the right direction a week ago, but he's fallen back into another slump, having gone seven straight games without an RBI. We doubt it will last, so he looks like a nice buy-low candidate at the moment.
Apr 29 - 11:38 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce is batting sixth for the Reds on Sunday.

He's been flip-flopped with Todd Frazier, who sports an .845 OPS as compared to Bruce's .674 mark. "I don’t know how long this is for," manager Dusty Baker said of the change. Bruce has just two hits over the previous five games since launching his first homer last Monday.
Related: Todd Frazier
Source: C. Trent Rosecrans on Twitter
Apr 28 - 11:26 AM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce knocked in the tying runs and scored the winning run as the Reds edged the Cubs 5-4 in 13 innings Monday.

After the Cubs scored twice in the top of the 13th, Bruce tied it with a two-run double and scored on Cesar Izturis' single to end it. That came six innings after Bruce finally hit his first homer of the season off Travis Wood. That came in his 83rd at-bat. Last year, he hit 34 homers in 560 at-bats, an average of one every 16.5 at-bats.
Apr 23 - 12:14 AM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce hit a walkoff RBI single in the Reds' 1-0 defeat of the Phillies on Wednesday in Cincinnati.

The game was suspended at 0-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning late Tuesday night due to rainy conditions at Great American Ball Park. The Reds got going right away when play resumed on Wednesday evening, with Zack Cozart singling, Joey Votto drawing a walk and Brandon Phillips reaching on a dropped fly ball by Phillies center fielder Ben Revere. Bruce then won it with a bases-loaded single to right field. It was his first RBI since April 8. He still hasn't homered in 62 at-bats this season.
Apr 17 - 5:46 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce went 2-for-5 with three RBI in Sunday's win over the Nationals.

His two-RBI double off of Stephen Strasburg in the first inning got the scoring going, and he added a single later. Bruce entered the day with just five hits in his first 24 at-bats, so the nice showing against one of the best pitchers in the game was good to see.
Apr 7 - 4:45 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce smacked a pair of solo homers in Tuesday's loss to the Angels.

He took Tommy Hanson deep in the second inning and then took southpaw Scott Downs over the boards in the fourth. Bruce missed a few days of action last week with a heel issue, but it's obviously no longer a problem.
Mar 5 - 7:03 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce (heel) returned to the Reds' lineup Thursday.

Bruce missed a few days with a sore right heel, but he's feeling much better now. He was 0-for-2 with a run scored in his return to action.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
Mar 1 - 9:13 AM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

The Reds are confident that Jay Bruce (heel) will be fully recovered after a few days of rest.

Bruce was scratched from a Cactus League game Monday because of mild soreness in his right heel. "He’ll be all right in a couple of days," manager Dusty Baker told reporters Monday night. "It was more precautionary than anything. You don’t want it to linger. This time in spring, if they feel anything, we take them out."
Source: MLBlogs.com
Feb 25 - 6:59 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce was scratched from Monday's Cactus League game against the Brewers due to a sore right heel.

It doesn't sound like anything more than a day-to-day injury. Denis Phipps took his place in right field.
Source: MLBlogs.com
Feb 25 - 1:50 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Though the Reds plan to play Shin-Soo Choo in center field, manager Dusty Baker said Jay Bruce has called him and offered to play the position.

"Jay asked if I wanted him to come in lighter in case Choo is better a right fielder than center fielder," Baker said. While Baker appreciated the gesture from Bruce, who has played 35 games in center during his career (compared to Choo's 10 games), the Reds believe Choo will be good enough at the position to stay there.
Related: Shin-Soo Choo
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
Jan 13 - 8:36 AM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Reds general manager Walt Jocketty downplayed talks of signing Jay Bruce to a contract extension.

Bruce's agent, Matt Sosnick, has approached the Reds about a contract extension, but Jocketty isn't ready to talk. "We control him for five more years," Jocketty said. "It’s so far off. It’s something we haven’t talked about." There's no rush to sign him, as Bruce is signed through 2016 while his contract includes a club option for 2017.
Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
Thu, Nov 15, 2012 04:37:00 PM
Jay Bruce - OF - Reds

Jay Bruce's agent Matt Sosnick has approached the Reds front office about another contact extension.

Bruce signed a six-year deal in December of 2010, but he'd like to make an even longer commitment to the organization. "He made it clear that he wants to be a Red his entire career," Sosnick told MLB.com on Thursday. "[Joey] Votto is in his wedding in a couple of weeks and he wants to play with him. He has a lot of friends there. He and his fiancee are very comfortable in Cincinnati. Jay asked me to approach the team and see if something is there. We'll see if the team has any interest."
Source: Reds.mlb.com
Thu, Nov 15, 2012 11:53:00 AM

Depth Charts

Batters
PosRoleName
C1Ryan Hanigan
2Devin Mesoraco
1B1Joey Votto
2Neftali Soto
2B1Brandon Phillips
SS1Zack Cozart
2Cesar Izturis
3B1Todd Frazier
2Jack Hannahan
LF1Ryan Ludwick
2Chris Heisey
3Xavier Paul
4Donald Lutz
CF1Shin-Soo Choo
2Derrick Robinson
RF1Jay Bruce
Starting Pitcher
PosRoleName
S1Johnny Cueto
2Mat Latos
3Bronson Arroyo
4Homer Bailey
5Mike Leake
Relief Pitcher
PosRoleName
R1Aroldis Chapman
2Jonathan Broxton
3Sean Marshall
4Sam LeCure
5JJ Hoover
6Alfredo Simon
7Logan Ondrusek
8Manny Parra
9Nick Masset