Reds’ Jay Bruce: Trade rumors heating up

It was no secret the veteran was on the trading block during the offseason. “If completed, Bruce to #BlueJays, Saunders to #Angels, prospect(s) to #Reds“. Of course, while one of the prospects headed to Cincinnati could have triggered this, the smart money points to Michael Saunders and his surgically repaired knee. “I came up in ’08”.

“There are a lot of trade rumors, there are a lot of trade discussions, we have them constantly. I hope that’s the case this year”.

Bruce, who will turn 29 the day before opening day, has had back-to-back disappointing seasons.

The initial speculation was that Saunders – who injured his left knee during last year’s spring training when he stepped on a sprinkler head while shagging fly balls – was the problem. 248 hitter with 208 home runs and 638 RBIs in eight Major League Baseball seasons, all spent with the Reds.

“It’s our good fortune that we’ve got a real pro in Jay Bruce, who is handling this stuff unbelievably well”, Price said.

“There’s a different feel with what I learned last year – not taking anything for granted, finally being 100 per cent. I’m really looking forward to this year”. 222 after four straight years of. Bruce had surgery to fix a torn meniscus in his left knee in May 2014. He returned after two weeks, perhaps too soon.

Actually, I could still go ahead and write it, wait for a deal to get done, and post it when Jay gets traded, because it’s pretty obvious that the Reds are trying to move their right fielder. It’s just kind of where we are with the game and the guys in this generation are getting conditioned to the fact that it’s the lay of the land now. “Until I’m not a Red, I am”, he said.

“It’s business as usual for me”. 194 with zero home runs and three RBI. He still played outstanding defense and stole a few bases.

“I think he needs a change of scenery”.