Jay Bruce called up

[ELCABALLO45]

Wow, about time.

 

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Story Here EDIT: Link too big, shrunk it - b19

 

Edit: Sorry about the link

[And That]

What do you think about that?

[lynchmobster]

Added him to my fantasy team!

[twobrewers]

I'd say it is pretty obvious they were trying to keep him from being a Super 2.

 

Braun called up last year right around this time. You had to figure they were going to do the same with Bruce.

[ELCABALLO45]

Lets see they have Corey Patterson batting .201 and never walking(and went 0-8 yesterday). They have a CF in the minors who is Baseball America's number 1 ranked prospect who is hitting .364. I know he would probably be better off in right or left but he can play centerfield. After they trade Griffey he will move over im sure but this is the most obvious call up ever.

[bullox]

Although Braun's season last year was off-the-charts good, I think Bruce has a chance to put up numbers similar to what we saw from Braun last year.

[ELCABALLO45]

Bruce is also only 21 years old. Scary

[bball123h2]

Shoot. Now I need to choose between Kershaw and Bruce.

[Raw Biz]

Jay Bruce could very easily become one of my most favorite non-Brewers. Lance Berkman is still number one but Bruce could very well climb the list fast if he does what he has been doing.

[Brian the Automator]

Jay Bruce is not afraid.

[bbrauch2000]

Anyone have an idea how he projects? His numbers look amazing but the strikeout totals are big

[ELCABALLO45]

[PrimeTime955]

Very excited to watch Bruce. Took a flier on him in my fantasy keeper league draft this spring hopefully he pans out. I'll take 75% of what Braun did last year for this guy on my team.

[jwaltz]

The Padres could call up Headley soon too. I also like Bruce. He should be pretty fun to watch.

[Katuluu]

So he should get a contract extension by what ... August?

[BrewCrewForever]

Just picked up Bruce in my fantasy league and dropped Billy Butler. Hope the move pays off. I also have a waiver on Clayton Kershaw, hope that goes through.

[jwaltz]

So he should get a contract extension by what ... August?

 

If they follow the Rays model he should get that contract extension by 3:15pm today.

[TooLiveBrew]

The Padres could call up Headley soon too. I also like Bruce. He should be pretty fun to watch.

 

This is true, but I don't think Headley is really the caliber of hitter that Bruce appears to be. Honestly, for the Pads, they might as well just keep Chase in Triple-A since the MLB club looks to be going nowhere fast.

 

Chase hadn't hit LHP very well prior to this most recent road trip. They're back in town for an 8-game homestand starting tonight, so I can see some more of him.

 

 

EDIT: On the season, the switch-hitting Headley has only been able to muster a .250/.286/.350/.636 line v. LHP. If I could decide, I'd want to keep him in Triple-A until he displayed that he could be useful beyond a platoon. Headley does have very real pop against both LHP & RHP, but he needs to be more consistent against lefties.

[GoudaBrew]

Is it possible that Bruce will walk less than Braun?

 

From Rotoworld:

 

"Bruce has just 27 walks in 405 plate appearances at Triple-A and even that number is misleading.

 

Five of his free passes were intentional, which means that he's drawn a non-intentional walk in just 5.4 percent of his plate appearances for a walk rate that would be 35 percent worse than the NL average."

[Oldcity]

Wow, he sounds like a left-handed Braun.

[Nader Raider Tim]

Hahaha. How is that the Reds can mess up something as common sense as promoting Jay Bruce? Well somehow they messed this up big time. Instead of getting rid of Corey Patterson, they designated Scott Hatteberg.

[TooLiveBrew]

Corey Patterson is FAST! Hatteberg just clogs up the bases by getting on so much.

[And That]

Instead of getting rid of Corey Patterson, they designated Scott Hatteberg.

Free Scott Hatteberg! Maybe he can pitch. Or still catch.

 

[dadofandrew]

Well, Hatteberg needs to be moved as well. They may have a deal close to being done.

 

And Patterson might have some value as a PH or defensive replacement for Dunn (or maybe Griffey, if he's not 100%). He's better than most 5th OF's.

[twobrewers]

He's better than most 5th OF's.

Patterson is better than other people? At what - making money?