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Jay Bruce

Reds Career team 2008–2016
Number #30
Position Left Fielder
Bats Left
Throws Left
Age 39
Height 6' 3"
Weight 230 lbs
Birth Place Beaumont, TX
Born Apr 3, 1987

Key Insights

2021
One opponent brings the best out of him

Bruce has hit .412/.500/1.059 against Jimmy Nelson in 20 plate appearances, his best line against anyone he has seen this often.

7 for 17 with 3 home runs and 7 strikeouts, against a .725 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Wandy Rodriguez has struck Bruce out 9 times in 15 plate appearances, 60% of everything between them.

9 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

Bruce hits Jake Peavy harder than anyone: 103.3 mph off the bat, against a median of 90.3 across the pitchers he has faced.

17 plate appearances with tracked contact.
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Bruce has hit .000/.083/.000 against Sandy Alcantara in 12 plate appearances, his worst line against anyone he has seen this often.

0 for 11 with 0 home runs and 3 strikeouts, against a .725 OPS median across his matchups.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

Bruce swings through more against Joel Pineiro than against anyone else he has faced this often: 6.7% of the swings between them come up empty.

12 plate appearances between them. 97th percentile of the 19 matchups on his own record.
One club he looks forward to seeing on the schedule

Against the arms currently on the TEX, Bruce has hit .279 and slugged .687 over 222 plate appearances, his best of any club.

56 hits, 22 home runs and 48 strikeouts, against a .439 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Apr 3, 1987
Birth Place Beaumont, TX
Height 6' 3"
Weight 230 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Left/Left