| Hot | 6/18/2013 10:53:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is 6-for-17 (.353) with two doubles, a triple, two homers and three RBI against Pirates hurler Charlie Morton. | Insight: Bruce is batting .370 with four homers over his last 11 games. He's incredibly streaky, so get him in the lineup while he's hot. | | |
| Hot | 6/15/2013 10:22:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is 13-for-31 (.419) with a pair of home runs versus Milwaukee right-hander Yovani Gallardo. | Insight: Bruce has gone 12-for-31 at the plate over his last seven games. His batting average has risen by 14 points over that span (.265 to .279). When he gets in one of these streaks you have to ride the wave. | | |
| Hot | 6/13/2013 9:26:00 PM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce went 4-for-7 during Thursday's 14-inning loss to the Cubs. | Insight: Bruce has gone 11-for-27 at the plate over his last six games. His batting average has risen by 14 points over that span (.265 to .279). | | |
| Cold | 5/31/2013 10:50:00 AM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce is an ugly 2-for-32 (.063) versus Pirates left-hander Wandy Rodriguez. | Insight: Bruce is currently batting .266 with seven homers, 34 RBI and a .769 OPS, but just .208 over the past week. This matchup must be avoided. | | |
| 5/25/2013 11:28:00 AM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce is not longer in a hot streak, batting just .211 over his last five games, but is 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs in his matchups with Cubs starter Travis Wood. | Insight: Bruce is currently batting .273 six homers, 31 RBI and a .779 OPS. This matchup might get another streak going. | | |
| Hot | 5/21/2013 10:55:00 AM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce is in one of those streaks he so often gets in, so make sure he's in the lineup no matter who he is facing until the streak runs its course. | Insight: Bruce is currently batting .415 over the past 10 games with five homers, 14 RBI and a 1.383 OPS. He's a must start. | | |
| 5/18/2013 10:30:00 AM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce is a career .357 hitter with a couple of home runs against Phillies right-hander Kyle Kendrick and a 1.214 OPS. | Insight: Bruce is currently on an eight-game hitting streak, batting .394 over the span. Add in this favorable matchup and his history of being one of the streakiest hitters in the game and he's a must start on Saturday. | | |
| 5/14/2013 2:18:00 PM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce is not in Tuesday's starting lineup according to mlb.com. | Insight: We don't know of any injury and he has hit Miami starter Ricky Nolasco reasonably well (.278, 2 HR), so this could just be a day off. Bruce has a five-game hitting streak and raised his average 12 points to .258 over that span. | | |
| 5/11/2013 9:25:00 PM |
Description: Reds right fielder Jay Bruce stroked his third home run of the season Saturday in a blowout win over Milwaukee. | Insight: Now that's more like it. After hitting just one long ball in his first 34 games, Bruce (.258) has now launched two homers in his last three. He'll try to add to that total Sunday in the series finale. | | |
| 5/10/2013 10:28:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is 12-for-29 (.414) against Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo with a pair of homers and a 1.141 OPS. | Insight: Bruce leads the league in at-bats and unfortunately strikeouts (49). Perhaps this matchup can get him started on one of those streaks he is so famous for. | | |
| Cold | 4/28/2013 10:10:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is just 1-for-11 (.091) against Washington starter Ross Detwiler with four strikeouts. | Insight: Bruce is just 2-for-17 since hitting his first homer of the season on Monday night. Cold hitter plus poor history versus opposing starter equals seat on the bench. | | |
| Cold | 4/26/2013 12:10:00 PM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is just 1-for-11 against Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann. | Insight: Bruce is just 1-for-10 since hitting his first homer of the season on Monday night. Cold hitter plus poor history versus opposing starter equals seat on the bench. | | |
| 4/18/2013 10:24:00 PM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce still doesn't have a home run this season, but he has gone 6-for-13 with three RBIs, three runs and three walks over his last four games. | Insight: Bruce walked twice and scored three runs Thursday night against the Phillies and is hitting .294. It's only a matter of time before he goes off; he's one of the streakiest home run hitters in baseball. | | |
| 4/16/2013 10:49:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is 5-for-11 (.455) against Phillies right-hander Kyle Kendrick with a pair of homers and a 1.545 OPS. | Insight: Bruce's OPS is 84 points higher when facing a right-hander and he's "owned" the Phillies over his career - batting .304 with a .947 OPS. The streaky hitter has yet to hit a homer this season after connecting 34 times last year and Tuesday might be the day he finally gets on the board. | | |
| 4/12/2013 10:42:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce is just 2-for-15 (.133) against Pittsburgh right-hander A.J. Burnett with five strikeouts. | Insight: Bruce normally hits right-handers 30 points better than lefties, but that isn't the case against Burnett. The streaky hitter has yet to hit a homer this season after connecting 34 times last year and doesn't figure to break the nine-game homerless streak on Friday. | | |
| Hot | 4/8/2013 10:03:00 PM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce launched four hits Monday in a win over St. Louis. | Insight: Bruce struggled against the Angels in Cincinnati's first series (1-for-13, seven strikeouts) but since then he's hit .476 with five RBI in 21 at bats. Fantasy owners are still waiting for that first homer but it should come soon enough. The 26-year-old has never finished with fewer than 21 HR in a single season. | | |
| 4/6/2013 10:36:00 AM |
Description: Reds outfielder Jay Bruce is an ugly 0-for-8 with four strikeouts against Nationals' starter Ross Detwiler. | Insight: Despite a low batting average, Bruce set career highs last season in runs (89), home runs (34) and RBI (99), but Saturday doesn't figure to be a good day. | | |
| 4/4/2013 7:18:00 PM |
Description: Reds outfielder Jay Bruce went 1-for-13 with seven strikeouts in the opening series of the season against the Angels. | Insight: Bruce is extremely streaky, which is why he has a career average of .255. When he gets going, you'll know. | | |
| 2/25/2013 9:24:00 PM |
Description: Reds outfielder Jay Bruce has been dealing with a sore heel. SOURCE: MLBlogs.com | Insight: The Reds are shutting him down for a couple days but it's nothing for fantasy owners to panic about. If this were the regular season, Bruce (.252, 34 HR, 99 RBI in 2012) would probably be playing through the injury. | | |
| 10/6/2012 11:37:00 AM |
Description: Cincinnati right fielder Jay Bruce has been terrific against Giants ace Matt Cain. In 13 at bats, Cain has whacked six hits versus Cain. | Insight: Bruce hit .423 (11-for-26) against San Francisco during the regular season so it looks like the 25-year-old could be in for a big series. | | |
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