You have now viewed your allowance of free articles.
Advertisement
265 batting average this season with 25 home runs and an NL-best 80 RBI.
The Mets got on the board first in the third inning when Alejandro De Aza rocketed a two run home run (3) off Yankees’ starter Masahiro Tanaka. But a physical concerning Nimmo delays the deal’s completion. Bruce also gives the Mets insurance if Cespedes opts out and does not re-sign.
Mets executives recognized the need for an extra bat to help their push to the playoffs, and they moved forward on the deal for Bruce, whom they inquired about last season. Previous year there was some insane stuff during the deadline.
Trading a star player during a rebuild certainly isn’t the easiest thing to do, for both the team and it’s fans. He is the first player to be traded in the middle of the season while leading the league in RBI.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are in need of an outfielder and slugging Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce could be a ideal fit.
“When it happened, I was very, very excited”, Bruce said.
BRIEFS: Cespedes (strained right quad) didn’t start for the third straight game, but laced a pinch-hit single in the seventh.
Bruce joins a crowded outfield that includes two other left-handed hitters in Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto. I think this year some small, small changes that I actually noticed the past two years – and being healthy – is key. Now you add him on a team that made the World Series a year ago and currently in a fight for the Wild Card spot, and you will have a resurgence of optimism in Queens. “They talked about us losing 100 games at the beginning of the year, and s–, we’re damn sure trying, aren’t we?” A downside has been his career-long penchant for following a torrid streak with an incredibly cold one. NY reportedly will send rookie Brandon Nimmo as part of the deal to Cincinnati.
We’re less than three hours from the 4 p.m. non-waiver trade deadline and some of the biggest dominoes are falling.
Bruce, 29, is a lefthanded hitting corner outfielder on a team so loaded with them that manager Terry Collins now faces a juggling act. But Cincinnati is among the worst National League teams and chose to deal him for infielder Dilson Herrera and left-hander Max Wotell. He has been with the Brewers for all six of his major league seasons, hitting.
Asdrubal Cabrera (knee) was not yet placed on the disabled list, but Matt Reynolds was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and started at shortstop Monday night.
“We liked Dilson very much”, Alderson said.
Only time will tell if the trade will pay off come next season, but it was needed for the Mets to have a shot at contention.
After his Tommy John surgery, Patrick Corbin mightily struggled as per 5.38 ERA and his 4-8 record serve as the basis. He made some critical comments about New York’s defense after joining the Pirates. “There’s still some guys that are still here that were here past year”.
Advertisement
The Mets also reacquired lefty Jon Niese from Pittsburgh in exchange for Antonio Bastardo.
