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Jay Bruce has made
it clear that he wants to remain a Red for life.
Bleacher Report
Bruce wants to
be a Red for life
CINCINNATI- Jay Bruce is 25 years old and already under the Reds’
control through 2017 as part of a $51 million deal inked in December of
2010, but Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports that the outfielder wants to
add six more years to his contract.
Here’s what Bruce’s agent, Matt Sosnick said:
Bruce made it clear that he wants to be a Red his entire career. [Joey]
Votto is in his wedding in a couple of weeks and he wants to play with
him. He has a lot of friends there. He and his fiancee are very
comfortable in Cincinnati. Jay asked me to approach the team and see if
something is there. We’ll see if the team has any interest.
General manager Walt Jocketty told Sheldon that it hasn’t been
discussed yet.
From the Reds’ point of view committing significantly more money so far
into the future to a very good but not elite player they already have
signed through age 30 would probably qualify as an unnecessary risk.
Unless of course Bruce is willing to give them a major discount to sync
his deal up to Votto’s, which runs through 2023 at a total cost of $225
million.
Bruce hit .252 with 34 homers in 155 games this year, posting an .841
OPS that ranked 12th among the 37 corner outfielders to qualify for the
batting title. Combined during the past three seasons Bruce hit .262
with an .833 OPS in 460 games.
Read the rest of the article at The Bleacher Report
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