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Birth Date	4-3-1987
Height	6' 3"
Weight	230 lbs

Age	38 years, 0 months, 24 days
Bats	L
Throws	L

: 1.12015
: 1.22016
: 2.52017
: 0.02018
: 1.32019
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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2008	CIN	21	108	452	105	17	1	21	33	110	4	4	6	.254	.314	.453	95	-1.9	-0.3	4.4	1.3
2009	CIN	22	101	387	77	15	2	22	38	75	2	3	3	.223	.303	.470	103	2.5	0.0	13.6	2.3
2010	CIN	23	148	573	143	23	5	25	58	136	1	5	4	.281	.353	.493	118	12.5	-0.7	23.7	4.8
2011	CIN	24	157	664	150	27	2	32	71	158	5	8	7	.256	.341	.474	120	15.5	3.6	-2.4	3.0
2012	CIN	25	155	633	141	35	5	34	62	155	4	9	3	.252	.327	.514	116	12.1	-4.2	8.9	2.9
2013	CIN	26	160	697	164	43	1	30	63	185	2	7	3	.262	.329	.478	116	13.0	1.9	18.2	4.9
2014	CIN	27	137	545	107	21	1	18	44	149	2	12	3	.217	.281	.373	84	-9.4	4.2	1.2	0.5
2015	CIN	28	157	649	131	35	4	26	58	145	2	9	5	.226	.294	.434	95	-1.5	-2.7	3.1	1.1
2016	CIN	29	97	402	98	22	6	25	27	83	2	4	2	.265	.316	.559	108	4.8	0.5	-2.8	1.0
2016	NYN	29	50	187	37	5	0	8	17	43	1	0	0	.219	.294	.391	113	3.2	-2.1	-2.3	0.2
2017	CLE	30	43	169	37	9	2	7	18	37	1	1	0	.248	.331	.477	114	3.5	0.4	-2.7	0.4
2017	NYN	30	103	448	104	20	0	29	39	102	1	0	1	.256	.321	.520	115	9.9	0.1	2.2	2.0
2018	NYN	31	94	361	71	18	1	9	41	75	0	2	3	.223	.310	.370	91	-2.7	-1.8	-0.7	0.0
2019	PHI	32	51	149	32	6	0	12	3	29	0	0	0	.221	.235	.510	97	0.3	0.1	3.6	0.7
2019	SEA	32	47	184	35	11	0	14	16	53	1	1	0	.212	.283	.533	115	4.2	0.6	2.1	1.0
Career			1608	6500	1432	307	30	312	588	1535	28	65	40	.245	.315	.469	107	66.1	-0.2	70.1	26.1

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2005	BIL	Rk	PIO	17	81	.275	.361	.413	.318	94	2.1	2.6	-0.8	108	0	3.5	-1.5	1.0	0.4
2006	DYT	A	MDW	117	498	.000	.000	.000	.351			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2007	SAR	A+	FSL	67	298	.263	.334	.388	.400	100	23.1	9.2	-0.3	158	0	3.0	0.9	19.4	3.1
2007	CHT	AA	SOU	16	74	.246	.318	.385	.429	98	8.8	2.2	-0.1	164	0	-0.7	0.5	5.1	0.7
2007	LOU	AAA	INT	50	204	.254	.327	.385	.359	96	15.5	5.9	0	147	0	6.2	-0.3	10.7	2.2
2008	CIN	MLB	NL	108	452	.261	.325	.413	.296	101	-0.2	13.1	-2.7	95	10	4.4	-0.3	-1.9	1.3
2008	LOU	AAA	INT	49	201	.264	.330	.416	.442	91	24.9	5.8	-0.5	155	0	2.6	-1.7	8.0	1.4
2009	CIN	MLB	NL	101	387	.261	.329	.415	.221	97	1	11.1	-4.1	103	11	13.6	0.0	2.5	2.3
2009	LOU	AAA	INT	5	20	.242	.315	.353	.333	110	-1.8	1.1	-0.5	90	0	0.8	0.1	-0.3	0.1
2010	CIN	MLB	NL	148	573	.256	.323	.399	.334	96	22.4	15.8	-5.8	118	11	23.7	-0.7	12.5	4.8
2011	CIN	MLB	NL	157	664	.256	.318	.402	.297	102	13.8	17.9	-6.6	120	9	-2.4	3.6	15.5	3.0
2012	CIN	MLB	NL	155	633	.254	.317	.403	.283	100	20.9	17.3	-6.4	116	8	8.9	-4.2	12.1	2.9
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	160	697	.251	.315	.384	.322	101	20.9	18.3	-6.8	116	9	18.2	1.9	13.0	4.9
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	137	545	.248	.311	.379	.269	100	-9.1	14.1	-5.3	84	9	1.2	4.2	-9.4	0.5
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	157	649	.252	.312	.397	.251	91	3.8	17.5	-6.5	95	9	3.1	-2.7	-1.5	1.1
2016	CIN	MLB	NL	97	402	.252	.320	.409	.275	95	17.6	11.4	-4.2	108	6	-2.8	0.5	4.8	1.0
2016	NYN	MLB	NL	50	187	.258	.326	.422	.246	89	-1.3	5.3	-1.9	113	6	-2.3	-2.1	3.2	0.2
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	43	169	.260	.325	.437	.283	102	3.4	4.9	-1.8	114	9	-2.7	0.4	3.5	0.4
2017	NYN	MLB	NL	103	448	.256	.324	.429	.271	92	17.6	13.1	-5.2	115	9	2.2	0.1	9.9	2.0
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	94	361	.244	.321	.403	.263	89	-1.8	10.1	-4.4	91	8	-0.7	-1.8	-2.7	0.0
2018	SLU	A+	FSL	7	27	.250	.323	.365	.444	100	2	0.8	-0.4	139	0	-0.2	0.0	1.0	0.1
2019	PHI	MLB	NL	51	149	.249	.316	.427	.190	100	-1.8	4.5	-1.1	97	-4	3.6	0.1	0.3	0.7
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	47	184	.253	.322	.443	.210	98	3.2	5.6	-2.6	115	20	2.1	0.6	4.2	1.0
2019	REA	AA	EAS	2	8	.200	.275	.329	.000	91	-2.1	0.2	-0.1	13	0	0.0	0.0	-0.6	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2005	BIL	Rk	PIO	81	70	16	18	2	0	4	32	13	11	22	2	2	.257	.358	.457	.200	0	0
2006	DYT	A	MDW	498	444	69	129	42	5	16	229	81	44	106	19	9	.291	.360	.516	.225	0	0
2007	CHT	AA	SOU	74	66	10	22	7	1	4	43	15	8	20	2	1	.333	.405	.652	.318	0	0
2007	SAR	A+	FSL	298	268	49	87	27	5	11	157	49	24	67	4	4	.325	.384	.586	.261	0	0
2007	LOU	AAA	INT	204	187	28	57	12	2	11	106	25	15	48	2	2	.305	.360	.567	.262	0	0
2008	LOU	AAA	INT	201	184	34	67	9	5	10	116	37	12	45	8	1	.364	.403	.630	.266	0	0
2008	CIN	MLB	NL	452	413	63	105	17	1	21	187	52	33	110	4	6	.254	.314	.453	.199	2	0
2009	CIN	MLB	NL	387	345	47	77	15	2	22	162	58	38	75	3	3	.223	.303	.470	.246	1	1
2009	LOU	AAA	INT	20	18	3	5	0	0	0	5	0	2	3	2	0	.278	.350	.278	.000	0	0
2010	CIN	MLB	NL	573	509	80	143	23	5	25	251	70	58	136	5	4	.281	.353	.493	.212	5	0
2011	CIN	MLB	NL	664	585	84	150	27	2	32	277	97	71	158	8	7	.256	.341	.474	.217	2	1
2012	CIN	MLB	NL	633	560	89	141	35	5	34	288	99	62	155	9	3	.252	.327	.514	.263	7	0
2013	CIN	MLB	NL	697	626	89	164	43	1	30	299	109	63	185	7	3	.262	.329	.478	.216	5	0
2014	CIN	MLB	NL	545	493	71	107	21	1	18	184	66	44	149	12	3	.217	.281	.373	.156	5
2015	CIN	MLB	NL	649	580	72	131	35	4	26	252	87	58	145	9	5	.226	.294	.434	.209	9	0
2016	CIN	MLB	NL	402	370	60	98	22	6	25	207	80	27	83	4	2	.265	.316	.559	.295	3	0
2016	NYN	MLB	NL	187	169	14	37	5	0	8	66	19	17	43	0	0	.219	.294	.391	.172	0	0
2017	NYN	MLB	NL	448	406	61	104	20	0	29	211	75	39	102	0	1	.256	.321	.520	.264	2	0
2017	CLE	MLB	AL	169	149	21	37	9	2	7	71	26	18	37	1	0	.248	.331	.477	.228	1	0
2018	NYN	MLB	NL	361	319	31	71	18	1	9	118	37	41	75	2	3	.223	.310	.370	.147	1	0
2018	SLU	A+	FSL	27	25	3	9	1	0	1	13	2	2	6	0	0	.360	.407	.520	.160	0	0
2019	REA	AA	EAS	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2019	PHI	MLB	NL	149	145	16	32	6	0	12	74	31	3	29	0	0	.221	.235	.510	.290	1	0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	184	165	27	35	11	0	14	88	28	16	53	1	0	.212	.283	.533	.321	2	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1658	0.4789	0.5054	0.7076	0.7166	0.3113	0.7961	0.5204	0.2924	-0.0038
2009	1501	0.4637	0.4717	0.7571	0.6839	0.2882	0.8592	0.5474	0.2429	-0.0009
2010	2116	0.4523	0.4650	0.7154	0.6959	0.2744	0.8243	0.4874	0.2846	0.0107
2011	2577	0.4501	0.4781	0.7281	0.6974	0.2985	0.8443	0.5059	0.2719	0.0004
2012	2399	0.4531	0.4735	0.7201	0.7019	0.2843	0.8191	0.5174	0.2799	0.0059
2013	2718	0.4831	0.4919	0.6851	0.7098	0.2883	0.7951	0.4321	0.3149	0.0015
2014	2106	0.4672	0.4672	0.6941	0.6606	0.2977	0.8123	0.4641	0.3059	-0.0026
2015	2498	0.4460	0.4840	0.7477	0.7110	0.3013	0.8573	0.5396	0.2523	0.0001
2016	2271	0.4509	0.5165	0.7391	0.7451	0.3288	0.8139	0.6000	0.2609	0.0000
2017	2424	0.4583	0.4959	0.7246	0.7174	0.3085	0.8306	0.5160	0.2754	0.0000
2018	1415	0.4516	0.4926	0.7116	0.7512	0.2796	0.8188	0.4747	0.2884	0.0000
2019	1175	0.4485	0.5634	0.6918	0.7970	0.3735	0.8238	0.4628	0.3082	0.0000
Career	24858	0.4588	0.4893	0.7190	0.7119	0.3006	0.8245	0.5065	0.2810	0.0012

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-08-13	2014-08-14	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness		-
2014-05-05	2014-05-21	15-DL	16	13	Left	Knee	Surgery	Meniscus	2014-05-05	-
2014-05-04	2014-05-04	DTD	0	0	Left	Knee	Soreness		-	-
2013-02-25	2013-02-28	Camp	3	0	Right	Foot	Contusion	Heel	-	-
2011-07-21	2011-07-23	DTD	2	1	-	General Medical	Illness	Dizziness	-	-
2011-06-26	2011-06-27	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness		-
2011-05-18	2011-05-19	DTD	1	1	-	General Medical	Illness	Flu	-
2011-04-13	2011-04-15	DTD	2	1	-	Groin	Strain		-
2011-03-02	2011-03-05	Camp	3	0	-	General Medical	Illness		-
2010-08-31	2010-09-13	DTD	13	12	-	Trunk	Strain	Ribs	-
2009-07-12	2009-09-14	15-DL	64	57	Right	Wrist	Fracture		-
2009-04-20	2009-04-21	DTD	1	1	Right	Hand	Soreness		-
2009-04-18	2009-04-19	DTD	1	1	Right	Hand	Soreness		-
2008-09-21	2008-09-23	DTD	2	2	Right	Hand	Contusion	HBP	-
2008-03-02	2008-03-07	Camp	5	0	Left	Thigh	Strain	Quadriceps	-
2007-10-20	2007-10-20	Off	0	0	-	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2009	CIN	$417,500
2010	CIN	$440,000
2011	CIN	$2,791,667
2012	CIN	$5,041,667
2013	CIN	$7,541,667
2014	CIN	$10,041,667
2015	CIN	$12,041,667
2016	CIN	$12,541,667
2017	NYN	$13,000,000
2018	NYN	$11,000,000
2019	SEA	$14,000,000
2020	PHI	$1,375,000
2020	SEA	$12,625,000
2021	NYA	$1,350,000

Years	Description	Salary
13 yr	Previous	$104,207,502
13 yr	Total	$104,207,502

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 125 d	Excel Sports	1 year/$1.35M (2021)

Details

1 year (2021). Signed by NY Yankees as a free agent 2/13/21 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.35M in majors. Performance bonuses: $50,000 for 400 plate appearances. Contract selected by NY Yankees 3/27/21. Retired 4/18/21.
3 years/$39M (2018-20). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 1/18. $3M signing bonus ($1.5M in 2019, $1.5M in 2020). 18:$10M, 19:$13M, 20:$13M. Limited no-trade protection allowing Bruce to block deals to 5 clubs annually. No-trade list for 2018: Baltimore, Oakland, Seattle, Tampa Bay, Toronto. No-trade list for 2019: Detroit, Miami, Oakland, Tampa Bay, Toronto. Acquired by Seattle in trade from NY Mets 12/3/18. Acquired by Philadelphia in trade from Seattle 6/2/19 with $21,317,204 remaining on Bruce's contract (as part of the deal, Mariners to pay Phillies $18,567,204 on 1/15/20, leaving Philadelphia responsible for $2.75M in 2019-20)
6 years/$51M (2011-16), plus 2017 club option. Signed extension with Cincinnati 12/10/10 (avoided arbitration). $0.25M signing bonus. 11:$2.75M, 12:$5M, 13:$7.5M, 14:$10M, 15:$12M, 16:$12.5M, 17:$13M club option, $1M buyout. Limited no-trade clause (may block deals to 8 clubs, with no-trade list as of 11/14 consisting of Arizona, Boston, Cleveland, Miami, Minnesota, NY Yankees, Oakland and Tampa Bay. Award bonuses. Acquired by NY Mets in trade from Cincinnati 8/1/16 with $5,234,973 remaining on contract. NY Mets exercised 2017 option 11/16. Acquired by Cleveland in trade from NY Mets 8/10/17, with Indians responsible for $3,765,027 in remaining 2017 salary.
1 year/$440,000 (2010). Re-signed by Cincinnati 3/10.
1 year/$417,500 (2009). Re-signed by Cincinnati 2/21/09.
1 year (2008). Re-signed 12/5/07 (minor-league contract). Contract purchased by Cincinnati 5/27/08.
Drafted by Cincinnati 2005 (1-12) (West Brook HS, Beaumont, Texas). $1.8M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	FRAA
90^o	53	13	3	2	5	11	.277	.346	.468	122	LF 0,
80^o	35	8	2	1	3	7	.258	.324	.419	115	LF 0,
70^o	22	5	1	1	2	5	.250	.318	.450	110	LF 0,
60^o	11	3	1	0	1	2	.300	.364	.400	106	LF 0,
50^o	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	102	LF 0,
Weighted Mean	4	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	103	LF 0,

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2019-06-03 19:00:00 (link to chat)	I was today-years-old when I learned of Brett Baty's existence. Can you tell me more about him? Comps, floor/ceiling, etc. Thanks! (Josh from Long Island)	He definitely has some thunder, and I really like the swing. It's tough to find a comp that encompasses his total game. The offensive comparison (to me) is Jay Bruce. I wonder where he ends up defensively, if you're a Mets fan and seeking offensive upside he certainly has it. (Keanan Lamb)
2018-05-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Peter Alonso is going bananas. Will the Mets call him up this year or pretend he has defensive liabilities in order to stall his clock? (Peach from GA)	It's really tough to say with the Mets and their front office. I agree with Jarrett Seidler's statement on the For All You Kids Out There podcast that bringing him up early and letting him sink or swim might give the Mets the most information early ... but I think it'll be July before the Mets are willing to cut bait on Adrian Gonzalez. Look, I too want Alonso to be Rhys Hoskins. (Even though he's a University of Florida guy.) But with so many options (good or no) at or near the majors in Wilmer Flores, Jay Bruce, Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, and Gonzalez, I absolutely see the Mets slow-playing Alonso until this fall, even though it's probably not best for business. (Bryan Grosnick)
2018-01-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	First things first: Describe the state of the brand? (dantroy from SLO)	Well, I am going to a Wrestle Kingdom 12 party in upstate NY this weekend. I've already watched the entire show. So it's about where you'd expect. Oh also the Mets signed Jay Bruce while I was out to dinner (and two bottles of wine in) with friends I haven't seen in months. So that's also about right. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-05-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Jay Bruce going to be the anchor in the Mets line up this season? Or is just just off to a good start? (Wes from Reno)	He literally did this the first half of last year too. He probably isn't this good over the course of the season, and he gives a chunk back in the field, but he should be fine. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2017-02-06 23:00:00 (link to chat)	It seems that Michael Conforto is likely to spend much of the season at AAA with Jay Bruce being named the Mets starting right fielder for the upcoming season. What type of numbers do you see Conforto putting up in the minors? (Max B from New York)	Unless he's bored/frustrated Conforto will put up big numbers at Las Vegas because he's a good hitter and Las Vegas is Las Vegas. Not sure why his triple-slash there matters tho, unless you're in a Triple-A fantasy league, in which case I want in. (Wilson Karaman)

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2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	My season-opening prediction that Jay Bruce would be the NL MVP this year was admittedly insane, but I do think the kid is going to be a magastar soon. On a related note, kudos to the reader who responded to that prediction by saying he felt Joey Votto had a legitimate shot at the MVP. (David Laurila)
2010-10-06 10:00:00	2010 Playoffs Day One	FYI, Scott Rolen, Jonny Gomes, Jay Bruce combined 3-for-19 against Roy during the regular season. (Jesse Behr)

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