Jay Bruce is off to a great start at the plate this season. Is it just another of Jay’s patented hot streaks to be followed by the inevitable cold streak? Or has Bruce truly made some adjustments that will enable him to finally have that consistent, MVP-caliber season we have been hoping for (or expecting) ever since he was the consensus #1 overall prospect in all of baseball in 2008? Let’s take a look under the hood for clues…
Jay has had only 36 plate appearances so far this year. That is a ridiculously small sample size from which to draw any meaningful conclusions but who cares?