After weeks of inaction, the hot stove was finally sparked back to life by, of all teams, the Mets. On Wednesday night, New York reportedly came to terms with free-agent outfielder Jay Bruce on a three-year, $39 million deal—beating out the Giants and Astros, among others—that reunites the club with the veteran it traded away last summer. Back in Queens for the second time in 18 months, Bruce should make an impact for a team that slumped to 92 losses last season, but it has to be disappointing to Mets fans that New York’s first major move of the winter is to bring back a player with limited upside—and perhaps at the expense of other spots on the roster that still need some serious help.
Grading the Deal: The Mets Make a Familiar, Boring Signing in Jay Bruce
