NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Jay Bruce brought his two large Cincinnati Reds gear bags into the Mets’ clubhouse, walked into a filled interview room and pronounced himself in a New York state of mind.
“There’s an instant kind of recharge to the battery, getting in there to a pennant race and playing baseball that matters,” the All-Star outfielder said Tuesday, a day after the Mets acquired him from the Reds. “The last couple years have been tough.”
Bruce, who reported to the Mets along with returning pitcher Jon Niese, was drafted by the Reds in 2005.