During the middle of the winter, it was easy for New York Mets fans to get excited about having both Jay Bruce and Yoenis Cespedes anchoring the middle of the batting order. Let’s just say that things haven’t gone according to plan thus far in 2018, and a recent setback for Bruce will make it even harder for this to become a reality.
After beginning his road back to the active roster recently, manager Mickey Callaway talked about what the immediate future holds for his left-handed hitting outfielder, via Tim Healey of Newsday:
“He started baseball activity, started feeling some stuff in his hip, and [the medical staff] recommended that he get shut down for a 10-day period and kind of reassess him after that.