It was a minor miracle that Jay Bruce made it through the whole offseason and spring training without losing his roster spot. Coming off of an ineffective and injury-plagued 2018, the newly 32-year-old was largely considered to be well past his prime and mere salary relief in the Robinson Canó/Edwin Díaz blockbuster. Consider it a pleasant surprise, then, that Bruce has been pretty productive through the first few weeks of the season, putting up a 119 wRC+ through his first 77 turns at bat with an absolutely hilarious .176/.260/.559 slash line.
.176/.260/.559. His pinch-hit, go-ahead single last night brought him up to a whopping four non-dinger hits.