NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 09: Jay Bruce #19 of the New York Mets in action against the Philadelphia Phillies during a game at Citi Field on September 9, 2018 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
Jay Bruce and Reggie Jackson don’t have much in common other than each has filed taxes declaring they worked for Major League Baseball. When it comes to the results on the field, I don’t see too many similarities. Yet there is one mention on Bruce’s Baseball-Reference page that has me wondering if when the New York Mets signed Bruce before the 2018 season they knew something we didn’t.