When the Yankees brought Jay Bruce in on a minor league contract, it was generally seen as a low-risk/high-reward type of move. If he still had something left in his bat following a so-so 2020 with the Phillies, then he could poke some blasts into the right-field seats and provide Luke Voit with decent backup options. If he couldn’t, then he was probably toast.
As the past month has shown, Bruce was more the latter. Given the Opening Day job as Yankees first baseman following Voit’s injury, the 34-year-old looked lost at the plate throughout his 39 plate appearances in pinstripes entering Sunday’s game, notching just four hits and a single homer — a .