Jay Bruce Confirms Trade to Phillies, Expected to Join Team on Monday
The Phillies have acquired Jay Bruce from the Mariners and the outfielder will join the team on Monday in San Deigo, according to MLB.com's Greg Johns.
The Mariners will receive minor league infielder Jake Scheiner and cash considerations in return. The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal was the first to report the structure of the deal.
Bruce, 32, became the eighth player to hit at least 300 career home runs and 300 doubles when he crushed a 416-foot home run in the bottom of the seventh inning off the Angels’ Tyler Skaggs on Friday. The solo blast was Bruce’s 14th of the year.
Bruce finished Friday’s 4–3 win with a .212/.283/.533 batting line, 25 extra bases, 28 RBI and an .816 OPS through 184 plate appearances. His addition in Philadelphia would help fill the void left by Odubel Herrera after he was placed on leave earlier in the week.
The Phillies are expected to take on most of Bruce's contract, which owes him $14 million in 2020.
Philadelphia currently sits in first place in the NL East with a record of 33–24.
