Jay Bruce

The New York Mets have a logjam in the outfield and could try to solve it by dealing away Jay Bruce.

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New York Mets outfielder Jay Bruce has been the subject of trade rumors this MLB offseason.

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They won't have Matt Harvey, they won't have Jacob deGrom, and they won't have Daniel Murphy.

If you're expecting the New York Mets to be the same roadblock they were for the Chicago Cubs they were last October, well, a lot of the power pitching is hurt, and the power-hitting second baseman is gone.

But they do have Jay Bruce.    

Fact: The New York Mets traded for Cincinnati Reds right fielder Jay Bruce on Monday, per ESPN's Adam Rubin. Bruce has 25 home runs and 80 runs batted in this season—both more than any player currently on the Mets.

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Jay Bruce isn't Yoenis Cespedes. The 2016 New York Mets are not the 2015 Mets, and the National League East isn't the same as it was last year, either.

But on another deadline day, the Mets could dream. Mets fans could dream. Mets players could dream.

The New York Mets traded for Cincinnati Reds traded outfielder Jay Bruce on Monday in exchange for Dilson Herrera and Max Wotell, the team announced.

By the time you finish reading this sentence, Jay Bruce may have already become the newest member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

But if he's still on the Cincinnati Reds by the time you've gotten to this sentence, we can only go so far as imagining how well Bruce would fit in Dodger blue.

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce tied a franchise record during the seventh inning of Wednesday's 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants, hitting a home run in a fifth consecutive game, per Sportsnet Stats.

There are just a few days left before Major League Baseball's August 1 non-waiver trade deadline, and the rumor mill is replete with tidbits regarding some of the best players in the league.

With time running out until MLB's non-waiver trade deadline, nearly half of the league is sandwiched together atop the standings.

Fourteen teams have accumulated at least 50 victories. Shortly before the non-waiver trade window shuts on Aug. 1, a clear line divides the contenders and pretenders. Given the parity at the top, every playoff hopeful can convince itself that one or two shrewd moves will catalyze a championship run.