The Jay Bruce experiment isn’t working out in the early going, and the Yankees have little incentive to prolong it.
In mid-February, the Yankees signed veteran slugger Jay Bruce to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. He started the Grapefruit League nicely, going 4-for-6 with a homer, but cooled off and finished the warm-up games with a .206/.289/.441 line.
It wasn’t a scintillating performance by...