{"id":218100,"date":"2021-04-03T04:42:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-03T01:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/yankees-see-a-lot-left-in-jay-bruce-after-tough-opening-day\/"},"modified":"2021-04-03T04:42:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T01:42:43","slug":"yankees-see-a-lot-left-in-jay-bruce-after-tough-opening-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/yankees-see-a-lot-left-in-jay-bruce-after-tough-opening-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Yankees see ‘a lot left’ in Jay Bruce after tough Opening Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Yankees see ‘a lot left’ in Jay Bruce after tough Opening Day<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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For a brief moment Thursday, it looked as if Jay Bruce might play hero in his first game<\/a> in a Yankees uniform.<\/p>\n

Alas, his fly ball in the seventh inning only travel<\/a>ed 363 feet, landing in the glove of Blue Jays right fielder Teoscar Hernandez for an out instead of over the wall for a Yankees lead.<\/p>\n

It was an otherwise uneventful Opening Day for Bruce, who went 0-for-3 with a walk out of the No. 8 spot and was not tested defensively at first base in the 3-2, 10-inning loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re going to see still a very good player,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said Thursday. \u201cA guy that we feel like has a lot left. A guy that\u2019s obviously had a very good career to this point and is not an old guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s older and he\u2019s veteran, but he\u2019s only 33 years old and I think physically, is in probably a better place than he\u2019s been the past couple years. We hope as a result to that, we\u2019re going to get a highly productive player.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bruce, who won a roster spot after Luke Voit opted to undergo surgery for a partially torn meniscus, is expected to be the regular starter at first base until Voit returns. The former Met is a natural outfielder who hadn\u2019t made more than 10 starts at first base in a season until 2018. He still had just 50 career starts at the position entering this season.<\/p>\n

DJ LeMahieu can fill in at first base \u2014 as he did Thursday in the 10th inning, moving over from second \u2014 and Mike Tauchman also has been taking ground balls at first. But Bruce said late in camp he believes he could keep getting better at the position.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident I can play a very adequate first base, and with more practice, I think I can be good,\u201d Bruce said.<\/p>\n