FACTS/FLUKES: Bruce, Gonzalez, Ellis, Blanton, Mesoraco

Early roller coaster ride evens out for Bruce ... Jay Bruce (OF, CIN) entered the season with high expectations—coming off his first 30-HR season, good xBA trend, still just 25—but a .229 May BA raised some questions. But he's back to his old stroke in the first 10 days of June:

Year    AB   BA    xBA  bb%  ct%   Eye  h%   PX    G/L/F   hr/f  HR
====   ===  ====  ====  ===  ===  ====  ==  ===  ========  ====  ==
2009   345  .223  .267   10   78  0.51  22  145  39/13/49   17%  22
2010   509  .281  .259   10   73  0.43  34  141  36/20/44   15%  25
2011   585  .256  .261   11   73  0.45  30  156  36/17/47   16%  32
2012   204  .265  .280   10   72  0.40  31  191  29/24/47   19%  13

While there are questions about his batting average,...

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