Let us all remember that Jay Bruce is Human.  The reds are not going to instantly become contenders because he's playing in Cincinnati instead of Louisville.  

He isn't walking across the beautiful Ohio river, as C. Trent likes to remind us.  I just hope this works out similar to milwaukee's Ryan Braun. Braun played 113 games for the brewers last year, 324 avg, 34 HR and 97 rbis.  I don't expect that kind of HR total, but I'd love to see that average and runs batted in.