Will Reds keep or trade Bruce by Deadline?

SAN DIEGO — As the non-waiver Trade Deadline nears, Reds right fielder Jay Bruce has gotten on one torrid home run streak. What Bruce doesn’t know is if his streak will continue with the Reds or with another club.

Bruce, who has six homers in five games and tied a club record on Wednesday with a five-game streak with at least one home run, headlines speculation if he will be moved by Cincinnati ahead of Monday’s 4 p.m. ET Deadline. To this point, Reds president of baseball operations Walt Jocketty has been surprised that he hasn’t fielded more calls.

“I would expect things to probably over the weekend get a little more engaged,” Jocketty said.

ESPN reported Wednesday that the pace had “picked up” on trade talks for Bruce, with the Mariners being interested. Jocketty downplayed the level of heat surrounding those talks.

“There are clubs that have been engaged on Jay for a while,” he said. “It’s basically the same clubs, but no one has really come up and been very aggressive. I can’t say anything is going to happen imminently. It’s not in that position right now.”

Bruce is batting .271/.323/.572 with 25 home runs and a National League-leading 79 RBIs. He is on pace …

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