if a person watches enough ball, you'll see on a consistent basis that "new" guys or rookies, whatever you want to call them, if they have any bit of decent talent, always seem to have a few months of success whether they're pitchers or hitters.

The game today is so focused on video, that these new guys don't have much video history at the big league level. Opposing teams have some info from the minors, but they don't have any credible info (patterns/tendencies) for a few months, so pitchers don't have an idea on how to approach these guys.

Pham, Grichuk, Piscotty are great examples of this. Piscotty came up and got hot, Pham has had his moments and the same for Grichuk.

Take those three for example, one of them might be a long term legit big leaguer, but they haven't been up long enough to know who it might be (hopefully all three of them will be.)

Just my opinion, Grichuk has proven power, proven speed and a proven glove and is the best option in CF if he's healthy. He can change a game with one swing and he's proven that multiple times this year. Pham has not.

(I just wanted to get in on all the arm-chair GM opinions and chit..)