The Diamondbacks liked everything about A.J. Pollock when he was coming out of Notre Dame in 2009. They believed he could run and hit and play center field. They thought he had at least a little sock in his bat. They loved his makeup. In scouting parlance, Pollock checked off all the boxes.
But even the scouts who believed in him the most probably didn't expect him to produce the sort of value he's churned out over his past 162 games. From late in the 2013 season through Wednesday, Pollock had a .312 average, .363 on-base, .485 slugging and 31 steals in his past 584 at-bats to go along with Gold Glove-caliber defense.