Tommy Pham has been a pleasant surprise

When the Mets went hunting for a fourth outfielder this past offseason, a lot of players passed over the role because of the lack of playing time perceived from being a fourth outfielder on a team with three established, veteran players in the three outfield spots. And so, when Tommy Pham signed, it didn’t exactly elicit a ton of praise from the Mets fanbase.

This is also somewhat colored by Pham’s past, which includes slapping Joc Pederson over fantasy football, threatening Luke Voit with martial arts, and that time he got stabbed outside of a strip club. Couple that with a few years of decline, and the Pham signing seemed like a slightly disappointing, but probably fine, bench addition. He…