Jay Bruce busted on to the scene last year at the end of May and didn't really cool off for the first 2.5 weeks of the season, after which he was hitting .382/.468/.632 and looked pretty much invincible.

And then the league started to figure him out and Jay went cold for the next 2.5 months, posting a .217/.244/.368 over his next 270 plate appearances with 74 strikeouts and just 9 walks.

He did manage to put up a solid month of September and finished the year with a respectable line of .254/.314/.453 - not bad for a 21-year old rookie.

Let's see if we can take a look at our sparkling new graphs and learn a little about Bruce's successes and struggles.

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