Is Eric Thames.........?

[moxacaine]

So is he legit or just going Chris Shelton on us?

 

[JEBJJA]

I think he is legit. Teams have had their eye on him and he legit changed his approach. He also was always tested in Japan and recently in MLB. It's a good story so I hope he succeeds. Too bad I dumped his stuff years ago!

 

[Brewer Andy]

Korea apparently uses IOC level testing too so there's that. Damn fun to watch and he definitely seems to have a great eye for the strike zone. Will be hoping this production extends to teams beyond mostly the Reds so far!


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[bstanwood]

Agree, legit. I think he was a late bloomer who stuck with it, changed his whole approach when he went overseas and now he's got it. I don't expect this ridiculous pace to keep up but .280 with 30 homers and 90 rbi seems pretty realistic.

 

[death2redemptions]

I keep waiting for him to regress but he keeps getting better so honestly I don't know. He's an anomaly.

It will be interesting to revisit this thread in September.

 

[azbaseballfan]

I think he's legit, but I'm sure that he will become more human as the year progresses. He is on pace to hit 77 hrs this season, will that happen? Most likely not.. but it makes it easy to see how he could put up 40+.

 

[scotty216brs]

Who would have guessed that Eric Thames would be the talk of baseball for the month of April?

I think his success is legit as he's always had tremendous power but has always had dreadful plate discipline. He has since improved in that department tenfold since coming from Japan and a lot of it has to do with how much more offspeed/breaking pitches they throw over there.

 

[WCTYSON]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-scariest-eric-thames-stat/

 

[Super Mario]

With him hitting out of his mind, do you think the Brewers would entertain offers for him?

 

[tramers]

So is he legit or just going Chris Shelton on us?

watch out Chris former Crawdad

 

[hive17]

Kind of puts a ding in MLB's claims that they test people "at random"...

 

[CollectorsCorner]

I took the money and ran. Left a little on the table looking at the most recent sales but I just didn't know.

 

[Austin]

At best, he's a modern Cecil Fielder. Leaves MLB to play in Asia, then returns and hits 50 homers before fizzling out in a few years.

But Thames is already 30. Unless they're gambling for a quick flip, anyone who spends the kind of money his rookies are selling for now is an idiot.

I just don't understand the mindset of people who spend a fortune on an unproven 30 year old because he's hot for a month.

 

[azbaseballfan]

I took the money and ran. Left a little on the table looking at the most recent sales but I just didn't know.

Did the same, only had a refractor auto but sold it for 8-10x what i got it for a few years back.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Dude got tested last night for the 3rd time in 10 days. I don't know what to say about that but it's nuts


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[death2redemptions]

Dude got tested last night for the 3rd time in 10 days. I don't know what to say about that but it's nuts


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Doesn't sound so "random". Maybe just a coincidence

 

[Austin]

Dude got tested last night for the 3rd time in 10 days. I don't know what to say about that but it's nuts

Maybe a test came back positive and they're making sure it was accurate.
Also, a player is allowed to appeal a positive result before it's made public so they could be retesting for that.

But he's probably just being borderline harassed. He's being cool about it and says he welcomes the tests so I don't think he's on anything.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Maybe a test came back positive and they're making sure it was accurate.
Also, a player is allowed to appeal a positive result before it's made public so they could be retesting for that.

But he's probably just being borderline harassed. He's being cool about it and says he welcomes the tests so I don't think he's on anything.

Possible but I'm pretty sure he is the one reporting he was tested (otherwise confidential). Would be odd for him to bring it up to reporters if he was on something but who knows thought it was noteworthy either way


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[johnryno]

What's really bonkers is Zimmerman's old ass leading the Triple Crown race.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Zimmerman has been on a heckuva roll. Happy for him but yeah, I thought of him too when I started thinking who should MLB be suspicious of! Do like Zimm though


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