That's expected when you're pitching for your dream team for the first time ever. There’s not as much at first base, and what they do have — Chavis, Sam Travis, Bobby Dalbec — is right handed. Thames has a really interesting career trajectory, and you may remember him from his days with the Blue Jays way back at the start of the decade. Despite bouncing back a bit this past year, the Brewers declined his $7.5 million option and he is a free agent. Advertising InquiriesTerms of UsePrivacy PolicyContent Policy, AppAdvertising InquiriesTerms of UsePrivacy PolicyContent PolicyBest Sports Betting SiteSubscription Terms. He hits for huge power, with ISOs of at least .250 in each of the last three seasons. He was second in league MVP voting to Brandon Laird. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Do you have a blog? His final line: 5 innings, one hit, one run, five strikeouts, one walk, one HBP. Now, the Brewers park is better for left-handed power than Fenway and he is not an opposite-field slugger, but his power can carry to the bullpens in Boston’s right field. The year, though, ended back on a down note, as he hit .220/.256/.439 in 40 games for the Mariners, with 47 whiffs in 123 AB. Baseball was back for a few hours and it was awesome. He was amped up from the start and was overthrowing for sure. The result was a huge run to re-start his major-league career and eventually a 2017 with a 125 wRC+ over 551 plate appearances. He easily edged Byung-ho Park in the Gold Glove voting this time, 227 votes to 116. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The New York Yankees took him in the 39th round of the 2007 amateur draft (one pick ahead of Will Smith) but he did not sign. Thames was just getting going, though. As far as adding more to the right side of the infield, it comes down more to a relative lack of money for Peraza than a relative lack of talent. Are you a Stathead, too? Cincinnati had been the victim of 8 of his 11 homers at that point. Thames opened 2013 back in the minors, with the Tacoma Rainiers, where he did well (.295/.382/.479 in 57 G).

Thames was the starting left fielder when the Jays opened the 2012 season, having beaten out Travis Snider for the job. In AAA, he had hit .352/.423/.610 with 25 doubles and 7 doubles in 53 games, driving in 45. In fact, going back to 2017 he has a 126 wRC+ against right-handed pitching and was at 122 this past year. He did well in the Wild Card Game, which the Brewers lost to the Washington Nationals, going 2 for 4 with a double and a homer. He made the league leaderboard in average (8th, between Byung-hun Min and Yong-taik Park), runs (6th, between Jung-ho Kang and Hyung-woo Choi), triples (6, tied for 8th), home runs (3rd, behind Byung-ho Park and Kang), total bases (305, 3rd after Byung-ho Park and Kang), RBI (2nd, 3 behind Byung-ho Park), OPS (3rd, after Kang and Byung-ho Park), slugging (2nd, .051 behind Kang) and OBP (10th, between Byung-kyu Lee and Seok-min Park).
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On November 4th, however, the Brewers declined his $7.5 million option for the following season, making him a free agent. Let's talk about those five innings while Nationals Park sinks to the bottom of the Atlantic.

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eric thames, featured_sidebar, frontstory_nationals3, mark zuckerman, nationals, nationals pastime, player review Previous Post Source: Hale, Long won't return to fast-changing coaching staff Instead, it would just give them flexibility to move guys around. He was only the second foreign player in KBO annals to top 120 RBI, following Felix Jose, and was the first NC Dinos player to top 100 RBI. Our data provider is having technical issues, live scoring and stats are impacted. It's art. Do you have a sports website? Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. After hitting Eric Thames in the foot to lead off the 2nd inning, Cole settled down to retire 10 batters in a row.

He batted .286/.359/.486 in 9 games for the Leones del Caracas in the 2013-2014 Venezuelan Winter League. Man does it feel good to have this man on our side. Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours. He was the first Toronto rookie with at least 5 triples and 10 homers and the first AL rookie to do so since Tadahito Iguchi in 2005. In 2018, he was hitting .250 with 7 homers in 22 games when he went down with a torn ligament in his thumb, putting him on the sidelines for two months. This led to an RBI single by Giancarlo later in the inning. He slowed down badly after his tremendously hot first month, however, in part because pitchers stopped challenging him with fastballs. He set a new record by homering again the next night, in a 9-1 win over the Reds. New and improved Eric Thames only 13 games in, but what happened to this guy in Korea?
On the same day, the Brewers announced they were cutting ties with 1B Chris Carter, with Thames slated to take over for him. 5 innings of Yankees-Nats from Washington D.C. That also includes with J.D.