Brewers Hope Eric Thames, Ruthian in South Korea, Has Crossover Power
David Stearns said that We expect a productive major league player,
We’re going to put him in a comfortable environment
that will allow him to adjust back to major league baseball, and hopefully his talents will take over." Thames, 30, has played 181 games in the majors, with a .250 average and 21 homers.
Last season Carter hit .222 with 206 strikeouts — but led the National League in homers, with 41.
Stearns said that He’s going to see more consistent velocity than he’s seen
the past couple of years, but I think he’s frankly looking forward to that,
Counsell said he was also intrigued by Thames’s potential on the basepaths; the Brewers went 73-89 last season but easily led the majors in steals.
"It’s a more normal style of hitting than constantly trying to guess which shade of breaking ball he’s
going to see." Thames is eager for those fastballs, and everything else about the major league life.
He has just three major league stolen bases, but stole 40 for the Dinos in 2015.