Brewers Hope Eric Thames, Ruthian in South Korea, Has Crossover Power<br />David Stearns said that We expect a productive major league player,<br />We’re going to put him in a comfortable environment<br />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.<br />Last season Carter hit .222 with 206 strikeouts — but led the National League in homers, with 41.<br />Stearns said that He’s going to see more consistent velocity than he’s seen<br />the past couple of years, but I think he’s frankly looking forward to that,<br />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.<br />"It’s a more normal style of hitting than constantly trying to guess which shade of breaking ball he’s<br />going to see." Thames is eager for those fastballs, and everything else about the major league life.<br />He has just three major league stolen bases, but stole 40 for the Dinos in 2015.
