Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
May 29, 2008
Thames Thumping

Marcus Thames hit two two-run home runs Wednesday night as the Tigers took down the Angels 6-2. All five of Thames' home runs came off lefties this season.

Marcus is a powerful out machine, and that makes it tough to put him in the lineup every day. As you can see in his career splits, even against lefties, his .336 OBA is just adequate, which his .507 slugging percentage is very good. He generates some power against righties, but just sucks up outs with a .287 OBA.

If Thames had figured out how to improve his OBA early, he might have had a very productive career. Instead, his power alone keeps him in the majors to occasionally make a lefties life miserable, and otherwise sit on the bench.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:56 AM | Sluggers | TrackBack (0)
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