MILWAUKEE -- Eric Thames left Miller Park as a question mark and returned Monday as one of the most talked-about players in Major League Baseball.
Thames was so productive on a nine-game road trip that you had to check the numbers twice. He went 14-for-31 with six home runs during a five-game streak. He scored 14 runs, drove in nine, hit four doubles and collected five walks while striking out just three times over the trip.
As the Brewers opened a 10-game, 11-day homestand on Thursday night against the Cardinals, Thames was the MLB leader in OPS (1.