Jim Thome's hot start

**presley177** · 04-14-06, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by bigboydan

The new White Sox DH is 9-for-26 (.346) with 2 doubles, 5 home runs, 8 walks, 8 RBI and 9 runs scored in his first 8 games this season. His slugging percentage is 1.000 and his OPS is an insane 1.514 - twice what it was in 2005. Certainly there has to be some drop off, but if he stays healthy, you think he can stay close to this effective all season?

I think it's a given that the average will be below .300 but his homerun,walks and rbi totalts should remain consistently good.

**The Great One** · 04-14-06, 12:35 PM

He should hit well over 100 home runs.

Of course, if he does, everyone will tell him he took steroids for which he should replay "so what if I did".

**Illusion** · 04-14-06, 01:39 PM

I gave everybody a headsup when he came out of spring training on fire. He is crushing the ball right now.

**onlooker** · 04-14-06, 03:30 PM

He had been a hot tamale. I passed on him in my fantasy drafts because I figured he would be striking out a lot. He still can, and expect his average to dip down as well. Im sure he will be pushing 50 homeruns this year.

**Illusion** · 04-15-06, 02:43 AM

Originally posted by onlòóker

He had been a hot tamale. I passed on him in my fantasy drafts because I figured he would be striking out a lot. He still can, and expect his average to dip down as well. Im sure he will be pushing 50 homeruns this year.

I also expect his average to drop. When he gets cold he really gets ice cold.