Eric Thames

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | The week in NPB May 3, 2021

Eric Thames' injury mars debut of Giants' high-profile foreign stars

by Jason Coskrey

After everything it took for Thames to get to Japan, he’s now heading back to the U.S. for surgery after less than three full innings in NPB.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Mar 6, 2021

Japan’s travel ban has left foreign baseball players in limbo

by Brad Lefton

Colin Rea — like more than a dozen other players who joined Japanese clubs in the offseason — is in limbo.

Baseball / Japanese Baseball Dec 31, 2020

Giants announce agreement with slugger Eric Thames

The 34-year-old will arrive in Japan with 96 career home runs — 75 after he joined the Milwaukee Brewers in 2017.