Major League Baseball's standings right now reflect a tentative changing of the guard: the 2016 ALCS runners-up have the worst record at 2-10 up in Toronto, while injury-riddled Colorado hasn't looked back en route to 9-5 record and a Cincinnati team that lost 94 contests last year finds itself leading the hyper-competitive NL Central despite dropping a four-game series to Milwaukee. The Brewers are riding the wave that is Eric Thames' bat, as the Brewers' 1B has hit safely in every game since April 4. He went 5-13, 6 R, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K over the weekend's slate of games, and that doesn't even include the 2-3 showing he had with a homer Thursday. It's refreshing to see Thames in his return to The Show from several years of pro ball in Korea systematically swatting the doubters away with a .368 average to date. Thames also leads the league in OPS at 1.376 right now. Fantasy-wise, Thames' owners who took a purported risk on the uncertainty of his skills—perhaps at a bargain later in drafts—are being handsomely rewarded for so doing. Sure, it's early. But a handful of players and teams are making a splash that bodes for an exciting 2017 overall.
Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league:
