You knew when Eric Thames came back to the States as the hardest-hitting dude from Korea (sort of) since Dae Han, there’d be questions. Not long after John Lackey scratched his head, MLB made Thames pee in a cup. Or, you know, whatever they have guys do to collect samples. Having been on the wrong end of said results more than once, Ryan Braun no doubt had some advice for his slugging teammate.
Heck, even rival players have been encouraging the Cinderella slugger.
@EricThames bro keep doing what you doing but not to the cubs lol, hey and drug test is random ( yeah right ) keep up the good work
— Miguel Montero (@miggymont26) April 26, 2017
In the wake of fellow division rival Starling Marte being popped for following the Ivan Drago training regimen, several Cubs spoke out about the use of PEDs and the supposed randomness and efficacy of MLB’s testing program.