Being a big fish in a small pond has it’s perks. In the case of 21 year old prospect Matt Thaiss, those perks come in the form of ready-made awards and superlatives to bestow upon him and his hitting skills, while also getting his name out there in the baseball world as a prospect to keep an eye on.
The small pond in that metaphor is, of course, the half-full kiddie pool that is the Halos’ farm system. It’s become a running joke around here that as soon as this team picks up any other team’s low rung prospects in a trade or off waivers, they automatically become one of our top guys.