Acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals at the trade deadline in 2021, Lane Thomas has taken advantage of the opportunity in D.C. to claim a spot as part of the next competitive club in the nation’s capital.
“I think that some people kind of looked sideways at us when we said that Lane Thomas was a piece of the future,” GM Mike Rizzo told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies in early September. “We always say the next championship-caliber club, a guy like Lane Thomas should be a part of it, because he’s a good hitter, specifically against left-handed pitching, he’s really coming around against right-handed pitching, he can play good defense, and he runs the bases well, he’s really fast.