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Cody Thomas is a fantasy baseball OF prospect sleeper and minor leaguer to know. Read our MLB prospects outlooks for fantasy baseball rookies and call-ups.
PROSPECT: Cody Thomas, OF, Oakland Athletics
ANALYSIS: Thomas finally got to the majors in 2022 with Oakland after a minor league journey that began as a 13th-round selection of the Dodgers out of Oklahoma. The 6'4" lefty is back in Triple-A in 2023, where he's more than a year older than the average Pacific Coast League player at 28.
Thomas has legit power, with 32 extra-base hits in 57 games, but he's also shown a significantly better strikeout rate this season, which has been an issue in the past for him. He's currently sporting a 16.1% strikeout rate, down more than 10% from the best rate he's ever posted in the minors over a full season.
The Dodgers moved Thomas to Oakland via trade in the 2020-2021 offseason because he was among a large number of similar players in their system, but he's now run into a similar issue in Oakland.
VERDICT: Thomas is likely going to get plenty of run in the second half of the season once the A's trade away a host of players at the deadline. If he can control his swing-and-miss rate the way he has this year, he could definitely help fantasy teams in the second half.
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