If Thames continues to hit like he did in spring training, I think he will lose his starting role vs righties very quickly to Braun. I wouldn't pencil him for 110 starts just yet. First it is spring training and secondary I don’t think we see Braun that much out there at 1B with how bad they still think he is. Only reason he will face LHP there is because he crushes it. I’m not so sure they think his bat is worth it against anything else quite yet. Thames will have a really long leash of time before Braun really starts stealing his entire role. This really more about a 3 way battle between Santana, Braun & Thames vs RHP. One would certainly hope and assume that Yelich & Cain will start 150 games. Santana in RF and Braun at 1B vs LHP. I'm not convinced that either Thames or Braun can outproduce Santana vs RHP. We'll see. History show us that both Cain & Braun will miss 30+ games, more than likely, due to injuries, which will provide opportunities to everyone.