WASHINGTON -- Colby Thomas couldn’t contain the huge smile on his face as he excitedly raised his arms and gazed into the Athletics’ dugout while rounding the bases at Nationals Park.

Above all else, the standout tool that carried Thomas to the Majors as the A’s No. 4 prospect was his 60-grade power. It certainly showed through at Triple-A Las Vegas over the past two years, with his 49 home runs the fourth most among all Minor League hitters since the start of the 2024 season.

It took a couple of big league stints, but Thomas finally flexed that tremendous power with the A’s, launching his first career Major League home run -- a 406-foot two-run blast to center off Mitchell Parker -- in the second inning of Thursday’s 6-0 victory over the Nationals and making that satisfying trip a

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