Now I know there have been millions of Ryan Theriot threads on this board the last few years and I'm sure his performance has been discussed time and time again in each of them. But seriously, is it possible that this guy really has made a significant improvement to his game? He has a .692 career minor league OPS, which is obviously pretty awful. But he has obviously come a long way since then. Most of you are serious fans who know this already, but this guy has been a different player, at least offensively, since the start of the 2008 season. His OBP increased by over 60 points, from .326 in 2007 to .387 in 2008. He finished with a .746 OPS in 2008 which is okay, but still a step up from his .672 OPS in 2007. Now in 2009 he has the power surge. He is currently on pace for 18 homers when his previous season high was three. His OBP is lower than 2008 but is still at a respectable .355. Now he is coming off one of his best defensive series I've seen in awhile. So the question I have for all of you is...is this all a fluke or has this guy really made improvements? I remember reading threads here in 2007 and early 2008 expressing pure hatred for the guy. Nowadays there doesn't really seem to be a general consensus on him.