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Former Chicago White Sox player Frank Thomas visits a Babe Ruth exhibition during his orientation visit at the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, March 3, 2014, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Thomas will be inducted to the hall in July. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A good year just continues to get better for former Auburn great

Frank Thomas

.

Thomas,

, has been tabbed to join MLB on Fox's pregame show as a studio analyst, according to a release from Fox Sports.

The legendary Chicago White Sox first baseman has been working as a studio analyst for Comcast SportsNet Chicago analyzing White Sox games since his retirement in 2010, and he was also a guest analyst for TBS in 2007.

Thomas, who hit .301 in a 19-year career that produced 521 home runs, 1,704 RBI, five All-Star nods and two MVP awards, will be a part of the Major League Baseball broadcast that has handled the prime-time Saturday game for years.

The pre-game studio show will be helmed by

Kevin Burkhardt

, and Thomas will be part of a rotating group of analysts that includes former Dodger first baseman

Eric Karros

, outfielder

Gabe Kapler

and former pitcher

C.J. Nitkowski

.