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I'm very impressed with Smith the more I analyze him. He's almost "Cano-Lite" with a high-OBP game but still decent pop.
I'll be trying to diagnose why his BABIP is so low vs. LHP. He's only been given 47 starts vs. LH starter in 865 career games, and only has 472 PAs vs. LHP in his whole MLB career. Clearly he's been labeled as a guy who can't hit lefties.
Even with that he's put up the numbers in the subject line, so he's a "most-time" part-timer.
And, as someone else noted, it might well be Ackley that gives way to Ruggs some/much of the time.
Happy New Year everyone!