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Last year they cut his AB's to 50 against lefties, and his OPS+ went from 101 to 135.
But yeah.  Seth Smith has been, IMHO, in the gray area between a top-class platoon guy, and a guy who merited a fulltime corner OF spot on a quality team.  At age 27-28 he definitely wasn't the best example of what the original post was trying to get at.
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Having been pretty dubious against LHP's his whole life, and now at age 32, personally I'd be pretty comfortable that any fulltime value he ever had is in the rear view mirror ... if he can get another season or two of production, when spotted as in 2014, he'll be doing well in my book - 
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BABIP vs lefties.  I'd argue that .250 is on the fringe of what's to be expected, LH-on-LH -- usually the result of plenty of pulled grounders rolled over, and very few Back Leg Specials.  You and I would have BABIP's of about .150 in the majors, assuming we ever hit the ball ...