At the time, Montero looked like the most Frank Thomas-y 'spect since 1990...
With Smoak on a 170-OPS+ tear, doing everything he's doing at the plate (EYE, off-field hitting, power, swagger, etc) I'm not sure that Smoak doesn't even come up to that level...
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Because I'm here to tell you that Justin Smoak can pick it, too. Have seen him make 3-1 assists from the 2B's position on the right side.
Last night Smoak went 1B-to-3B on a play and both Cindy and I thought it was Michael Saunders making the run. I'm not kidding. He was really picking 'em up and laying 'em down.
We were flabbergasted. It looked like approximately Griffey 1998 footspeed. Maybe we were hallucinating.
If Smoak is genuinely a top-10 OPS+ guy and a pretty glove at 1B, I really will take that over Jesus Montero.
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