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Much appreciated G!!  I'll add some video links here, for the batters, anyway.

Burger:  He has a "Happy Feet" approach at the plate that is interesting.  Or weird.  Also looks like he's going to develop  a bit of a wide aft load (Seager-esque or Pablo-esque?) and runs with kind a Babe Ruth type step.  In this video he misses a lot and hits some flies to LF.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3XP82oUmfQ

Smith:  Here's a highlight reel of homers:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wtHyA4UGYo

            Some BP time and some game AB's  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lF0IU55ws

            I love his two-handed short follow-through that you see in his highlight reel.  Love it. That move reminds me of Jim Thome, not that he's Thome-like slugger, mind you.  I hate the long,             one-handed follow-through he uses in BP and in some AB's.   The first two homers here are hit by a very young Jim Thome (the 1st is his 1st big                                   league tater).  Thome was l lean like Smith, when he  came up.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-oRoPBuV9g

Hiura:  Short and quick to the ball:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOJgLcQQoug  By all accounts he's a high character guy.  His stroke actually freminds me a              bit of Bob Horner.

I will absolutely concur, based on the video's above.  Smith, then Hiura, then (a distant) Burger.

BTW, here's Peterson at his best, in a 20 K performance vs. ASU in April:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blvrdWhl82w

Being a Duck, Class of '79, I wouldn't mind that pick, at all.  Seems like he's sort of a fast-rack guy, as well.

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