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I'm becoming a fan of sending players back to AAA for head clearing when they are putrid at the major league level. Besides Dustin having a very good return, Smoak has been OPSing .770 since his demotion and callup. Now, I can agree that we want more than .770 from our first baseman. But, compared to what we were getting before the demotion, this is worlds better. Same with Ackley. It is interesting to me how dramatic the improvement was in both cases, and - that being the case, a second go round in Tacoma by Nick Franklin wouldn't bother me either, if he remains in the funk he finished 2013 in.