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Big, big factor, no pun intended...
Zduriencik has to think seriously about Smoak at DH, and if so, how HE'd do there.
Or, you have Zum-bro's idea of cashing Smoak in on an Upton or somebody.
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You could say we had 9 Brendan Ryans, or you could go back to my dreary mantra that we hit like the league average ... in 1906. :- )
A Prince Fielder would be the straw that stirs the drink. Ackley, Carp, and Smoak are already poised. Imagine a 4th big lefty bat.