Its obvious that Smoak is pressing, his slump fairly well corresponded with his move up in the lineup. What I see with him, and others isn't real uncommon. No one I know preaches more aggressive behavior to get out of a rut, and you can bet Wedge isn't either. However, the opposite doesn't work well either. Passively looking to hit the ball the other way leads one to allowing the fb to get on top of them before they can react. When I watch Smoak, lately, I see a robotic approach whereby he tries to jump on breaking pitches, and take (very precisely) pitches up, and away, to the opposite field. Fine in theory, but he seems to be losing some snap by trying to steering the ball. In short, trying to Steve Vai his way through an AB, instead of feeling it ala Edward Van Halen. Weird references aside, there is too much coached behavior on the field right now, though I am confident a few of these kids will pan out.