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Because of the specific pitches that he is hitting (and the boost the park gives him). Like you say, if there is an adjustment remaining to pitchers, I don't know what it is.
Smoak likes to pull his hands in and Thome-club inside pitches. He stays back and hits offspeed stuff as if it was hanging. He goes yard the other way on outside pitches. He won't swing at a ball. What exactly are they supposed to do to slow him down in '011?
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G, what about hitting Smoak 3rd? More AB's and closer to Ichiro that way.
Only problemo is finding a relatively okay OBP for the 9 slot... Ackley would be nice...