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Smoak at the plate is a thing of beauty. What others have to be taught he seems to do instinctively. One would expect that by mid-season teams will have figured out how to make life tougher for him, but a few hitters transcend the normal struggles of early-career MLBers. Justin could well be one of those. For now, I just enjoy watching a young, stud hitter on my team. God alone knows what the morrow may bring, but today we have the privilege of watching what he has already become.
For all our sufferings as Mariners fans, to be able to see a stud hitter and a stud pitcher (Pineda) emerge in the same month on the same team is quite special.