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Taro's picture

Tex is an extreme pull hitter from both sides. A-Gone an extreme opposite field hitter.
Smoak is probably going to be more in between with most of his production to the pull side like most hitters.
I like Smoak's upside better if he hits like A-Gone though. He has the raw power to go out to left (as we've seen) and needs that extra millisecond to read the ball. He already has a patient mindset at the plate.
If he hits like Tex, I don't think its going to work. He ends up hitting a ton of pop ups  and becomes a a guess hitter. Fixing the loading flaw has helped, but he doesn't have Tex-like batspeed.

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