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Smoak's struggles when he was traded and his tinkering in the minor leagues to fix his hand load and shorten his path to the ball really impressed me. His game-to-game learning is impressing me as well.
His swing is pretty. It's not the fastest swing in the world but he hits the ball sharply. The ball jumps off the bat. And as he maintains his batting eye and starts expanding his game at the plate (hitting to the opposite field, pulling with power on inside pitches, etc) it should be fun.
He's already shown he can adjust in just the few months he's been here. As the league pins him down and develops a book on him, I'd think he can adjust again.
Growth in hitters is a beautiful thing - and rare as hen's teeth around here.
~G