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Tex's 19 homers in his first 80-odd pro games out of college, compared to Gonzalez' .448 career slugging in the minors.
Note that in Gonzalez' age-21 season, for example, he hit 5 homers all year. There are excuses for that, but Teixeira would never go 5 HR for a full season no matter what.
Tex slugged .583 career in the minors - he came out of college hitting HR's like Russ Branyan as well as the legendary HS homerfest.
After Gonzalez matured, of course, the power came through, which is what we're hoping for on Smoak.
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Operative idea: some guys have easy power and will never have a season on their baseball cards without lots of HR's ... others need to use their noggins to get to the pitcher...