Batter’s Box: Toronto Ensures Mariners Go Up In Smoak

A hitter’s clinic by Toronto 1B Justin Smoak keyed the Blue Jays to an offensively sound Thursday, as he went 3-3, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB en route to...

A hitter's clinic by Toronto 1B Justin Smoak keyed the Blue Jays to an offensively sound Thursday, as he went 3-3, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI, BB en route to a 7-2 win over Seattle. The homer was Smoak's sixth of the year and he's up to .274 in batting average. The 21 RBI he boasts lead the team. He is only owned in 4% of Yahoo leagues and 5.8% of ESPN leagues, as compared to Albert Pujols being owned in 88% and 86.4%, respectively. And yet he now has more runs, home runs and total bases than Pujols. Makes you wonder whether people are actually researching stats or sometimes reverting to name recognition to flesh out their rosters.

Let’s take a look at what else happened hitting-wise around the league:

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Andrew Todd-Smith

Journalistically trained and I have written for SB Nation. Fantasy baseball & football nerd, and there's a solid chance I'll outresearch you. I live in Columbus, pull for Cleveland and could learn to despise your team if you give me reason to. Navy veteran and wordplay addict with an expat background.

2 responses to “Batter’s Box: Toronto Ensures Mariners Go Up In Smoak”

  1. Nathan Smith says:

    Have you noticed what Sano’s soft hit % is?

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