I was saying that as I seemed to remember Saunders having a really hot start and then fading, which I hoped wasn't happening with Smoak. I went back and looked at OPS by month:
Saunders 2016: .951 / .862 / .943 / .862 / .735 / .454
Smoak 2017: .811 / .944 / 1.104
So part of my thought was right - Smoak is trending upwards. However, Saunders played well until somewhere in August where he fell off a cliff (as opposed to having a hot April / May and then slowing down gradually). I guess we'll have to wait and see if that happens to Smoak too.
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