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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12
Soooo. I guess it's time I think of this Smoak run as a legit thing? Cause this seems legit.
17 HR, one behind Judge for the MLB lead.
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You'd think if any fan base would be more accepting of Smoak's sudden turn around it would Jays fans after watching both EE and Bautista get picked up off the scrap heap and suddenly turn into massive producing power hitters at 29/30 years of age.
Bautista's career high OPS before 29 was 0.757
He went on to post 0.995, 1.056, 0.886, 0.856, 0.928, 0.913 the next 6 seasons.
Edwin also had struggled with consistency barely cracking an 0.800 OPS before turning 29
Then 0.941, 0.904, 0.901, 0.929, 0.886 and averaging almost 39 dingers per season.
Hopefully Smoak doesn't turn out to be a flash in the pan and this is just the beginning of a nice 5/6 year run for him and the Jays.