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Potential Tigers pick Spencer Torkelson packs more than just a powerful punch

No one has seen him play more games. Not on a level to match Tracy Smith during Spencer Torkelson’s three years at Arizona State.

Smith watched Torkelson two years ago as a freshman bat .320, slug .743, and demolish Barry Bonds’ old ASU frosh record for home runs: 11. Torkelson walloped 25.

He saw Torkelson follow with 23 more homers in 2019, most in the Pac-12 Conference for a second season in a row, all while he batted .351 and had a .446 on-base percentage to go with the .440 he had as an 18-year-old freshman.

And then, for only a few weeks this year, before coronavirus ripped apart college baseball in 2020, Smith saw an even more polished and destructive Torkelson: .