Justin Smoak is one of those players. Shi Davidi recently described him “as a loyal and important professional on and off the field.” If this is Smoak’s final season with the Club, I thought it appropriate to examine his record with the Blue Jays.
The short Smoak history
Smoak was a 2008 first-round pick of the Texas Rangers; he was subsequently traded by Texas in July 2010 to the Seattle Mariners. He did not succeed as a Mariner, as evidenced by his 96 wRC+ and 0.2 fWAR. In October 2014, Smoak was placed on waivers by the Mariners and later claimed by the Blue Jays.