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Blue Jays may have found their left-fielder in Dwight Smith Jr.

Dwight Smith Jr. emerged into the forefront of the Blue Jays outfield depth chart with injuries to Ezequiel Carrera, Steve Pearce, and Dalton Pompey as well the release of Melvin Upton earlier in the season.

The 24-year old former first round pick brings some much-needed speed to the Jays homer-happy lineup. Thus far in 11 games, Smith Jr. is 10 for 25 batting .400 with 2 doubles and a stolen base. The smaller in stature Smith profiles as a future leadoff hitter if he can cut down on the strikeouts, he has 8 whiffs in limited opportunities thus far.