Like I said, I didn't defend the Smoak move at the time, and I soured pretty quickly on the Morales deal before that season started. (The FO judged the market really poorly that year) but the key was that if they didn't work out, no big deal. Pennies lost there.
Where you're wrong here, is that you implied Smoak was part of the flyball revolution. Which could not be further from the truth. Characteristics of those players involve trading average and increasing strikeouts for more power. Smoak on the other hand, dropped his K rate by his increased contact rates, decreased Z swing rate, and his natural power followed.