One year ago he was coming off a 78 wRC+ season. This year he put up a 107 wRC+. I don't care one way or another whether Smoak is on the roster, but he looks better now than a year ago.
Matz is good, but the difference between guys like Cecchini, Rosario, Nimmo, and Smith vs. Frazier, Zimmer, Sheffield, Kaminsky etc... doesn't really move the needle on an org ranking for me.
I think I'd only take the Dodgers, Cardinals and Cubs. The Mets aren't close for me. Both have the elite 3 SP, but I like the Lindor, Brantley, Kipnis, Gomes core better than Conforto, d'Arnaud, Flores and Duda.