I 100% agree with you, especially the part about you using too many hyphens . But what I'm meaning to say is currently Carerra is having a better season than Smoak, and with the way Smoak is battling, Carerra brings another element out there wth his speed and bunting abilities, so even if he does enter a slump he has a weapon he can use to avoid a strikeout unlike Smoak.
Another part of this for me is I think overall defensively, Carerra in right and one of EE/Bautista at 1B is much better than having Smoak at 1B and Bautista out in right. I haven't seen the defensive metrics, but by the naked eye EE has been just as good as Smoak, I can really thing of 1 or 2 blunders at 1B (had a hit skip past him I think and couldn't catch Tulo's throw), plus I have a feeling Bautista would be great there he's super athletic