“I would say for the most part, our 3 and 4 guys, they’re not getting on base enough,” said Donaldson.
Jose Bautista and Kendrys Morales batted in their usual third and fourth spots on Monday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
“Bautista’s known to be around .380 to .400 on-base and I don’t think he’s anywhere near that right now (.337),” said Donaldson. “I’m not sure Kendrys Morales’ on base is (.307), but I can’t imagine that he’s a very high on-base guy (career .331). So the fact of it is, if those guys weren’t getting on base, then he (Smoak) is going to hit solo home runs. With that being said, I think the tougher question is, where would he need to hit in order to have guys on base? I think that’s what we need to (consider).”