I didn't know that, to be honest I haven't followed Barton that closely but that definitely creates a bit more intrigue to this current situation. I really hope Smoak pulls it out and can be effective, hopefully that FB% will come into effect at the RC. I mean that would be the ideal scenario as opposed to him continually playing like ass (sorry politically correct forum nazi's but yes he has been hot garb thus far.. even in a sss). Who knows maybe they're just tinkering with his swing so he gets a pass this ST due to it being a controlled experiment, or maybe not and he really just is that bad. Either way it's going to be really interesting to see how it all shakes out at 1B this year.