Smoak Is Awful

Smyly looking to continue a long line of garbage (Jered Weaver, Carlos Rodon, random Yankee starters) to mow through this lineup. To be fair, BABIP is mostly responsible for this showing and it's still early, but jesus this guy has owned us before hasn't he? Nice AB Tulo.

Smoak with another useless at bat in a key position (runner on 2nd, 0 outs). Absolute shitbag; if this game goes into extra innings, it is on his head. Garbage player.

Smoak's compete failures today might cost the team the game. One of the very worst players in major league baseball (and no, 14 home runs against backup catchers and mop up bullpen guys up by 6 runs do not make him a competent player. Sorry Smoak fans.)

Against Miley, Gallardo, and Jimenez? Yes, considering every team in the league besides the Blue Jays is burying them. The offense, while not "bad," has severely underachieved this year...even when healthy. That isn't debatable. Disgusting performance vs. a (mediocre) AAA level pitcher. Directed at the guy arguing with Violator, I am noob and messed up the quoting.

Benoit, while not good, is a perfectly competent mop up guy. Loup is, and always will be, trash. Benoit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Loup / Tepera, I have no idea what you people who lump Benoit in with the bottom feeders are smoking.

Despite the embarrassment that was the past two days, this team has done an OK job of hanging in there amidst all the mild injuries. I hope this team gets healthy and on a roll; Minnesota gave this team life earlier in the year as well.

I sincerely hope Smoak gets hit by a meteorite on his way home. f*** him, wasting millions a year to be one of the worst professional players in ANY sport. Good effort Upton & Carrera.

Looks like we got our 2 runs for the game. Maybe it will be enough if Liriano can avoid walks and get more crucial double plays.

Absolute trash player. I really have nothing constructive to say at this point, nor do I see any reason to be civil to this sack of lard.

Sorry for bumping this, but my frustrations are at an all-time high and I refuse to make a thread given how whiny this post will come across to some, particularly Smoak supporters...if such a thing exists. But why the HELL is this turgid lard on this team when to this day, his incompetence remains a god damn meme amongst Seattle Mariners fans? How does someone as abominable as Smoak get a contract extension??!? I am aware that every major league team has subpar players on it. However, even mediocre to bad player usually fulfill some sort of niche. Let's take a look at the players on the Blue Jays roster that are largely considered to be, err, suboptimal. Darwin Barney: Excellent defensive utility player (when not playing third base...) and capable backup infielder. Not a good hitter, but he doesn't need to be to fulfill his niche. Ezequiel Carrera: Similar to Barney, except a little bit less good defensively. His speed can be useful in certain situations and although he's a terrible hitter with little power, he does somehow get on base more often than he should. Even when he started slumping, he managed to work some walks in some tough at bats. An OK 4th / 5th outfielder to have. Gavin Floyd / Scott Feldman: Mediocre mop-up guys that effeciently, if not gracefully, eat up innings when the team is up or down by a lot. Hopefully Feldman can start pitching the way he did in Houston. R.A. Dickey: Mediocre starter guy that effeciently, if not gracefully, eat up innings. Yea he's pretty bad, but no worse than most #5 pitchers around the league. His ability to randomly stymie Boston and Baltimore this year has been quite useful. Melvin Upton Jr: A better Carrera. His bat is Smoak-level bad, but his above average outfield defense and baserunning ability makes him very useful as a sub late game. Obviously not a starting calibur outfielder on a contending team, and he doesn't need to be with us. Ryan Tepera, Jordan Lake: Awful, but are not normally on the 25 man roster anyway. I hope Lake gives his annual salary to starving children in Africa because he sure as hell doesn't deserve it. Josh Thole: Okay, Thole is brutal. But you know what? He has a TINY niche as a knuckleball catching specialist, even if you need an electron microscope to see it. I have no interest having him on the team after this year's regular season comes to a conclusion, but even then, he technically does SOMETHING. Francisco Liriano: Potentially useful LOOGY come playoff time due to his ability to get strikeouts. Smoak does nothing well. He is an average defensive first basemen with terrible plate discipline, below average power (especially for a frigging first basemen), a horrific batting average, and worst of all, absolutely no speed. That means that the few times Smoak somehow gets a single on a fastball down the middle, he will clog up the bases due to his inability to move. Let's not even talk about his inability to hit a breaking ball; Carol Channing would have a better chance of hitting a curveball than this useless insipid player. He has no niche, and contributes absolutely nothing to the team. There is no reason to pay him anything more than the league minimum unless you think there is the potential for him to improve, and he has been around more than long enough to know that improvement is never going to come. He is absolutely terrible. You don't reward failure, and this contract extension is an example of rewarding one of the biggest failures in not only major league baseball, but any professional sport. And yes, I am a long time lurker and intended to lurk throughout my existence (and probably won't post much here even now that I have made an account, too shy). Smoak's inherent dreadfulness warranted me to temporarily overcome my shyness to vent my frustrations, because I couldn't take it anymore. Have a fulfilling day.

Once Smoak provides his automatic out, hopefully the bottom of the order can do something so Travis can cash them in. Houston's offense messed up badly to only score one run that inning. Make them pay for it.

Justin Smoak <3. Another terrific at bat from one of the greatest sluggers of all time.

I still feel Sanchez is the best pitcher on this team, and he has the potential to continue to lower his ERA. The KC game was a fluke, and they got a bunch of very lucky, soft hits off him. Happ and Sanchez could easily win, a damn shame about Estrada's back injury.