No, I don’t mean Ryan Braun, who will see plenty of time at first base himself. I’m talking about Justin Smoak, the 33-year-old switch hitter who was signed by Milwaukee over the offseason.
Smoak came to the Brewers after spending his last five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. While he had a few good seasons in Toronto, last year was certainly a down year by his standards. Though he’s never really hit for average as it is, he dropped all the way down to .208 last year while only driving in 61 runs.