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Blue Jays need a second-half turnaround from Justin Smoak

Toronto Blue Jays first-baseman Justin Smoak teased a breakout season early in 2016. With Chris Colabello suspended and Smoak thrust into an everyday role with little competition, Smoak was hitting for power and creating quality at-bats.

By May 14th, Smoak was hitting .314 with a .448 on-base percentage and an OPS of .948. Not sustainable, of course, given his stratospheric BABIP at the time, but Smoak emerging as an .800+ OPS hitter seemed legitimately possible.

Since June 1st, however, it’s been an entirely different story.

In 31 games since then (90 plate appearances), Smoak is hitting just .