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Originally Posted by jettio
What ever happened to a player having to have a good year or two prior to supplant somebody with some career accomplishments?
Smoak is in his 8th year, on his 1st free agent contract and is paid $4,000,000+ this year and signed for next year for same amount.
Hosmer is in his 7th year, never been a free agent and is paid $12,000,000+ this year. His pay next year will probably be at least 5 times greater than Smoak.
It is unusual for a guy to be elected to start in his first all-star caliber year. But I guess he is the only Blue Jay going to Miami.
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His numbers are also a reason why he's going to the All Star game. The reason why Yander Alonzo made it instead of Hosmer is because the A's didn't havnt a representative