Power Players Poll of the Week
Justin Smoak
1B, Rangers
Who'll hit the most home runs this year? Which pitcher will have the most strikeouts? Those questions and others will be posed by SI.com over the next two months in a series of poll galleries with a ballot on the last frame. This week's question: Who'll win the AL Rookie of the year award?
The Rangers selected Smoak with the 11th pick in the 2008 MLB Draft to replace Mark Texiera, and the 23-year-old switch hitting first baseman from South Carolina doesn't appear to be backing down from the challenge. Through June 23 he was batting .223, but with an OBP over .330. He had seven hits, two HR and eight RBI in a recent three-game stretch.
The Rangers selected Smoak with the 11th pick in the 2008 MLB Draft to replace Mark Texiera, and the 23-year-old switch hitting first baseman from South Carolina doesn't appear to be backing down from the challenge. Through June 23 he was batting .223, but with an OBP over .330. He had seven hits, two HR and eight RBI in a recent three-game stretch.
