00:00i wanted to go back and look at some of his numbers and maybe i'm just thinking about this
00:20disproportionately josh smith 27 he just won al player of the week hit 423 with an ops
00:29of 1.269 pair home runs he has also already this year played 34 games at shortstop 11 games at first
00:40base 11 games at third base and he's played at least one game in every other position outside
00:47of catcher and pitcher so he's not like your typical hey i'm gonna be lined up at shortstop
00:51every single day obviously so first of all i'm terribly impressed just by that i'm terribly
00:58impressed by the fact that he's been able to be so versatile defensively for the rangers then you
01:05look at the numbers he's hitting 288 ops of 799 i believe both of those are at or near the top
01:13depending on if you classify evan carter as qualified for it i think he's put together a solid
01:20offensive year and the versatility that he brings to this team he has bailed this rangers team out
01:26defensively time and time again i think he is worthy of an all an all-star selection although
01:35i can see how they would want to default to just the pitcher where are you putting him
01:38he's utility that is and that is a that is a legitimate spot
01:42okay let's do it oh yes i don't know who else deserves it by the way he is second on the team
01:53in offensive war he's 0.1 behind wyatt langford and he's second on the team in ops although evan
02:00carter clearly has played significantly fewer games so of like the full-time players this season
02:05josh smith has the best ops on the team he has the best batting average on the team he's 0.1 off
02:12of having the best offensive war on the team and then you factor in all the defensive aspects
02:17that he brings to the table
02:19you
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