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With his size and proven production at various points of his career, Justin Smoak is capable of sticking with his fellow sluggers in the Jays lineup.

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The Toronto coaching staff would rather keep that killer instinct in check, however.

“Does he try to do too much with runners in scoring position?” Jays hitting coach Brook Jacoby said. “That’s another part of his game he’s got to be truthful to himself.

“Make sure you get one. When you try to drive in three, you don’t get any. Just touch (the baseball). Don’t try to over-swing it and kill it. Touch it and move it forward.”

So far in what he hopes to be a productive spring training, Smoak is on board. And he’s content to leave the long ball to teammates such as Jose Bautista, Josh Donaldson and newcomer Kendrys Morales, who he was a teammate with in Seattle.

Smoak smiled when asked how big Cuban Morales will adapt to the AL East after swinging for the distant fences at the parks in previous career stops in Seattle and Kansas City.