He's super conscious of what he wants to work on and when he wants to do it. Catching every single day in the big leagues is brutal, brutal on your body to stay strong throughout the year. But I think he does a really nice job of isolating his time on what he needs to do on a day in, day out basis.
The lineup performs best with Smith in it, but he's not always available. In 2023, Smith ranked 11th in Major League Baseball in innings caught with 126. That number would have been higher if not for an early-season concussion...
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