The last does come with a caveat, as Wyatt Langford clearly beat Smith’s throw on the steal attempt. However, his pop-up slide popped him right off the bag, resulting in the out. Smith entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth and delivered a single before coming around to score on Freddie Freeman’s sac fly. He’s batting .339/.443/.500 in 71 plate appearances.

Smith extended the Dodgers lead in the third inning with a three-run blast off Ryan Feltner for his second home run of the season. He later added a single in the eighth. The 30-year-old backstop is hot at the dish through the first three weeks, slashing .367/.475/.551 with the two homers and 12 RBI across 61 plate appearances.

Smith has been an on-base machine in the early portion of the season, and the three-reach day now has his on-base percentage at .619 over six games. Obviously, that’s going to drop, but it’s great to see early success from smith after he wasn’t exactly at his best for most of the 2024 campaign.