this article sums its up. LaHair is the one that really got away.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thehotstoneleague/2018646362_the.html

1.251 OPS in April
.792 in May
.686 in June

Players have had a hot month before. Guy was almost 30, had been in AAA forever, and hadn't proven anything. Get over it.

Justin Smoak:

.573 OPS in April
.754 in May
.458 in June

July OPS:

LaHair .814
Smoak .573

I'm not saying he isn't better than Smoak. Let's not anoint the guy some huge loss because he made an all star game. Guy had a great month followed by two TERRIBLE ones.

All it takes is three months to become an All Star. There have been a few one half wonders in the history of baseball that nobody would have even remembered ten years down the line.

LaHair is a one-sided hitter, a platoon candidate. I'm not saying he's a huge loss; he's just better than what we have at first, a guy who can't hit from either side of the plate. I'm still rooting for Justin, but he's getting into Figgins territory with the prolongation of his struggles. Bummer.