The Milwaukee Brewers elected not to protect Shane Smith from the Rule 5 Draft last month, so the Chicago White Sox swooped in to pick up the promising young pitcher on Wednesday.
The 2024 Rule 5 Draft hasn't even gotten underway, and yet one player has already come off the board.reported Wednesday morning that the Chicago White Sox would be selecting Milwaukee Brewers right-handed pitcher Shane Smith with the No. 1 overall pick. Mayo shared the information at 8:56 a.m. CT, while the Rule 5 Draft wasn't set to begin at the Winter Meetings in Dallas until 1 p.m. CT.
The Brewers signed Smith as an undrafted free agent coming out of Wake Forest in 2022. He missed his freshman year due to injury, had his sophomore season cut short due to COVID-19 and underwent Tommy John surgery in 2021, so he wasn't exactly a household name when he joined Milwaukee's farm system. Across 40 total relief appearances in 2023, Smith went 7-4 with a 1.89 ERA, 0.952 WHIP and 12.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
The average velocity of Smith's four-seam fastball sits right around 94 miles per hour, but it can top out closer to 98. He also throws a cutter and a curveball.
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