Attended Wake Forest University … was the Demon Deacons closer in 2020, going 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (1 ER/5.0 IP) with nine strikeouts and one save in five appearances before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic...Made two starts in 2021 before undergoing season-ending Tommy John surgery...Graduated in 2018 from The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Mass., where he was a team captain in baseball, basketball and football...Smith (Danvers) and teammates RHPs Sean Burke (Sutton) and Mike Vasil (Wellesley) all grew up within an hour of each other in the Boston area … all three were on the same Area Code Games team in 2017, and all three graduated from high school in 2018 … Smith and Vasil were 2024 Rule 5 Draft selections and are workout partners during the offseason.
2025
Tied for 10th in the American League Rookie of the Year voting and was an AL All-Star after being selected from Milwaukee with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Rule 5 Draft...Ranked among the major-league rookie leaders and led the White Sox in strikeouts (third, 145), starts (T3rd, 29), IP (fourth, 146.1 IP) and wins (T8th, 7) … his 3.81 ERA (62 ER/146.1 IP) and .216 (117-for-542) opponents average were the lowest among rookies with at least 140 IP … allowed three earned runs or less in 22 of his 29 starts...According to Baseball-Reference, ranked third among MLB rookie pitchers with a 2.4 WAR, trailing only Kansas City's Noah Cameron (3.8) and teammate Mike Vasil (2.9)...Seeing Stars: Became the first seventh rookie in White Sox history to make the All-Star Team (first since 1B José Abreu in 2014) and the first rookie pitcher to earn the honor … Florida's Dan Uggla in 2006 is the only player in MLB history to make the All-Star Team in the year following his Rule 5 selection...Grab Some Bench: His 145 strikeouts were the second-highest total by a rookie in White Sox history behind Gary Peters (189 in 1963), and his 29 starts tied for the 10th-highest total and were the most since Melido Pérez (32) in 1988...Limited opponents to a .216/.305/.363 (117-542) slash line, including a .204/.301/.300 (49-240) mark with four home runs allowed vs. right-handers...Home and Road: Went 3-4 with a 3.57 ERA (28 ER/70.2 IP), .204 (53-260) opponents average, 1.12 WHIP and 64 strikeouts in 14 starts at home, compared to 4-4 with a 4.04 ERA (34 ER/75.2 IP), .227 (64-282) opponents average, 1.27 WHIP and 81 strikeouts in 15 starts on the road … his 81 strikeouts on the road were the third-highest total by a rookie in Sox history behind Peters (102 in 1963) and Pérez (82 in 1988). Central Command: Made nine starts against AL Central opponents, going 4-1 with a 1.91 ERA (10 ER/47.0 IP), 46 strikeouts, a .149/.239/.230 (24-161) slash line and 0.87 WHIP … allowed two runs or less in eight of his nine starts (five scoreless outings)...Lucky 13: Went 3-3 with a 2.37 ERA (18 ER/68.1 IP), .212 (53-for-250) opponents average and 64 strikeouts over his first 13 starts … his 2.37 ERA was the seventh-lowest mark by a Sox pitcher over his first 13 career starts (since 1912) and the lowest since Chris Sale (2.27) in 2012...Welcome to the Show: Made his major-league debut on 4/1 vs. Minnesota, allowing two runs on two hits with four walks and three strikeouts over five IP of a no decision … carried a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning and retired the first two batters in the sixth before issuing walks to Byron Buxton and Trevor Larnach … fanned Carlos Correa in the first for his first career strikeout...Posted a ND in his second career start on 4/8 at Cleveland despite allowing two hits with one walk and six strikeouts over six scoreless IP … did not allow a hit until José Ramírez and Carlos Santana recorded back-to-back singles with two outs in the sixth inning … twice struck out Steven Kwan on three pitches, becoming the first MLB pitcher to accomplish that feat (STATS) l Historic Start: Became the fifth Sox pitcher since 1974 to throw five-plus, no-hit IP in one of his first two career starts, joining Dane Dunning (5.0) on 8/30/20 vs. Kansas City, Dan Wright (6.1) on 8/6/01 vs. Tampa Bay, Roberto Hernández (6.0) on 9/2/91 vs. the Royals and Wilson Álvarez (9.0) on 8/11/91 at Baltimore (STATS) … also became the first pitcher since Shovel Hodge (1920 with the White Sox) to throw at least 11.2 IP in his first two MLB starts and allow no more than four total bases...Danvers, Mass. native suffered his first career loss on 4/13 vs. Boston despite allowing just two runs on five hits over six IP … carried a three-hit shutout into the sixth inning...Recorded his first career win on 4/24 at Minnesota, tossing five scoreless IP with seven strikeouts … Jordan Leasure and Brandon Eisert each threw one scoreless IP in relief to complete the rain-shortened shutout victory...Threw 6.0 scoreless IP in a ND for the second time on 5/10 vs. Miami, allowing four hits with no walks and seven strikeouts … became the seventh rookie pitcher in Sox history to throw 6.0-plus scoreless IP while allowing four hits or less with no walks and seven-plus strikeouts and first since RHP Zach Stewart recorded a complete-game, one-hitter on 9/5-2/11 at Minnesota...Suffered the loss on 5/16 at the Cubs, allowing six runs (one earned run) on seven hits and one walk over five IP … issued a career-high five walks over 3.2 IP in a ND on 5/28 at the Mets. Won back-to-back starts for the first time in his career on 6/3 vs. Detroit (5.1 scoreless IP) and 6/10 at Houston (1 ER/6.0 IP) to lower his ERA to 2.37...Lost four straight starts from 6/17-7/6, allowing 22 runs (21 earned) on 21 hits and 10 walks over 15.1 IP (12.33 ERA) … gave up five-plus runs in each start as his season ERA rose from 2.37 to 4.20...Along with Sean Burke, Vasil and Grant Taylor, became the first rookies to start four straight games (6/17-20) for the Sox since 9/20-23/1922 (Ted Blankenship, Charlie Robertson, Frank Mack and Dixie Leverett)...Lone Star: Was the only White Sox player and one of three MLB rookies named to the All-Star Team, joining SS Jacob Wilson (Athletics) and RHP Jacob Misiorowski (Milwaukee) … threw 0.1 scoreless IP in the Midsummer Classic in Atlanta, hitting Arizona's Eugenio Suárez with a pitch to start the eighth inning before Washington's James Wood hit into a force out...Elite Company: Became the first Sox rookie pitcher to be named an All-Star ... joined Abreu (2014), and OFs Ron Kittle (1983), OF Carlos May (1969), OF Tommie Agee (1966), OF Jim Busby (1951) and OF Minnie Minoso (1951) as the only rookies in Sox history to make the AL All-Star team...Second-Half Surge: Went 4-1 with a 3.17 ERA (21 ER/59.2 IP), 64 strikeouts, .191 (41-for-215) opponents average and 1.04 WHIP in 11 starts (four scoreless) following the All-Star Break...Was placed on the 15-day injured list on 7/19 (retro to 7/16) with a sprained left ankle suffered during a workout prior to the start of the second half … was reinstated on 8/1 and started that night at Los Angeles-AL (ND; 2 ER/4.1 IP)...Recorded a career-high eight strikeouts over five IP in a ND on 8/7 at Seattle (ND) … also posted a ND on 8/11 vs. Detroit despite throwing five scoreless IP with two hits allowed...Snapped a nine-start winless streak on 8/25 vs. Kansas City, allowing just one hit over a career-high seven scoreless IP...Made a quality start in a ND on 8/30 vs. the Yankees, giving up two runs on three hits with seven strikeouts over 6.1 IP...Earned wins in back-to-back starts on 9/5 at Detroit (4 ER/5.0 IP) and 9/11 vs. Tampa Bay (5.2 scoreless IP)...Made his first career start at Yankee Stadium on 9/23, allowing one run on five hits with a career-high tying eight strikeouts over five IP … left with a 2-1 lead before the Yankees scored twice in the ninth inning for a 3-2 win...Earned his seventh victory in the season finale on 9/28 at Washington, allowing just one hit with no walks and a career-high tying eight strikeouts over six scoreless IP … carried a perfect game into the sixth inning, retiring the first 16 batters faced before yielding a single to Brady House...Became the fourth rookie in Sox history to strike out eight batters in consecutive starts and first since Jason Bere in 1993...White Sox acquisition was recommended by Nathan Durst.
2024
Went 6-3 with a 3.05 ERA (32 ER/94.1 IP), 29 walks, 113 strikeouts (10.8 per 9.0 IP) and a 1.05 WHIP in 32 appearances (16 starts) between Class AA Biloxi and Class AAA Nashville...Established career highs in every category … his 94.1 IP were an increase from 62.2 over his first two seasons when he was continuing his recovery from Tommy John surgery in 2021...Went 2-3 with a 2.96 ERA (22 ER/67.0 IP), .190 (45-237) opponents average and 74 strikeouts as a starter...His first nine appearances of the season came out of the bullpen, throwing 3.0 IP in three straight outings from 5/1-12 before moving into the starting rotation...Was named the organization's Pitcher of the Month for May after posting a 2.86 ERA (7 ER/22.0 IP) with 29 strikeouts in six games (three starts)…Made his first start on 5/17 at Mississippi, allowing two runs on two hits over 4.0 IP … threw 5.0 scoreless IP on 5/29 vs. Tennessee, giving up three hits...Went 1-0 with a 2.01 ERA (5 ER/22.1 IP) and 24 strikeouts over a five-start stretch from 6/11-7/5 … threw a career-high 6.0 IP on 7/11 at Chattanooga...Posted a 2.45 ERA (6 ER/22.0 IP) over his final six starts from 7/19-8/23, allowing 13 hits with 27 strikeouts...Was promoted to Nashville on 9/3, where he appeared in five games out of the bullpen … threw 2.0 scoreless IP on 9/7 vs. Gwinnett and earned his first win on 9/13 vs. Memphis with 1.2 scoreless IP...White Sox acquisition was recommended by Nathan Durst.
2023
Combined to go 7-4 with a 1.96 ERA (13 ER/59.2 IP), 86 strikeouts (13.0 per 9.0 IP) and a .177 (36-for-203) opponent average in 38 outings with Class A Carolina, Class A Wisconsin and Biloxi...Did not pitch in back-to-back games all season … worked 2.0-plus IP 15 times but was given two days of rest after each of those outings...Went 4-1 with a 0.84 ERA (4 ER/42.2 IP), 55 strikeouts, eight saves and a .143 (20-for-140) opponents average over his final 28 appearances (5/18-9/15) between the three stops...Began the season at Carolina, where he averaged 14.4 strikeouts per 9.0 IP (50 SO/31.1 IP) in 19 appearances...Made nine consecutive scoreless appearances from 5/18-6/25, allowing seven hits with 19 strikeouts, and was promoted to Wisconsin on 6/28...Went 3-1 with a 1.37 ERA (4 ER/26.1 IP), 34 strikeouts, four saves and a 0.85 WHIP in 17 outings with the Timber Rattlers...Threw 5.1 scoreless IP over his final five outings and was promoted to Biloxi on 9/13 … made two scoreless appearances with the Shuckers...Pitched for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, throwing 2.1 scoreless IP with three strikeouts in two appearances.
2022
Spent the entire season on the 60-day injured list while recovering from Tommy John surgery performed in 2021...Made three appearances with the Arizona Complex League Brewers Gold on a rehab assignment, including his professional debut on 8/16 vs. the ACL Guardians.
2021
Did not pitch after signing with Milwaukee as a non-drafted free agent on 7/27...Was signed by Taylor Frederick (Brewers).
