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DREW SMYLY
FRONT OFFICE • Made two trips while with Detroit in 2012, • At the time of his debut, he'd appeared in
only 23 minor league games after being
first from June 11-26 with a blister on his
drafted in 2010.
left middle finger and again from July
7-29 with a right intercostal strain.
• Also made two trips in 2015 with the Rays, minor league notes
missing from March 27- April 24 with left • Has pitched in just 40 games at the minor league
shoulder tendinitis and from May 6 – level, making 39 starts across five seasons…Is 12-
MANAGER & STAFF • Opened the 2017 season on Seattle’s • Was named an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star
August 16 with left shoulder soreness.
10 with a 3.15 ERA (63 ER/180.0 IP) in his minor
league career.
injured list with a left elbow strain and
underwent Tommy John surgery that
ERA across 22 games (21 starts) in his debut
July…Would miss the entirety of the 2017 for Detroit in 2011 after going 11-6 with a 2.07
and 2018 seasons while recovering. season…Pitched with High-A Lakeland and
• Missed from April 20 – May 5, 2019 on the Double-A Erie.
Rangers’ injured list with a left shoulder • Earned Florida State League Pitcher of the
DREW SMYLY • Missed 35 games in 2020 with a left index amateur
Week honors on 6/13 with Lakeland.
nerve injury.
finger sprain…Was placed on the Giants’
injured list August 2 and was reinstated on • Played three seasons at the University of
September 10. Arkansas after graduating from Little Rock (AR)
• Has been traded three times in his career. Central High School.
SEASON IN REVIEW with IF Willy Adames on July 31, 2014, as roommate Dallas Keuchel in 2009…Later
• Pitched on the Razorbacks staff with
• Acquired by the Tampa Bay Rays along
part of a three-team trade that sent INF
that year he pitched 8.1 no-hit innings vs.
Oklahoma in the 2009 NCAA Regional
Nick Franklin to Tampa Bay, LHP David
Price to Detroit and OF Austin Jackson to
single.
Seattle. Tournament before allowing an infield
• Was acquired by Seattle in exchange for • Took a medical redshirt during his
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT • Was acquired by the Texas Rangers from • Pitched for Team USA in the Pan American
LHP Ryan Yarbrough, OF Mallex Smith and
freshman season in 2008 after a stress
fracture in his left elbow.
SS Carlos Vargas on January 11, 2017…
Atlanta had traded Smith to Seattle earlier
that day.
Games following the 2011 season, going 2-0 with
17.0 scoreless innings in his three starts.
the Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash
considerations in November of 2018. personal
• Played for Team USA during the 2017 World • He and his wife, Eryn, have one son, Parker.
BRAVES HISTORY USA's second-round game vs. Venezuela...Took restaurant in Maumelle, Ark...The two used
Baseball Classic and made one start, starting the
• He and his father, Todd, own a Beef O'Brady's
a no-decision after allowing one unearned run
to frequent the restaurant after Drew's youth
over 4.2 innings with eight strikeouts.
games.
• Tossed his only career complete game and
shutout of his career on August 22, 2014 at transactions
Toronto...Faced one batter over the minimum • Selected by the Detroit Tigers in the second
and retired the last 19 batters in order. round of the 2010 First-Year Player Draft; signed
OPPONENTS • Made his major league debut on April 12, 2012 vs. • On Detroit’s disabled list (blister on his left middle
by Tigers scout Chris Wimmer.
• Earned first major league win on April 28, 2012 at
Yankee Stadium with 6.0 innings of one-run ball.
finger) from June 11 to June 26, 2012; included
Tampa Bay while with the Tigers…Allowed one an injury rehabilitation assignment to Toledo
earned run over 4.0 innings in the start. (AAA).
• Loaded the bases in the top of the first • On Detroit’s disabled list (right intercostal strain)
inning without recording an out before from July 7 to July 29, 2012.
MISCELLANEOUS 206 three runners…Fanned Ben Zobrist for his
retiring the next three batters to strand all
first major league strikeout.
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