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He recorded his first career hit, a single off Drew Rasmussen, and finished the game with three hits. He made his MLB debut that night versus the Tampa Bay Rays. On May 30, 2022, Texas selected Smith's contract and promoted him to the major leagues for the first time. Smith opened the 2022 season with the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. He was assigned to the Hickory Crawdads of the High-A East after nine games with Hickory, the Rangers promoted Smith to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central. On July 29, 2021, the Yankees traded Smith, along with Glenn Otto, Ezequiel Durán, and Trevor Hauver, to the Texas Rangers in exchange for Joey Gallo and Joely Rodríguez. Smith started the 2021 season with the Tampa Tarpons of Low-A Southeast and was promoted to the Hudson Valley Renegades of High-A East, hitting a combined. He did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He played for the Staten Island Yankees following his signing, hitting. He signed with New York for a $967,700 signing bonus. The New York Yankees selected Smith in the second round, with the 67th overall selection, of the 2019 MLB draft. He returned as a starter in his junior year, hitting. Smith missed all but six games of his sophomore year due to a stress reaction in his back. Smith played in the Cape Cod League in the summer of 2017 for the Harwich Mariners, hitting. He started for the Tigers as a freshman, hitting. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 38th round of the 2016 MLB draft, but did not sign and attended Louisiana State University (LSU), where he played college baseball for the LSU Tigers. The Yankees would seem to have the upper hand in that negotiation as Rizzo has already said he wants to stay in New York.Smith attended Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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Rangers shortstop upgrade#
The best upgrade and cheapest way to go would be to hire Anthony Rizzo on a two to four-year deal in the area of $15 million a year. Add to that, the Yankees will likely offer slugger Aaron Judge a huge extension keeping him in pinstripes and emptying the till. That amount also is not attractive to the Yankees, who already have Gerrit Cole, Giancarlo Stanton owed huge amounts over the next several years. The Braves and Freeman could not agree to a $180 million contract.
Rangers shortstop free#
The best first baseman in the business is the free agent Braves, Freddie Freeman. The Yankees will likely hire an upgrade at first, leaving them no place to put Luke Voit. The Rangers hired Corey Seager as their new shortstop, making Isiah Kiner-Falefa extra. The teams have two players they don’t need. It seems reasonable to assume that they can work with them again.
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The Yankees and Rangers have worked successfully recently in getting Rougned Odor and, most recently, Joey Gallo. That scout believes that the Yankees could engage with the Texas Rangers about their shortstop, Kiner-Falefa. With the Yankees’ Anthony Volpe and Oswald Peraza waiting in the wings and almost major league ready, it is unlikely they will spend big, instead of going the more popular route discussed recently, a stop-gap measure for just a few years.