#21 LHP Josh Smoker Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 250 Level: AAA & MLB B/T: L/L Age: 11/26/88 (28) Age Dif: 0.3 (AAA) & -0.9 (MLB) Acquired: Signed as a minor league free agent in 2015 (1st round draft pick by the Nats in 2007) Last year: #27 2016 team: New York Mets/Las Vegas 51s 2016 MILB Stats: 52 G, 3-2 W/L, 4.11 ERA, 57 IP, 66 H, 26 ER, 18
We have voted on our Top 5 at every position in the minor league system. This time it’s the left-handed starting pitchers turn. We already did shortstops, third baseman, catchers, second baseman, first baseman, outfielders and right handed starters. This list provides our #4 prospect, a 2016 first round draft pick,
Keith Law of ESPN continued his Top 100 Prospect list today with numbers 40-21 which includes New York Mets first base prospect Dominic Smith at #29. Smith becomes the fourth Mets prospect on the list following the rankings of left-handed pitcher Thomas Szapucki (#60), right-handed pitcher Robert Gsellman (#76)