2023 Stats
W-L
2-7
ERA
4.40
WHIP
1.06
K
55
SV
22
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
After coming over in a trade from Atlanta on Aug. 1, Smith proceeded to make 24 relief appearances for Houston during the regular season, compiling a 3.27 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and six holds in 22 innings. Overall he had a 3.97 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and five saves over 65 appearances, though a declining strikeout rate (to 9.92 K/9 - the worst since his rookie season) is a concern. Smith surpassed 30 saves in 2019 and 2021 with San Francisco and Atlanta, respectively, so he could be in the mix to close in Texas despite signing with the Rangers late in the spring. Read Past Outlooks

Makes scoreless appearance
Smith allowed one walk and struck out one over a scoreless eighth inning in Tuesday's 9-3 loss to the Angels.
ANALYSIS
Smith, who normally works as setup reliever when the Rangers are leading, made a low-leverage appearance following a rough stretch. The left-hander was tagged for six runs on six hits and three walks over his previous three outings. It's unclear whether using Smith in a mop-up role was a way to give him a positive feeling about an outing or if it was because he hadn't thrown in five days. It may have been a little of both.
Smith, who normally works as setup reliever when the Rangers are leading, made a low-leverage appearance following a rough stretch. The left-hander was tagged for six runs on six hits and three walks over his previous three outings. It's unclear whether using Smith in a mop-up role was a way to give him a positive feeling about an outing or if it was because he hadn't thrown in five days. It may have been a little of both.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
14
Last 10 Games
16
Last 5 Games
17
How many pitches does Will Smith generally throw?
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What part of the game does Will Smith generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-6%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-21%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .211 | 71 | 18 | 48 | 6 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .224 | 136 | 52 | 103 | 19 | |||
2023vs Left | .177 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 1 | |||
2023vs Right | .224 | 36 | 13 | 33 | 4 | |||
2022vs Left | .230 | 30 | 5 | 23 | 2 | |||
2022vs Right | .267 | 35 | 20 | 35 | 7 | |||
2021vs Left | .212 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 3 | |||
2021vs Right | .192 | 65 | 19 | 35 | 8 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-11%
ERA on Road
2023
-5%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 4.11 | 1.21 | 100.2 | 9.7 | 2.6 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 3.66 | 1.18 | 83.2 | 10.6 | 4.4 | ||||
2023Home | 4.50 | 1.13 | 30.0 | 7.8 | 2.1 | ||||
2023Away | 4.28 | 0.99 | 27.1 | 9.5 | 3.3 | ||||
2022Home | 3.67 | 1.46 | 34.1 | 10.5 | 2.6 | ||||
2022Away | 4.38 | 1.34 | 24.2 | 9.1 | 5.5 | ||||
2021Home | 4.21 | 1.05 | 36.1 | 10.4 | 3.0 | ||||
2021Away | 2.56 | 1.23 | 31.2 | 12.8 | 4.5 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Will Smith compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.24K/9
8.6BB/9
2.7HR/9
0.8Fastball
92.4 mphERA
4.40WHIP
1.06BABIP
.268GB/FB
0.71Left On Base
55.6%Exit Velocity
81.5 mphBarrels/BBE
4.4%Spin Rate
2245 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.8%Swinging Strike
13.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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After Kenley Jansen shockingly signed a one-year deal with Atlanta in March, Smith appears to be back to being one of the game's top setup men. Smith racked up 37 saves in 43 chances for the National League champion Braves and led all relievers with a 92.5% team save share, so he will certainly be the next man up if Jansen struggles or gets injured. Equipped with a devastating slider that he threw 41% of the time to stifle opposing hitters (.124 BA, 49.1% Whiff%), Smith posted a solid 11.5 K/9. However, the southpaw struggled on occasion with walks (9.9%) and he served up 11 home runs in 68 innings (1.5 HR/9). Despite these blemishes, the Braves stuck by him after seven straight seasons of success in high-leverage. Smith has a hefty $13M contract this season with a team option for 2023.
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Takes loss Saturday
Smith (2-6) was tagged with Saturday's loss, allowing two runs on one hit and one walk over two-thirds of an inning against Cleveland.
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Gives up winning knock
Smith allowed one run on one hit over one inning in Thursday's 7-5 loss to the Twins.
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Fastball command off
Texas manager Bruce Bochy said Smith's recent bout of ineffectiveness was due to lack of command of his fastball, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports. "It's kind of been a one-plane pitch instead of working the four different quadrants of the strike zone," the manager said. "We need to get back and locate that fastball. Command, as I've said many times, is more important than velocity."
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Struggles again Monday
Smith (1-5) blew a save and took the loss against the Diamondbacks on Monday, allowing three runs (two earned) on two hits and one walk over two-thirds of an inning.
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Appears in non-save situation
Smith allowed three runs on four hits and struck out one over two-thirds of an inning in Sunday's 6-2 loss to Milwaukee.
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