Attended Eastlake High School in Chula Vista and was rated as the 45th-best player overall in California as a senior in 2017. Schmitt led Eastlake High to the CIF championship game in both 2016 and 2017...Took up surfing when he was younger but doesn’t do it as much now...Schmitt says he modeled part of his game after former Giants IF Evan Longoria...Before attending and playing baseball collegiately at San Diego State, Schmitt used to go to their games when he was younger. He went to the games with his mom, who is also a SDSU alum...Spent summer 2020 during the COVID shutdown working out at home. He and his dad built a batting cage on the side of the house and his dad helped him work on groundballs...Went to both Disneyland and Disney World this past offseason and enjoys going on all the rides...Went to San Diego State University, where he hit .323 with four doubles and nine RBI in the shortened 2020 season as a junior. Was also a closer for the Aztecs, recording six saves in eight mound appearances that year...Received second-team All-Mountain West recognition in 2019 as a sophomore after finishing the season with a .315 batting average, five home runs, 36 RBI and a .415 OBP...As a freshman, Schmitt became the first SDSU player since Stephen Strasburg in 2007 to be named a freshman first-team All-American by Baseball America after setting SDSU’s single season earned run average record with a 0.28 mark (min. 30ip).
2023
Made his MLB debut on May 9 vs. Washington…became the 19th player in Giants history to homer in his debut for his first MLB hit...also became the youngest Giant (24 years, 69 days) to homer in their ML debut since Will Clark (22 years, 26 days)...Was the 22nd Giant in the SF-era to record two or more hits in ML debut...Recorded at least one hit in nine of his first 10 big league games…his 16 hits through 10 games are the second-most in SF Giants history, only behind Al Gallagher’s 18 in 1970...Slashed .342/.351/.500 in first 20 MLB games through May 29…struggled at the plate from May 30 until he was optioned on Aug. 6, with a line of .121/.207/.161 in 49 games...Logged 42 games at shortstop, 35 at third base and 19 at second base...Had the top-26 hardest throws by a Giants infielder in 2023, with his top two registering at 94.1 mph...His 92.5 mph average on throws was second-hardest in MLB behind Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz (95.9mph) for second basemen, shortstops and third basemen...Had his first multi-homer game in the final game of the season vs. LAD on October 1...Was SF’s No. 4 prospect according to MLB.com entering the season…was named the 2023 Barney Nugent Award winner out of Spring Training...He slashed .300/.346/.435 with 28 runs, 13 doubles, a triple, four home runs and 33 RBI in 47 Triple-A games.
2022
Began the year with High-A Eugene and hit .273 with 14 doubles, 17 homers and 59 RBI in 93 games with the Emeralds... His 17 homers were tied for third-most in the Northwest League while his slugging percentage (.272) and OPS (.837) both ranked second... Earned a mid-season promotion to Double-A Richmond on Aug. 10 and appeared in 29 games for the Flying Squirrels, hitting .342 with 10 doubles, three homers and 16 RBI... Was promoted to a Triple-A after Richmond’s season ended and went 5-for-15 (.333) with a homer and three RBI in four games with the River Cats... Stood out for his impressive arm and was named 2022 MiLB Gold Glove winner after committing 10 errors across all levels (169 total chances)... According to Baseball America, Schmitt has the best infield arm and is the best defensive infielder in the Giants system for the second consecutive year.
2021
Logged his first season of pro ball, spending the entire year with Single-A San Jose but only playing in 64 games. He missed time a majority of the time after suffering a left wrist fracture after being hit by a pitch. He was also hit in the face earlier in the season and missed some time.
