Single...Attended Wake Forest…averaged 15.6 strikeouts per 9 IP (37 SO/21.1 IP) as a redshirt sophomore in 2022…was a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and Academic...All-ACC selection in 2021...Was named Cape Cod League Relief Pitcher of the Year with Bourne in 2021 after going 2-0 with a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP), seven saves and 29 strikeouts in 15 games...Is a 2019 graduate of Rockledge (Fla.) High School, where he played baseball and football…posted a 1.44 ERA with 135 strikeouts in 63 IP as a senior while also batting .400...His father, Marlon, played quarterback at the University of Missouri from 1982-85, throwing 53 touchdowns…his grandfather, Donnie Smith, was a running back at Missouri from 1958-60, scoring 13 touchdowns as a senior.
2024
Combined to go 3-2 with a 3.15 ERA (14 ER/40 IP), .180 (27-for-150) opponents average, 1.18 WHIP, 13 saves and 52 strikeouts (11.7 per 9 IP) over 40 relief appearances (32 scoreless) between Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham...Converted 13-of-15 (86.7 percent) save opportunities...Limited right-handed hitters to a .147/.233/.200 (11-for-75) slash line and lefties to a .203/.373/.271 (12-for-59) mark … allowed just five extra-base hits (one home run)…Converted his final eight save chances between the stops...Began the season at Winston-Salem, going 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (9 IP), three hits allowed, 14 strikeouts and five saves in five chances…struck out at least one batter in all eight appearances...Was promoted to Birmingham on 4/30…posted a 1.15 ERA (2 ER/15.2 IP) and .095 (4-for-47) opponents average in 16 outings from 5/7-6/22...Recorded a season-high four strikeouts over 1.1 IP on 5/14 vs. Chattanooga (17 pitches)…Was placed on the injured list on 7/10 with a right shoulder strain…was reinstated on 8/7...Recorded at least one strikeout in seven straight outings from 8/18-9/12 (13 total)…Went 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA (1 ER/4.0 IP) and one save in three relief outings during the Southern League playoffs...We are the Champions: Earned the win in the SL championship clinching game on 9/24 vs. Montgomery…entered the game in the ninth inning with the Barons leading, 1-0…suffered the blown save after allowing the tying run to score…threw a scoreless 10th, setting up DJ Gladney's game-ending, RBI single in the bottom of the inning...Made six appearances with the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League.
2023
Went 2-0 with a 2.87 ERA (10 ER/31.1 IP), .204 (23-113) opponents average, five saves and 42 strikeouts (12.1 per 9 IP) in 28 games with Class A Kannapolis and Winston-Salem...Began the season on the Kannapolis injured list with a right shoulder strain…was reinstated on 5/9...Made eight straight scoreless appearances from 5/17-6/14, allowing two hits with 13 strikeouts over eight IP...Was promoted to Winston-Salem on 6/28…struck out at least one batter in 10 straight outings from 7/29-9/8 (15 total).
2022
Combined to go 0-0 with a 5.79 ERA (3 ER/4.2 IP) and eight strikeouts in six games with the Arizona Complex League White Sox and Kannapolis … five of his six outings were scoreless...Was recommended by White Sox scout John Stott.
