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Will Smith
Kansas City Royals
Pitcher
2024 Projected Value: $3
2024 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $-3
Based on 10-team AL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	W	L	Sv	Hold	IP	H	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	Rate
2024 proj	2	6	14	14	60.0	49	22	64	27	4.05	1.183	23.9
2024	0	2	1	4	12.7	15	5	8	11	7.82	1.579	-23.9
2023	2	7	23	8	57.3	44	17	55	28	4.40	1.064	33.6
2022	0	3	5	16	59.0	58	25	65	26	3.97	1.407	13.3
2021	3	7	37	0	68.0	49	28	87	26	3.44	1.132	64.7
2020	2	2	0	6	16.0	11	4	18	8	4.50	0.938	13.2
2019	6	0	34	0	65.3	46	21	96	20	2.76	1.026	72.4
2018	2	3	14	6	53.0	37	15	71	15	2.55	0.981	42.9
2016	2	4	0	0	40.3	31	18	48	15	3.35	1.215	13.8
2015	7	2	0	0	63.3	52	24	91	20	2.84	1.200	34.1
2014	1	3	1	0	65.7	62	31	86	27	3.70	1.416	14.6
2013	2	1	0	0	33.3	24	7	43	12	3.24	0.930	13.9
2012	6	9	0	0	89.7	111	33	59	53	5.32	1.606	-6.1

Player News

Date	News
5/02/24	Will Smith crushes a home run as the Dodgers extend their lead over the Diamondbacks. Will Smith crushed a home run as the Los Angeles Dodgers extend their lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Source: https://www.foxsports.com/watch/fmc-vmq7gly6upsxjh...
5/01/24	Will Smith crushes a home run as the Dodgers extend their lead over the Diamondbacks. Will Smith crushed a home run as the Los Angeles Dodgers extend their lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Source: https://www.foxsports.com/watch/fmc-vmq7gly6upsxjh...
3/27/24	Dodgers, Will Smith are finalizing a record 10-year, $140M extension. The Los Angeles Dodgers are set to give Will Smith, who turns 29 on Thursday, the longest contract extension ever given to a catcher. Source: https://www.foxsports.com/stories/mlb/dodgers-will...
3/01/24	Will Smith rejoins Kansas City Royals in 2024 World Series pursuit. As difficult as winning the World Series is as a player, Will Smith has made it look easy. One of the game's top left-handed relievers, Smith is the only player in the history of Major League Baseball to win a trio of titles in consecutive seasons while wearing a different uniform each time. Pitching crucial innings for the Atlanta Braves in 2021, Houston Astros in 2022 and Texas Rangers last year, Smith now brings his fierce competitive nature and devastating breaking stuff to the Midwest on a one-year deal in an attempt to spearhead a Kansas City Royal renaissance. “We saw the kind of group with these guys here, the way they were trending up in the right direction,” Smith said. Source: https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2024/03/01/kansas-c...
2/28/24	Upstart Kansas City Royals look to lefty reliever Will Smith in hopeful resurgence. “Will Smith doesn’t need any explanation with what he’s done in his career. Can’t speak enough about his resume.” Source: https://news.yahoo.com/upstart-kansas-city-royals-...
1/08/24	A look at the Royals bullpen: Who's in and who's out?. The Kansas City Royals bullpen is going to look vastly different when the 2024 season kicks off. Last season, the team's relievers put up the second-worst ERA in the entire league. As a result, the front office has made a concerted effort to churn the roster and reshape the bullpen. The largest additions were Will Smith and Chris Stratton. Source: https://www.royalsreview.com/2024/1/8/24028355/a-l...
12/12/23	Why 3-time World Series champ Will Smith was open to returning to Kansas City Royals. Will new KC Royals pitcher Will Smith take over the closer role? Here’s what Kansas City envisions for him. Source: https://news.yahoo.com/why-3-time-world-series-123...
12/11/23	Royals sign reliever Will Smith to $5 million deal to close out games in 2024. The 34-year-old has won World Series rings each of the past three season with different organizations. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/royals-sign-reliever-smit...
12/10/23	Report: World Series ring collector Will Smith to sign with Royals. Veteran left-handed reliever Will Smith is finalizing a one-year, $5 million deal with the Kansas City Royals, according to multiple reports on Sunday. Smith is the only player in major league history to win three straight World Series rings with three different teams. Smith had 22 saves while going 2-7 with a 4.40 ERA in 60 appearances for Texas last season. Source: https://www.saltlakecitysun.com/news/274060915/rep...
11/03/23	Coweta native Smith makes history, wins 3rd consecutive World Series title. Coweta County native and former Northgate star Will Smith set Major League Baseball history this week as a member of the World Series-winning Texas Rangers. Smith became the first player ever to win championship rings with three different teams in three years. Smith played for Head Coach Greg Hamilton at Northgate and graduated in 2007. After high school., Smith played one year at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida. Source: https://www.times-herald.com/sports/coweta-native-...
11/01/23	Rangers LHP Will Smith becomes 1st player in MLB history to win 3 straight World Series rings with 3 different teams. 2021 Braves. 2022 Astros. 2023 Rangers. Smith played for all of them. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/rangers-lhp-will-smith-be...
10/29/23	Braves Briefing: Will Smith, former Atlanta closer, is one of three former Braves in the World Series. Braves Briefing: Will Smith, former Atlanta closer, is one of three former Braves in the World Series Smith pitched in the ninth in Texas' eventual extra-innings win over Arizona, while Robbie Grossman gets a pinch-hit appearance and Jace Peterson has yet to get into a game Author: Lindsay Crosby Publish date: Oct 29, 2023 8:22 AM EDT Former Atlanta Braves closer and current Texas Rangers reliever Will Smith is apparently a good luck charm when it comes to postseason success: He's on his third consecutive World Series roster, with three different organizations, looking for his third consecutive World Series ring. Going a perfect 6-6 on save opportunities en route to the 2021 World Series Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/news/braves-briefing...
7/13/23	Rangers treading on unfamiliar ground as contenders ahead of second half. The first half of the 2023 season was certainly more intriguing than many seasons of late for the Texas Rangers. April through the All-Star game was filled with more ups than downs, but baseball is a “What have you done for me lately” type of sport, and what the Rangers had done lately before the break has not exactly inspired confidence. Going into the 2023 season, the one large area that the Rangers neglected to address through big name free agency was the bullpen. Essentially riding the coin flip that their established arms could get the job done, Texas' bullpen ended up being anchored by veteran reliever Will Smith, who was signed just three weeks before the season started. Source: https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/mlb/rangers/te...
6/17/23	2023 NHL Draft prospect profile: Will Smith rose up the ranks on an exceptional season. The 2023 NHL Draft has been all about Connor Bedard, and to a lesser extent Adam Fantilli as the top two pieces in the class. Of course that's for good reason as Bedard seems to be well on his way to becoming a franchise cornerstone in Chicago, and Adam Fantilli piled up awards in his first NCAA season. One of the biggest storylines after that duo is a trio from the United States National Team Development Program's first line. Will Smith appears to be leading the charge to be picked first. Source: https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/will-smith-2023...
5/29/23	2023 NHL Draft prospect profile: Oliver Moore has the chance to step out of his teammates' shadow. The modern NHL game is one based heavily on speed, finesse, and skill. At the top of the 2023 draft class is Oliver Moore, a prospect loaded with all three assets. Coming out of a stacked U.S. National Team Development Program class that features Will Smith, Ryan Leonard, and others, Moore has managed to set himself apart from his counterparts. With speed that compares to that of Connor McDavid according to his strength and conditioning coach, Moore is potentially the fastest man in the draft. Source: https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/oliver-moore-20...
5/25/23	Thursday Morning Links. Jeff WIlson says the way to deal with the bullpen is to make the starters go extra innings and only let Will Smith pitch in relief. The bullpen woes are the only reason the Rangers didn't get an A+ in The Athletic's MLB report card roundup. Evan Grant notes that Will Smith's outing last night was the highest leverage save in Ranger history, with Smith contributing a .59 WPA all by his lonesome. Martin Perez seems to have righted the ship after a two game skid in which he gave 11 runs in 8.2 innings. Source: https://www.lonestarball.com/2023/5/25/23737296/th...
5/24/23	Semien homers, Pérez throws 7 strong innings, Smith picks up 100th save as Rangers top Pirates 3-2. Texas Rangers reliever Will Smith popped into Bruce Bochy's office on Tuesday night and told his manager he was growing antsy for a chance to get back to work following an unexpected week off. Not that Smith was complaining. Texas' offense has been so hot of late, there'd been little need for Smith to come in and shut the door. Sure, Bochy said, telling Smith he better be prepared to throw multiple innings since he was so fresh. Source: https://wtop.com/sports/2023/05/semien-homers-pere...
5/23/23	Will Smith's two-run double. Will Smith hits a two-run double to left field, increasing the Dodgers' lead to 4-1 in the top of the 2nd inning Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/smiths-two-rbi-double-234...
5/11/23	Nathan Eovaldi extends scoreless streak as Rangers blank A's. Eovaldi (5-2) allowed just three hits and two walks while coming within one out of his second shutout of the season. The A's forced Bochy, making his Bay Area homecoming after having spent 13 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, to call upon Will Smith out of the bullpen in the ninth after Esteury Ruiz lashed a two-out double and Eovaldi walked Ryan Noda. Source: https://deadspin.com/nathan-eovaldi-extends-scorel...
5/08/23	Will Smith Deserves a Comeback After Oscar Slap, Says Cedric the Entertainer; “It Was A Human Mistake.”. Cedric the Entertainer has a simple reminder for society regarding cancel culture: “People are human beings, and they make human mistakes.” via: Movie Web Now another Academy Awards ceremony has been and gone, but Smith's attack on Chris Rock in front of millions of people is still the subject of debate. Close friend of Smith, Cedric the Entertainer, has recently spoken about what he believes is a miscarriage of justice led to the backlash against Smith, and is is something that shouldn't happen because everyone is allowed to make human mistakes. Cedric, who is best known for his stand-up comedy and starring in movies like Barbershop and The Neighborhood, expressed his feelings on the subject Source: https://www.lovebscott.com/will-smith-deserves-com...

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