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Birth Date	5-6-1993
Height	5' 10"
Weight	180 lbs

Age	31 years, 6 months, 18 days
Bats	L
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2016	ATL	23	72	215	45	7	4	3	20	48	2	16	8	.238	.316	.365	71	-7.1	0.2	3.0	0.2
2017	TBA	24	81	282	69	8	4	2	23	62	0	16	5	.270	.329	.355	83	-5.1	2.1	-4.0	0.1
2018	TBA	25	141	544	142	27	10	2	47	98	8	40	12	.296	.367	.406	99	0.9	4.4	-10.1	0.9
2019	SEA	26	134	566	116	19	9	6	42	141	11	46	9	.227	.300	.335	73	-17.4	6.8	-3.4	0.3
Career			428	1607	372	61	27	13	132	349	21	118	34	.259	.330	.367	83	-28.7	13.5	-14.4	1.5

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
2012	EUG	A-	NOR	10	41	.250	.316	.363	.217	97	-0.2	1.1	0	72	0	-1.9	0.5	-1.1	-0.1
2012	PDR	Rk	AZL	25	105	.253	.324	.364	.416	103	4.3	3.1	0.3	102	0	-0.3	2.1	0.2	0.5
2013	FTW	A	MID	110	507	.256	.325	.377	.318	111	5.2	14.3	-2.9	108	0	1.5	8.6	-0.9	2.2
2014	FTW	A	MID	65	303	.257	.321	.374	.373	107	8.5	8.6	0.7	125	0	-0.5	3.9	3.6	1.7
2014	LEL	A+	CAL	55	261	.277	.341	.440	.400	93	17.9	7.2	-0.7	136	0	-5.0	2.1	3.3	0.7
2015	MIS	AA	SOU	57	241	.247	.324	.369	.412	93	16.5	6.4	0.5	155	0	-0.4	4.1	9.1	2.1
2015	GWN	AAA	INT	69	307	.251	.311	.366	.332	96	3.1	8.5	0.7	108	0	2.5	4.4	-2.0	1.4
2016	ATL	MLB	NL	72	215	.254	.319	.414	.302	87	-0.8	6.1	-0.2	71	13	3.0	0.2	-7.1	0.2
2016	MIS	AA	SOU	5	20	.265	.337	.430	.636	85	3.7	0.5	0	183	0	1.3	-0.3	1.3	0.3
2016	GWN	AAA	INT	3	16	.325	.376	.447	.500	103	1.8	0.4	0	108	0	-0.6	0.3	-0.1	0.0
2016	MAY	Wnt	PWL	5	24	.000	.000	.000	.278			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	TBA	MLB	AL	81	282	.251	.319	.419	.347	97	0.6	8.3	-0.2	83	10	-4.0	2.1	-5.1	0.1
2017	PCH	A+	FSL	2	7	.251	.329	.366	.286	99	-0.1	0.2	0	92	0	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2017	DUR	AAA	INT	45	205	.255	.322	.390	.333	99	-3.1	6.1	-0.2	90	0	4.6	2.3	-1.9	1.1
2018	TBA	MLB	AL	141	544	.256	.324	.428	.366	101	10.4	15.3	-1.8	99	10	-10.1	4.4	0.9	0.9
2018	PCH	A+	FSL	1	5	.270	.382	.364	.000	101	-0.6	0.1	-0.1	62	0	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	134	566	.254	.325	.445	.302	97	-18.2	17.1	-0.1	73	6	-3.4	6.8	-17.4	0.3
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	10	48	.297	.372	.529	.350	96	2.1	1.7	0.2	108	0	0.2	0.6	0.7	0.3

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
2012	EUG	A-	NOR	41	32	6	6	0	0	1	9	5	6	8	4	1	.188	.333	.281	.094	0	2
2012	PDR	Rk	AZL	105	96	23	33	2	1	1	40	10	5	19	13	3	.344	.379	.417	.073	1	2
2013	FTW	A	MID	507	424	81	111	17	2	4	144	29	59	84	64	16	.262	.367	.340	.078	1	11
2014	FTW	A	MID	303	254	56	75	13	6	0	100	15	38	55	48	16	.295	.393	.394	.098	2
2014	LEL	A+	CAL	261	223	43	73	16	1	5	106	16	31	48	40	10	.327	.414	.475	.148	0
2015	MIS	AA	SOU	241	206	35	70	5	2	2	85	22	27	41	23	6	.340	.418	.413	.073	2	3
2015	GWN	AAA	INT	307	278	49	78	12	6	0	102	13	24	44	34	7	.281	.339	.367	.086	1	3
2016	MIS	AA	SOU	20	16	4	7	0	1	0	9	4	4	5	3	1	.438	.550	.563	.125	0	0
2016	MAY	Wnt	PWL	24	20	3	5	2	0	0	7	3	4	2	2	1	.250	.375	.350	.100	0	0
2016	ATL	MLB	NL	215	189	28	45	7	4	3	69	22	20	48	16	8	.238	.316	.365	.127	1	3
2016	GWN	AAA	INT	16	15	5	6	2	1	0	10	0	0	3	1	0	.400	.438	.667	.267	0	0
2017	PCH	A+	FSL	7	7	1	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.571	.286	0	0
2017	DUR	AAA	INT	205	186	26	49	7	4	3	73	10	17	45	21	8	.263	.325	.392	.129	0	2
2017	TBA	MLB	AL	282	256	33	69	8	4	2	91	12	23	62	16	5	.270	.329	.355	.086	1	2
2018	TBA	MLB	AL	544	480	65	142	27	10	2	195	40	47	98	40	12	.296	.367	.406	.110	2	7
2018	PCH	A+	FSL	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.000	0	0
2019	TAC	AAA	PCL	48	45	8	15	3	0	1	21	6	3	4	7	0	.333	.375	.467	.133	0	0
2019	SEA	MLB	AL	566	510	70	116	19	9	6	171	37	42	141	46	9	.227	.300	.335	.108	1	2

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2016	785	0.4701	0.4191	0.6960	0.5393	0.3125	0.7940	0.5462	0.3040
2017	1065	0.5005	0.4469	0.6849	0.5985	0.2951	0.7868	0.4777	0.3151
2018	2059	0.4862	0.4842	0.7412	0.6853	0.2940	0.8032	0.6045	0.2588
2019	2215	0.5020	0.4727	0.7125	0.6556	0.2883	0.7901	0.5346	0.2875
Career	6124	0.4923	0.4652	0.7152	0.6407	0.2945	0.7944	0.5497	0.2848

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2014-06-21	2014-06-30	Minors	9	0	-		Not Disclosed		-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2022	TOR	$
2021	NYN	$
2020	SEA	$2,350,000
2019	SEA	$578,400
2018	TBA	$553,000
2017	TBA	$539,800
2016	ATL	$

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$4,021,200
4 yr	Total	$4,021,200

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
4 y 28 d	Reynolds Sports	1 year (2022)

Details

1 year (2022). Re-signed by Toronto as a free agent 11/29/21 (minor-league contract).
1 year (2021). Signed by NY Mets as a free agent 11/4/20 (minor-league contract). Released by NY Mets 5/28/21. Signed by Cincinnati as a free agent 6/23/21 (minor-league contract). Acquired by Toronto in trade from Cincinnati 8/14/21.
1 year/$2.35M (2020). Re-signed by Seattle 1/10/20 (avoided arbitration). Sent outright to Triple-A by Seattle 9/11/20.
1 year/$578,400 (2019). Re-signed by Seattle 3/19.
1 year/$553,000 (2018). Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/18. Acquired by Seattle in trade from Tampa Bay 11/8/18.
1 year/$539,800 (2017). Acquired by Seattle in trade from Atlanta 1/11/17. Acquired by Tampa Bay in trade from Seattle 1/11/17. Re-signed by Tampa Bay 3/17.
1 year (2016). Contract selected by Atlanta 11/20/15. Re-signed by Atlanta 3/16.
Acquired by Atlanta in trade from San Diego 12/19/14.
Drafted by San Diego 2012 (5-165) (Santa Fe JC, Fla.). $375,000 signing bonus ($254,500 slot).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	FRAA
90^o	47	12	2	1	1	4	9	3	1	.293	.370	.463	105	RF -1,
80^o	31	7	1	0	1	3	6	2	1	.250	.323	.393	99	RF 0,
70^o	20	4	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	.222	.300	.278	94	RF 0,
60^o	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	.200	.273	.200	90	RF 0,
50^o	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	87	RF 0,
Weighted Mean	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	87	RF 0,

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2020-09-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Jesse! Love the rankings! I was wondering who the biggest risers and fallers where? Also is Luis Robert keeps this up for the rest of the season how high do you think he could rank? (Alex from Texas)	I will list the risers/fallers in my upcoming article, but here is a sneak peak: Risers: Kyle Lewis (+214), Anthony Santander (+170), Corbin Burnes (+135), Dominic Smith (+135) Fallers: Kirby Yates (-260), Oscar Mercada (-250), Mallex Smith (-150), Tommy Pham (-125) Plus, several players jumped from off to way up the rankings including Triston McKenzie (319) and Jake Cronenworth (354). As for Robert, he could climb into the top 15 by season end if he continues to rake. (Jesse Roche)
2019-05-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What is Calvin Mitchell and Lolo Sanchez's upside? They seem to be having good years. (Tom from Des Moines)	Mitchell I like as a second-division regular with a chance to be a touch more than that. With Sanchez it really comes down to whether you think he's a CF. If you do, I think you can get to like, the good Mallex Smith season, perhaps? (Craig Goldstein)
2019-05-01 12:00:00 (link to chat)	Thoughts on Braden Bishop's callup. Will he stick? Thanks. (Old Timer from Raleigh NC)	There's probably a Spidermen pointing at each other joke about optioning Mallex Smith for Bishop. That's probably a little unfair to Mallex, but outside of his gaudy 2018 which was a little bit BABIP driven I don't know if there's much difference here. (Jeffrey Paternostro)
2019-03-11 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Keeper question. 12-team 5x5 roto with OBP and SV + ½ Holds, $260 budget, keep 6 plus one minor leaguer. Definitely keeping Gallo $11, Hoskins $11, Acuna $1, Buehler $1, and Vladito as my minor leaguer. Need to choose 2 more from the following 6: $14 Puig, $9 Taillon, $7 Corey Seager, $1 Nimmo, $1 Marquez, $1 Mallex Smith. Definitely going for it this year so current year value is key. Thanks! (Brian24 from Newport Beach, CA)	I'm not as high on Marquez as a lot of analysts seem to be because I think Coors can ruin even the best pitcher's outings a lot of the time, but $1 is too good to pass up. Taillon is probably the second, but $1 is also great value on Smith if you'd rather save the money for the auction. (Darius Austin)
2019-03-08 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Keeper question. 12-team 5x5 roto with OBP and SV + ½ Holds, $260 budget, keep 6 plus one minor leaguer. Definitely keeping Gallo $11, Hoskins $11, Acuna $1, Buehler $1, and Vladito as my minor leaguer. Need to choose 2 more from the following 6: $14 Puig, $9 Taillon, $7 Corey Seager, $1 Nimmo, $1 Marquez, $1 Mallex Smith. Definitely going for it this year so current year value is key. Thanks! (Brian24 from Newport Beach, CA)	BP staff is very much in on Marquez this year, and for a buck he's a lock. Mallex should be good for SB and BA, a good value at $1, so if you want to lock down SB and save salary, that makes sense. But if you believe in Taillon's second half, he's provide a ton of value. Puig also a nice pick in Cincinnati. Too many keeper options is a great problem to have! If this year is essential, I'd say Mallex and Marquez to give you a solid foothold on a scarce category and save your salary cap space to spend freely on "win now" pieces. (Kevin Jebens)
2019-02-04 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Mike, Keeper question for you. 12-team mixed 5x5 standard roto. I can keep up to four players at these round values. What do you think? Trevor Bauer - 19 Yasmani Grandal - 12 Randal Grichuk - 15 Nomar Mazara - 12 David Peralta - 29 Carlos Santana - 14 Eduardo Rodriguez - 21 Mallex Smith - 22 (Rob from New York)	Bauer, Peralta, Smith and E-Rod. If it's a two catcher league, Grandal instead of E-Rod. (Mike Gianella)
2018-09-18 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Who do I keep in my dynasty league at the end of the year? Michael Conforto or Mallex Smith? (Dearns from Wigan, UK)	Conforto. (Mike Gianella)
2017-06-13 12:00:00 (link to chat)	So Mallex Smith has a chance at some pretty tasty fantasy value now, huh? (Jimmy from Tampa Bay)	Sure does. I'm not the most optimistic he'll hit, but he's got a chance to be an impact speed guy for a couple months. (Craig Goldstein)
2016-06-16 21:00:00 (link to chat)	What's Mallex Smith's dynasty value like? Should I sell high? could he do .260 5hrs 35sb the next couple years? (bradmorgan27 from DC )	He definitely has value because of the speed, but I think .260 may be the on the high side for his average and he's more likely to be a bottom of the order hitter. Think Billy Hamilton but without the game-changing stolen base potential. (Bret Sayre)
2016-02-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can Mallex Smith have similar value to Billy Hamilton? Great defense and elite stolen bases numbers when on base? Or can he be even better? (Matt from ATL)	I haven't heard anyone say his speed is on par with Hamilton's. I doubt it will play to the degree Hamilton's does, in terms of steals or range, in the Majors. But yes, he could be much better than Hamilton, because he has an approach at the plate. A .350 OBP with good speed, which is possible for Smith, blows away what Hamilton does offensively. (Matthew Trueblood)
2016-01-21 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Little bit deeper, but what are you thoughts on Mallex Smith - ATL and Thomas Eshelman - PHI? (SPG from LA)	Love the speed with Smith. I would be buying in on him now. (George Bissell)
2016-01-14 20:00:00 (link to chat)	Mallex Smith looks like a 4th OF type of guy to me with questionable routes and weak arm but has a Jaun Pierre upside, your thoughts? (WisBrave99 from Wisconsin)	He'd really have to elevate his game to get to Pierre, and he's going to have to do more than the .339 OBP he put up in half a season in Triple-A to get that chance. (Mike Gianella)
2015-07-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Would you even bother owning Mallex Smith in an OBP dynasty league? He seems to get on base all the time. (Bill from Earth)	Absolutely. Has shown an impressive ability to get on base at what, a .415 clip over ~500 A+ and AA plate appearances in the last two seasons, and the speed might be a true 80 grade. (Wilson Karaman)
2015-06-22 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Can Mallex Smith hit like this in the majors? Could he be the leadoff hitter for the Braves next year? (contori66 from Indianapolis)	No I don't think so. There's a lot to like about Mallex, mostly the energy he brings to every plate appearance, chance in the field, etc. He's fun. But I don't think he's going to hit enough to play every day and if he does, it shouldn't be as a leadoff hitter. Perhaps he could bat 8th on a good team. I think he's a 4th outfielder/energy/platoon/glue guy on a good team. (Jeff Moore)
2015-06-02 18:00:00 (link to chat)	Mallex Smith or Roman Quinn? (jeff from san berdoo)	I'll go with Quinn here. (Mauricio Rubio)
2015-05-13 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Is Mallex Smith the future CF for Atlanta? What kind of impact can he have at the big league level? (Brian from Orlando)	I don't think so, I have too many questions about the tools outside of the speed. Maybe he becomes the good version of Michael Bourn, but I think fourth outfielder who can impact the game with his wheels is a more likely scenario. (Christopher Crawford)
2014-10-31 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Who were some players that impressed you the most/least out in Arizona? (Shawnykid23 from CT)	- Mallex Smith has a plus glove in the OF and plus speed. Not sure if he ever hits, but that's a 4th OF type at the very worst. - Brandon Drury looked the part - Hunter Renfroe shows serious power and his BP was the best. The hip torque and drive he gets while demonstrating plus bat speed and whipping the bat head through the zone, it's just so impressive. We shall see if he hits enough to allow the power to play up. - Sam Wolff looked the same as when I saw him early in the year. I can't trust the secondary arsenal (CB,CH). Had a hard time finding a release point or arm slot for both. Reliever all the way for me, but could see issues if he can't consistently piece it together with at least one of those pitches. The CB is much further along. - Chad Wallach had pop times over 2.00 and has below-average tools across the board. Nothing different from when I saw him with Greensboro (where he hit .321/.430/.476) (Tucker Blair)
2014-07-22 15:00:00 (link to chat)	What were the hit/power/run/glove/arm tools you've seen this year in the MWL? (Tommy from Chicago)	Hit: Brett Phillips? Not many good options, here Power: Schwarber/Frazier Run: Mallex Smith Glove: Penalver Arm: not yasiel balaguert (Jordan Gorosh)

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