TRACK RECORD: After the 2018 season, Smith was trending up. He spent his first full season raking through two Class A levels, with a swing adjustment that clicked to go with impressive power from a shortstop. However, in 2019, everything seemed to go wrong.

SCOUTING REPORT: Smith got off to a slow start in Double-A New Hampshire, and he tried to selfcorrect and tinker with his swing, but those adjustments never led to better results. After the season, Smith went to the Arizona Fall League, where he led the league with 38 strikeouts in just 67 plate appearances. Smith isn't that far removed from a successful 2018 campaign, and he still shows quick bat speed and above-average raw power. Smith is a student of the game and made different tweaks to his swing last year, but he has to find a way to get his swing back to where it was in 2018, and to stay more disciplined in the strike zone.

THE FUTURE: There's a split camp among scouts on his fielding, with some thinking he's a position change candidate, while others like his defense at shortstop, where he has good hands and an above-average arm with a quick release.