BIOGRAPHY
Andrew David Smith was born on September 24, 1993, in Fort Worth, Texas. He is a pitcher in the MLB.
Smith graduated from Crowley High School in Crowley, Texas in 2012. In 2011, as a junior at Crowley, he was 10-1 with a 1.90 ERA in 85 innings. He was not drafted out of high school in the 2012 MLB draft so he enrolled at Dallas Baptist University to play college baseball for the Dallas Baptist Patriots. As a junior, he had a 4.35 earned run average pitching in relief. In 41.1 innings, he struck out 33 batters and walked 17.
As a junior at Dallas Baptist in 2015, Smith compiled a 3-2 record and 3.97 ERA in 25 appearances for the Patriots. He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2015 MLB draft. He signed with Detroit for $575,800 and was assigned to the GCL Tigers.
After one appearance in the GCL, Smith was promoted to the Connecticut Tigers. He was promoted to the West Michigan Whitecaps in August and he finished the season there. In 31 relief innings pitched between the three clubs, Smith was 3-0 with a 0.29 ERA. In 2016, he returned to West Michigan and spent the whole season there, going 1-2 with a 2.96 ERA in 35 relief appearances. He began 2017 with the Lakeland Flying Tigers.
On April 28, 2017, Smith was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays as the player to be named later in the Mikie Mahtook trade. Tampa Bay assigned him to the Charlotte Stone Crabs. He was promoted to the Durham Bulls for one game in early July before returning to Charlotte. On July 18, he was promoted to the Montgomery Biscuits.
Smith was promoted to the major leagues by the Mets on June 22, 2018. He made his major league debut the next night at Citi Field against the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitching one scoreless inning in relief as the Dodgers defeated New York 8-3. He finished his 2018 season with the Mets, going 1-1 with a 3.54 ERA in 27 relief appearances. Smith underwent Tommy John surgery during 2019 spring training, forcing him to miss the year.
Smith returned to game action in 2020, appearing in eight games for the Mets, registering a 6.43 ERA with seven strikeouts in as many innings pitched. In 2021, although he missed time due to injury, Smith still made thirty relief appearances for the Mets, going 3-1 with a 2.40 ERA and 41 strikeouts over 41+1⁄3 innings.
On April 29, 2022, Smith pitched in relief in a combined no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies, pitching 1+1⁄3 innings.
Smith signed a one-year deal with the New York Mets for the 2024 season.
