The Rockies have selected the contract of right-hander Chad Smith, The Denver Gazette’s Danielle Allentuck reports (Twitter links). In corresponding moves, left-hander Helcris Olivarez was moved to the 60-day injured list due to a shoulder strain, while righty Ashton Goudeau was optioned to Triple-A. Goudeau’s transaction is just an on-paper move, however, as Allentuck notes that Goudeau will act as the 27th man for the Rockies’ doubleheader with the Nationals today.
Not to be confused with the Chad Smith who used to pitch with the Tigers and Athletics, this Smith was an 11th-round pick for the Marlins in the 2016 draft, and was acquired by the Rockies in exchange for Jesus Tinoco back in August 2020. Just a few days shy of his 27th birthday, Smith is now set to make his Major League debut.
Over two seasons with Triple-A Albuquerque, Smith has an impressive 2.58 ERA and 28.9% strikeout rate over 52 1/3 relief innings in 2021-22. After battling control problems for much of his pro career, Smith has shown very good improvement this season with only a 6.9% walk rate over his 19 frames of work. If Smith has been able to harness his command, he could be a very intriguing reliever to watch, given his velocity, ability to miss bats, and his ability to induce grounders (averaging over a 60% groundball rate during his minor league career).
Great drummer.
That’s a red hot take.
Ah, don’t give it away.
Should see plenty of “Snow” in Colorado, on the “Otherside” of “Californication”….. Man, that’s all water “Under the Bridge.”
@clipper. Under the bridge is my favorite RHCP song. It was also wrote during a very troubled time of Anthony Kiedis’s life. The 1991 album was phenomenal from RHCP. Man I miss 90’s alternative style music this garbage nowadays does nothing for me.
Yeah, that was a special time with music for me too, man. I was just a kid so that was really my first exposure to music…. Music was not the same after the 90s. One of my first CDs ever was Superunknown by Soundgarden. It was awesome.
Naturally, RHCP was another awesome group. Alice in Chains; Sublime; Radiohead: STP; Metallica; Candelbox; Temple of the Dog – Tons of good bands during that epoch. Also can’t forget AC/DC came out with their Live at Donnington album in ‘91(?). Perhaps their greatest album.
But, Under the Bridge was a classic for sure.
Man, all the groups then were great… Brings me back, man.
All music these days is straight garbage.
His ERA is under the bridge
Did they also call up Anthony Kiedis?
They were going to but he refused to wear a shirt!
I hear they found a Flea in the clubhouse.
Wearing only underwear?
Rox need all the help they can get in the bullpen.
Dallas Keuchel is available….
The MLB union needs to do what the actors union in Hollywood does. Players should not be allowed to use the same name as another player. Too confusing for the public.