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Yankees, Kevin Smith Agree To Deal

By Darragh McDonald | January 8, 2024 at 5:15pm CDT

Infielder Kevin Smith has a deal in place with the Yankees. The player posted on X a picture of a kid, presumably Smith himself, in Yankee gear. The picture came with the caption “Headed Home for 2024.” The client of The Bledsoe Agency was born and played high school ball in East Greenbush, New York. Jon Heyman of The New York Post confirms that the two sides agreed to a deal, which Martín Gallegos of MLB.com reports to be a minor league contract. Hat tip to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News for passing along the post from Smith.

Smith, 27, spent the past two years with the Athletics after coming over from the Blue Jays in the Matt Chapman trade. Between those two clubs, he’s received 333 plate appearances at the big league level over the past three years but has hit just .173/.215/.301 in that time. He exhausted his final option year in 2023. The A’s non-tendered him at season’s end even though he was still two years away from qualifying for arbitration.

He has hit much better in the minor leagues and that continued in 2023. In 183 Triple-A plate appearances, he put up a huge batting line of .324/.372/.653. That came in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League but it still amounted to a wRC+ of 137. He also stole nine bases in that time and lined up defensively at second base, third base and shortstop for the Aviators.

In the big leagues, his glovework at shortstop hasn’t received amazing grades but he has been given strong marks at third. He’s also seen some very limited time at left field and first base.

The Yankees project to have Anthony Volpe at shortstop and DJ LeMahieu at third base. There have been some rumors of Gleyber Torres trades, which would free up second for LeMahieu, but Torres is still on the roster. The club also has Oswald Peraza, Oswaldo Cabrera and Jeter Downs on the roster as utility/depth options. If Smith is able to crack the roster at any point, he has just one year and 63 days of service time, meaning the Yankees could keep him around beyond 2024 if they would like.

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99 Comments

  1. Lefty_Orioles_Fan

    2 years ago

    Clerks across America!! Rejoice!!!!

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    • acoss13

      2 years ago

      Silent Bob is a Yankee!

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      • Roidville Slugger

        2 years ago

        Definitely had to read that twice…haha. I completely missed it at first.

        3
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        • Boxscore

          2 years ago

          In other news Craig Breslow is still in a coma…

          3
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        • stymeedone

          2 years ago

          Yes, season is over for the Sox, now that the Yanks signed Smith. He would have moved Devers to the bench!

          4
          Reply
        • Boxscore

          2 years ago

          I should have posted instead after NYY traded for Juan Soto then?

          3
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      • 99CaptainJudge99

        2 years ago

        It definitely looks like the Yankees are working on some move, or they could be just trying to add more depth. It might be Dylan Cease, Jesus Lazardo, Shane Bieber or someone else on their way. We’ll see.

        4
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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          99CJ: From your mouth to the Lord’s ears. We sure need it to make the Soto acquisition a worthwhile trade.

          4
          Reply
        • stymeedone

          2 years ago

          Just adding depth.

          2
          Reply
    • 28rings

      2 years ago

      Bunch of savages in this town

      6
      Reply
    • HatlessPete

      2 years ago

      Snoochy Boochies!!!

      6
      Reply
    • unpaidobserver

      2 years ago

      I’m not even supposed to be here today…

      3
      Reply
  2. PinstripedPride

    2 years ago

    Wonder if this means Oswald Peraza is more available in a trade now

    3
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    • Paleobros

      2 years ago

      Perazably?

      8
      Reply
  3. Dreg

    2 years ago

    Snoogans

    10
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  4. 10centBeerNight

    2 years ago

    More decent depth from Cashman here

    Reply
  5. Cknyc

    2 years ago

    cashman at the thrift shop as usual

    7
    Reply
    • derail76

      2 years ago

      Quick Stop, not the thrift shop.

      5
      Reply
      • TrumboRedux

        2 years ago

        “Quick” stop just sounds cheap and wrong. And a little dirty..

        1
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        • derail76

          2 years ago

          I’m sure Kevin Smith would argue with you about that, if he spoke.

          5
          Reply
  6. BleedGreen

    2 years ago

    Kevin Smith shows up in Scranton and says to anyone who will listen “I’m supposed to be here today”. As a bat boy chuckles to himself.

    11
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  7. Yankee Clipper

    2 years ago

    Yes, Way to go Cashman! To all the Yankee-hating naysayers, we just landed Yamam…no, Blake Sn…no, Dylan Ce… uhhh, hold on a second…Kevin Smith? Snooze button activated.

    15
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    • TrumboRedux

      2 years ago

      Congrats again Clip!!!

      3
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      • Yankee Clipper

        2 years ago

        Hey, I don’t mean to brag Trumbo, but looks like we are running the table on FAs this offseason. Guess the Dodgers are going to have to wait

        6
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Put in those pizza rolls baby!!!! Daddy is having a party!!!!!!! WoooOoOOOoooooo!!!!

          3
          Reply
        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Haha! Oh man, You did it with my own words too!

          1
          Reply
        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Lol Snooze Button= ACTIVATED!

          1
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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 years ago

      Only fitting that they signed Silent Bob since they already have Jay in CF.

      8
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    • DR2020

      2 years ago

      You laugh Clipper, but Cashman has prescience, genius and knowledge we could not possibly grasp, he already knows that this player is going to be the next Jeter. and who needs pitching anyway?

      3
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      • Yankee Clipper

        2 years ago

        Haha, true story, Doc. We sure are lucky to be graced with Cashman’s presence in Yankee Land – just ask Cashman!

        2
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          I actually had to look up “prescience.” Glad if I am learning a new word that it’s from an MD!

          3
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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Trumbo, I’m glad you looked it up, but to be honest, I’m still struggling with whether the effort to look it up and not look ignorant is enough to overcome my deeply ingrained laziness.

          Whoops, gotta go. Pizza rolls dinged!

          2
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          I regret looking it up because I know I will probably never hear it be used again. And I certainly wont’t use it unless I am arguing with a Doctor or Lawyer. Which is entirely possible actually hah Anyways, keep the pizza rolls warm because Snell is coming off the board tonight. I say that every night but today is the day!

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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Well, you’re right. It’s always today, so good call. And, if not for doctors and lawyers we would have no such thing as arguments! Well, save for politicians, but they’re all lawyers anyway.

          Doc (above) is a good egg though. He peruses the boards and keeps it Yankees-centric. Been conversing with him a while about our frustrations with our beloved Yankees. It’s not his fault I’m stupid…haha.

          1
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Lol I was looking at your profile pic and it reminded me of one of my favorite Boone comments. “I’ve got a whole damn stable of guys who throw 98 mph!”

          1
          Reply
        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          I knew Doc was a good egg as soon as he used the word “prescience.”

          3
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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Oh my, that spat with the Rays was something. Yeah, I lost all respect for Boone for singing “Under My Umbrella,” trying to be cool (relevant? Funny? Relatable? I don’t know). But from the manager of the NYYs… ugh, I was embarrassed. As you can tell, Trumbo, I’m not easily embarrassed by stupid things. That? Yeah, I vowed to keep him as my profile pic until he’s fired. That way all baseball fans are punished with seeing him, not just us – lolol.

          1
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Your pic is the cat’s pajamas Clip. I remember your vow…I do not though remember him singing….Do I need to youtube this?

          1
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        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          Haha. Your right Clip, he’s the only one who would agree I don’t even think his mother supports him any longer

          2
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        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          Cool Trumbo!

          2
          Reply
        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          No need, I did the work for you, friend…. Here’s one of them:

          tiktok.com/@foulterritory/video/721168399860143236…

          1
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        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Thanks for the clip, Clip! Haha I have never seen that before….It is definitely cringe inducing, although I do give him credit for guts for even doing it. I feel like Boone is going to take the Yanks all the way. I don’t know when exactly, but I think he pulls it off. I would imagine his leash is short at this point, so he will have to make a serious mark this year to get another (final) crack at it next year.

          1
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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Oh man, I hope you’re right. If he does, he proves me wrong and I’m happy for it.

          1
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        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          lol. that was actually the Tampa rays managers quote, cash when he was with them in response to whatever bonehead said or done.

          1
          Reply
        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          Clip, you actually had respect for him at one time?

          Reply
        • TrumboRedux

          2 years ago

          Thanks Doc, I must have mixed it up with Boone’s “savages” tirade haha

          Reply
        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          As long as it’s to the Yankees!( Which I doubt unfortunately).

          Reply
        • DR2020

          2 years ago

          Trumbo, who can keep straight all these various comments anyway. But I remember it was a quite threatening and rude comment to make at the time by cash. as he was threatening to unleash his gaggle of 98 mile an hour hurlers on the Yankee hitters.

          2
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    • 99CaptainJudge99

      2 years ago

      Yes indeed Clip, being a Yankee’s fan is like always walking around in a land of confusion, we really never know what to expect from our chief of command. You want Dylan Cease? Well here’s Shane Bieber instead. You want Jordan Montgomery? Well here’s Edward Cabrera instead, yeah Cashman is definitely full of surprises, but he has something up his sleeve.

      2
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      • DR2020

        2 years ago

        Capt, i’ll take anyone at this point, we need bodies.

        Reply
  8. eddiemurraysafro

    2 years ago

    Rick Derris still gets all the ladies!

    3
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  9. bluejays92

    2 years ago

    He seems like the type of player that wouldn’t be surprising to see signing in Japan or South Korea next year and then coming back stateside as an “intriguing” pick up after a couple of seasons there.

    3
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    • TrumboRedux

      2 years ago

      Jays92, I’ll set a reminder on my calendar for 2029 and make sure to keep an eye out for him.

      3
      Reply
  10. RichP

    2 years ago

    Cashman of late only signs FA’s who hit under .200. It looks like it might be another long season…

    4
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    • Yankee Clipper

      2 years ago

      Not true. He will sign a player that hits over .200, as long as that player is injured more often than he plays.

      8
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      • DR2020

        2 years ago

        Clip, we are told batting average doesn’t matter, only launch angle,and exit velo!

        1
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        • Yankee Clipper

          2 years ago

          Lol, you’re right Doc. And, my response to them is…. It’s hard to have a launch angle or exit velo when you don’t hit the baseball!

          Reply
    • GhostofRandySavage

      2 years ago

      Now now, Willie Calhoun hit at least .230 last year!

      2
      Reply
  11. judgementday99

    2 years ago

    Now he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel from the bottom of the barrel (A’s).

    5
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    • DR2020

      2 years ago

      That’s his forte, Mr Judge. That’s why he gets the big bucks!

      Reply
  12. UncommonSense

    2 years ago

    I bet the Dodgers will sign Francis Ford Coppola to a deferred contract in response to this

    1
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    • Motor City Beach Bum

      2 years ago

      To film their last place finish for posterity?

      5
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      • TrumboRedux

        2 years ago

        That was cold blooded, MotorCity!!

        Reply
        • Motor City Beach Bum

          2 years ago

          Too many years of my Tigers playing golf come playoff time has made me crusty 😉

          2
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      • scarfish

        2 years ago

        Bravo

        Reply
      • UncommonSense

        2 years ago

        Leave the NLDS. Take the cannoli.

        2
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  13. Cora the Destroya

    2 years ago

    Yankees might have struck a gold mine here

    Reply
  14. Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

    2 years ago

    Yankees would probably be just as well off signing Kevin Smith the actor.

    4
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    • 178iq

      2 years ago

      Hahahahahahah

      1
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    • HatlessPete

      2 years ago

      Nah he’s a hockey guy.

      3
      Reply
  15. Old York

    2 years ago

    Noice! Guy’s gonna rake. Future Hall of Famer. Book it!

    2
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    • 178iq

      2 years ago

      It’s a minor league deal but still- is cashman a crack smoker? Maybe the Yankees need Kim Ng back!!!

      2
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  16. 178iq

    2 years ago

    And the Yankees sign a .173 hitter hahahahahaha the Yankees are just embarrassing.

    3
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    • Old York

      2 years ago

      @178iq

      but… but… batting average doesn’t matter, the nerds all said. His BABIP is 0.230. Plus, he had his best season last year with Joakland, offensively. OPS+ of 54? He’s more than half the value of a replacement player! That’s worth something…

      Reply
      • TrumboRedux

        2 years ago

        You can tell some people that a guy has a .000 BA and they will dismiss you and say that his advanced hitting metrics are stunning.

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  17. Ducey

    2 years ago

    Not sure you can conclude he has signed with the Yankees from the picture.

    Maybe he grew up in a pumpkin patch?

    Reply
    • Old York

      2 years ago

      Article also states:

      Jon Heyman of The New York Post confirms that the two sides agreed to a deal, which Martín Gallegos of MLB.com reports to be a minor league contract.

      Reply
      • Ducey

        2 years ago

        Thanks

        I really thought the pumpkin patch theory was valid.

        Good thing you could clear it up

        Reply
  18. 28rings

    2 years ago

    wonder if he’s gonna wear number “thirty seven???!!!”

    1
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    • 99CaptainJudge99

      2 years ago

      Hey no worries he’ll be playing a lot more then Wander Franco in 2024.

      Reply
  19. Rsox

    2 years ago

    They’d be better off wuth Jason Mewes

    1
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    • TrumboRedux

      2 years ago

      Or Mew the Pokemon for that matter.

      Reply
  20. Matthew De Lorge

    2 years ago

    The Yankees just won the offseason!

    Reply
    • mlbnyyfan

      2 years ago

      I guess signing Chapman is not happening

      Reply
  21. jakethesnizake

    2 years ago

    This dude is a bum…not sure why this is even newsworthy on any reputable news source.

    1
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  22. mostlytoasty

    2 years ago

    Lots of jokes and hating on this… but Smith was once a top ten org prospect for Toronto and rebounded in the minors after some struggles.

    He can’t seem to figure out MLB pitching, but he sure as heck has hit very well at AAA. The last month of 2022, he put up quite literally the best slash line of any pro ball player (A-MLB), so I was hopeful he could break out finally in 2023. The A’s were the best chance to try and carve out an MLB role and he clearly didn’t rise to the challenge, so he seems destined to be a AAAA slugger.

    Hope he figures it out though, but as far as depth infielders go, he’s a decent flier.

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    • Dogleg62

      2 years ago

      Exactly…he also grew up in upstate NY as a Yankee fan (obviously) so it’s simply a minor league deal for a “local” kid who always wanted to wear the pinstripes. Sheesh!

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  23. YanksPhan42

    2 years ago

    Looks like he hits as well as Silent Bob too. Good lawd, I didn’t think we could find a shttier Tyler Wade!

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  24. Yanks2

    2 years ago

    Who?

    Reply
  25. Niekro floater

    2 years ago

    They’ll turn em into light hitting out of position CF now. Luv the backtrack on stroman, 4moment actually thought yanks had sum balls w/whole “nah” 2acquiring em. Pandering like a bad dog.

    Reply
  26. oneiblnd

    2 years ago

    Trade one of the Oswaldo’s and go get Bieber.

    1
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  27. Probably "Rick hahn"

    2 years ago

    Smootchie Bootchies!

    Reply
  28. brucenewton

    2 years ago

    They were short an infielder at AAA. Some people read too much into a simple minor league depth signing.

    Reply
  29. Blue Baron

    2 years ago

    East Greenbush, NY

    5 miles from Albany, NY
    32 miles from Pittsfield, MA
    157 miles from NYC
    162 miles from Boston, MA

    First mention ever on MLBTR?

    1
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    • Dogleg62

      2 years ago

      Possibly, for East Greenbush, but the Braves’ Ian Anderson also grew up in the Capital District region of Albany, NY too. Although he was in Clifton Park which is about 20 miles north of it.

      1
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      • ShieldF123

        1 year ago

        I live about 10 minutes from Clifton park. And about 15-20 from East Greenbush. Nice to see a local kid get a shot with the Yankees, kids living his childhood dream

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  30. Salzilla

    2 years ago

    You know, I had all the View Askewniverse jokes ready earlier, but couldn’t jump on. Now though, I’m more reverting to, come on already, Cash, let’s shore up that staff one way or another. You’ve got the money, ergo, you find yourself in a very actionable position.

    1
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  31. Kevin Illyanovich Rasputin Kubusheskie

    2 years ago

    Tell Em SteveDave!

    Reply
  32. baseballguru

    2 years ago

    Cole and Soto leave NY Overhypers in 2025…drought continues to 16th year…prediction

    Reply

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