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Blue Jays

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Kevin Smith

endured

a brutal

first half at

Double-A

that knocked

him out of

the Top 100.

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TOP

TOP 100 STATUS
REVOKED
Each year a few preseason
Top 100 Prospects play their way
out of the midseason ranking.
This year saw one such case,
this time attributable to the
Double-A adjustment.
Blue Jays shortstop Kevin
Smith ranked No. 91 on the pre-
season Top 100 Prospects, but he
lost his place in line with a disas-
trous first half at Double-A New
Hampshire. Through 53 games
he hit .176/.250/.322 with six
home runs and a strikeout rate
bordering on 30 percent.
Strikeouts are nothing new
for Smith, a 2017 fourth-rounder
from Maryland, but his pro-
duction on contact had largely
disappeared. His OPS slipped
from .886 last year at two Class
A levels to .572 in the first half
The graduation of prospects such as the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. left a talent void in the minors. of 2019.