Pavin Smith has never been the recipient of fan adulation. There’s a sense that he has underperformed what might be expected of a player who was taken with the seventh overall pick in the 2017 draft, and received a signing bonus of more than five million dollars. It could have been worse. Among the players picked ahead of Smith, were Brendan McKay, who due to injury has a total of 46 innings of work anywhere since 2019, and Austin Beck, who has posted a .693 OPS in the minors. Before this year, Smith felt like he could be little better.
2024 SnakePit Awards: Performance of the Year - Pavin Smith goes off
