The Book on Josh SmokerWAS



Prospect Info and Scouting Report

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Josh Smoker / LHP, WAS
Born 11/26/1988
Sugar Valley, GA, USA
School: Calhoun (GA) HS
Height 6-3
Weight 200
Bats/Throws L/L


ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/9/2012): #342 none
MiLB.com Season Preview: Unranked or n/a
Scout.com/FOX Sports: Unranked or n/a
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a



One of the top high-school pitchers available in 2007, Smoker unexpectedly slipped to the supplemental round, where he was gobbled up by the Nationals. His long arm and easy, slinging action let him throw a low to mid-90's fastball with the same apparent motion as his slider, splitter and change. The net result of all that? Filthy.

Just 18 when he was drafted, Smoker looked overmatched in A-ball in 2010, but bounced back to form last season, with 56 strikeouts in 51 high-A innings at high-A Potomac. Smoker is still a year or two away from truly ready, but if he stays healthy he could be something special. In fact, the entire Nats bullpen could be really, really good in a couple of years.

[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]


Pitching History
Yr Age Lv Lg Tm W L GA GS IP H ER BB K HB WP WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2007 18 A- NY-Penn Vermont WAS 0 0 2 2 4.0 2 2 3 5 1 0 1.250 11.2 6.8 1.67
2008 19 Rk Gulf Nationals WAS 2 1 6 6 26.1 20 11 13 16 1 3 1.253 5.5 4.4 1.23
2008 19 A Sally Hagerstown WAS 0 4 5 5 18.0 31 27 9 21 1 1 2.222 10.5 4.5 2.33
2009 20 Rk Gulf Nationals WAS 4 2 10 9 42.2 46 17 10 31 2 3 1.312 6.5 2.1 3.10
2010 21 A Sally Hagerstown WAS 3 10 30 19 91.1 106 73 56 92 4 8 1.774 9.1 5.5 1.64
2011 22 A+ Caro. Potomac WAS 5 2 46 0 50.2 32 16 37 56 3 6 1.362 9.9 6.6 1.51





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