Cam Smith (baseball)

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Cam Smith
Chicago Cubs
Third baseman
Born: (2003-02-22) February 22, 2003 (age 21) Lake Worth, Florida, U.S.
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Cameron Vaughn Smith (born February 22, 2003) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Chicago Cubs organization.

Amateur career

Smith attended Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida.^[1] As a senior in 2022, he was the Sun Sentinel 7A-6A Player of the Year after hitting .435 with six home runs and 32 runs batted in (RBI).^[2] He was also a finalist for the Palm Beach Post's Baseball Player of the Year.^[3] Smith committed to Florida State University to play college baseball.^[4]

College career

As a freshman at Florida in State in 2023, Smith started 51 games and hit .258/.326/.517 with 12 home runs and 36 RBI over 209 at bats. After the season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and received the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect award.^[5]^[6] Smith entered his sophomore season in 2024 as a top prospect for the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.^[7]^[8] He returned that season as Florida State's starting third baseman.^[9]

Professional career

Smith was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the first round, with the 14th overall selection, of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. On July 20, 2024, Smith signed with the Cubs on a $5.07 million contract.^[10]

References

^ "Get to know Cam Smith, Palm Beach Central's star MLB Draft prospect". The Palm Beach Post.
^ "Palm Beach 7A-6A baseball player of the year: Cameron Smith, Palm Beach Central senior". Sun Sentinel. June 18, 2022.
^ "The Post's All-County baseball: Check out Player of the Year nominees". The Palm Beach Post.
^ "New freshmen look to impact FSU baseball". FSU News.
^ "#13 Cameron Smith - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
^ Brett Nevitt (October 3, 2023). "FSU Baseball: Cam Smith discusses the adjustments he made in summer ball, year two with Link Jarrett". 247sports.com. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
^ "Top 20 college prospects for '24 Draft". MLB.com.
^ "NEW: Top 100 Draft prospects for '24". MLB.com.
^ "Wellington's Cam Smith credits meditation in scintillating start with Florida State baseball". The Palm Beach Post.
^ "Cubs Sign First-Round Pick Cam Smith". mlbtraderumors.com. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Florida State Seminoles bio

2024 Major League Baseball draft first round selections

Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks

1965: James
1966: Burk
1967: Hughes
1968: Rickey
1969: Metzger
1970: Hiser
1971: Wehmeier
1972: Vernoy
1973: Tabb
1974: Thompson
1975: Rosinski
1976: Segelke
1977: Martz
1978: Hayes
1979: Perlman
1980: Schulze
1981: Carter, Lovelace
1982: Dunston, Woods, Boderick
1983: Davidson
1984: Hall
1985: Palmeiro, Masters
1986: May
1987: Harkey
1988: Griffin
1989: Cunningham
1990: Dickson
1991: Glanville
1992: Wallace
1993: Kieschnick, Ratliff, Orie
1994: Peterson
1995: Wood
1996: Noel
1997: Garland
1998: Patterson
1999: Christensen
2000: Montañez
2001: Prior
2002: Brownlie, Hagerty, Blasko, Clanton
2003: Harvey
2004: None
2005: Pawelek
2006: Colvin
2007: Vitters, Donaldson
2008: Cashner, Flaherty
2009: Jackson
2010: Simpson
2011: Báez
2012: Almora, Johnson, Blackburn
2013: Bryant
2014: Schwarber
2015: Happ
2016: None
2017: Little, Lange
2018: Hoerner
2019: Jensen
2020: Howard
2021: Wicks
2022: Horton
2023: Shaw
2024: Smith

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