Chicago White Sox: Shane Smith named one of the worst aces in Major League Baseball
In December of 2024, the Chicago White Sox took advantage of a massive mistake by the Milwaukee Brewers. As the Rule 5 Draft approached, Milwaukee failed to protect pitching Shane Smith. As a result, Chicago was able to select him away from the Brewers. The stipulation, of course, was that he needed to remain on their Major League roster.
As it turned out, the move could not have worked out any better for the White Sox. As a rookie in 2025, Smith was 7-8 with a 3.81 ERA in 29 starts. He was named to the American League All-Star team and finished tenth in AL Rookie of the Year voting.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Shane Smith named one of the worst aces in MLB
When the 2026 MLB season begins, Smith will be just 25 years old. Indeed, he has a very long Major League career ahead of him, and has already shown that he is among the best pitchers in the game.
However, on their recent ranking of every MLB team’s ace, Smith was found near the bottom of Bleacher Report‘s list, coming in at 27th:
“Shane Smith was an All-Star for a lowly White Sox team as a rookie, striking out 145 batters and logging 146.1 innings.
“Perhaps Smith—who wasn’t drafted out of Wake Forest in the 20-round MLB Draft in 2021—isn’t destined to be an ace moving forward. But he is a controllable starter who could realistically be part of the next White Sox team that contends.
“Smith probably isn’t going to be taking the ball in October this year, but with him, Colson Montgomery, Kyle Teel, Chase Meredith, and Munetaka Murakami, there does finally seem to be some light at the end of the tunnel on the South Side.”
On the bright side, BR is complimentary of Chicago’s young talent. However, they clearly do not think that Smith is a true ace, and seem to imply that the White Sox could do better at that spot.
Hopefully, Smith proves these doubters wrong in 2026 by leading a much improve Chicago roster closer to relevance.
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