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Jersey Number 15
Cade Smith
- Position:
- RHP
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 190
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Southaven, Miss.
- High School/Previous School:
- DeSoto Central HS
Bio
Honors / Awards
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll2022 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2021 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career Notes & Records
Draft: Picked by the New York Yankees with the 192nd overall pick in the Sixth Round of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft... This was Mississippi State's 10th sixth-round pick.
2023 (Junior Season)
Season: Appeared in 10 games for the Dawgs, making nine starts … Recorded a 1-2 record with a 5.23 ERA in 43 innings pitched … Struck out 46 hitters on the season, the fifth most on the team … Finished the year with the third most inning pitched …. Held opposing batters to a .230 average, the fifth lowest mark on the team … Friday night starter and earned the opening day start.
VMI (2/17): Opened the season by throwing four shutout innings and striking out five … Limited VMI to two hits in the game. South Carolina (3/31): Pitched two innings and did not allow a run … Had two strikeouts. Ole Miss (4/14): In four innings of work, recorded four strikeouts while only allowing one earned run and one walk … Auburn (4/21): Tied a season-high in innings pitched with six, while also striking out six ... Allowed one earned run on three hits. Arkansas (5/5): Threw a season-high eight strikeouts in six innings of work ... Allowed four earned runs with two walks and five hits.
2022 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Appeared and started in 14 games for the Diamond Dawgs, finishing with a 4-4 record...Earned a 3.86 ERA in 72.1 innings of work... Allowed 61 hits and 37 runs (31 earned) while striking out 66, which ranked second best among the team...Held opposing hitters to a .221 batting average throughout the year.
Long Beach State (2/20): Struck out six in 5.2 innings of work on opening weekend, only allowing one run off one hit. Northern Kentucky (2/27): Pitched 5.0 innings and earned seven strikeouts, giving up one unearned run on three hits. Princeton (3/13): Threw five scoreless innings gaining seven strikeouts, allowing two hits and two walks. Auburn (4/16): Held the Tigers scoreless throughout six innings, striking out four. Florida (5/8): Went 7.0 innings striking out seven, while giving up one earned run on five hits and two walks.
2021 (Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in 10 games while making one start on the mound for the Bulldogs...Posted a 3-0 record with a 2.40 ERA in 15.0 innings of work...Allowed 5 runs (4 earned) on six hits, while striking out 20 and allowing 10 walks on the season…Held opposing hitters to a .115 average.
Southern (4/6): Struck out two in an inning of scoreless relief work. Arkansas State (4/13): Earned his first collegiate win after striking out a season-high five batters and not allowing a run on two hits in 2.0 innings in a midweek win. The Citadel (5/5): Picked up the win in his first start after striking out three and allowing no runs on one hit in 3.0 innings. SEC Tournament (5/26-5/27): Received a no-decision after pitching two scoreless and hitless innings vs. Florida (5/26). Starkville Super Regional vs. Notre Dame (6/13): Struck out one and did not allow a hit one inning of scoreless relief. College World Series (6/20-6/30): Made three appearances in the College World Series, combining to pitch 3.2 innings of relief while striking out five and holding opponents scoreless and hitless…Earned the win after striking out one and not allowing a hit in an inning of work vs. Virginia (6/22).
High School
Lettered three times for head coach Mark Monoghan at DeSoto Central High School...Helped Desoto Central to back-to-back Mississippi High School Activities Association 6A state championships as a sophomore and junior...Tabbed third-team Preseason All-America by Perfect Game as a senior...Named second-team Preseason All-America by Perfect Game as a junior...Garnered first-team All-State as a senior... Participated in the East Coast Pro Showcase following his senior season...Finished high school with a 3.98 GPA.
Personal
Born Jason Cade Smith on April 9, 2002 in Germantown, Tennessee...Son of Emily and Jason Smith...Has one younger brother, Noah...Father, Jason, lettered in baseball at Delta State University...Grandfather, Robert Murray, mother, Emily, and uncle, Joey Beidlman, all graduated from Mississippi State.
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