Drew Smyly
SP,RP · Chicago Cubs
Bats L Throws LHeight 6'3" Weight 190
DOB 1989-06-13 Age 34.4
Hometown Maumelle, AR
2023 Fantasy Rankings
NFBC ADP (15-team): 29.13, 433rd
Season Projections
Source | 5X5 | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
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ATC | -$4 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 104 | 35 | 115 | 19 | 4 | 61 | 56 | 4.34 | 1.29 |
Steamer | -$1 | 23 | 141.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 126 | 42 | 139 | 22 | 5 | 72 | 68 | 4.34 | 1.28 |
THE BAT | -$4 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 104 | 35 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 66 | 61 | 4.73 | 1.33 |
Zeile | -$5 | 21 | 113.9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 101 | 35 | 118 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4.50 | 1.32 |
ATC projections by Ariel Cohen. Steamer projections by Steamer Projections Blog. THE BAT projections by Derek Carty. Zeile Consensus projections by FantasyPros.
Fantasy Baseball News Last 90 Days
Drew Smyly Exercised Player Option

Left-hander Drew Smyly exercised his player option to return to the Cubs, tweets Jesse Rogers of ESPN. He’ll make an $8.5MM salary next season and is guaranteed a $2.5MM buyout on a mutual option for 2025. There wasn’t much suspense with the decision. Smyly wasn’t going to beat $11MM in guarantees on the open market. The…
Nov 7 · MLB Trade Rumors Chicago Cubs Drew SmylyDrew Smyly Returning To Cubs Next Season

Chicago Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly exercised his $8.5 million player option for the 2024 season on Monday. Smyly was a swingman for the Cubs in his second year in Chicago in 2023, making 41 total appearances (23 starts). The 34-year-old veteran southpaw wasn't very effective, though, going 11-11 with a 5.00 ERA (4.96 FIP) and 1.43 WHIP with 56 walks and 141 strikeouts in his 142 1/3 innings pitched. He was much more effective in a relief role, as he had a 2.51 ERA and 12.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 28 2/3 innings out of the bullpen compared to a 5.62 ERA and 8.1 K/9 in 113 2/3 innings as a starter. Smyly is going to have to be better in a starting role in spring training next year if he wants to win a rotation spot for the Cubbies to begin the 2024 regular season.
Nov 6 · Source via
Cubs, Kyle Hendricks Have Reportedly Discussed Extension

One of the Cubs’ first decisions of the upcoming offseason is whether to exercise an option on the team’s longest-tenured player. Chicago holds a $16MM option on Kyle Hendricks that comes with a $1.5MM buyout. At the very least, the team is likely to retain the right-hander on that net $14.5MM decision. Bruce Levine of…
Oct 24 · MLB Trade Rumors Chicago Cubs Javier Assad Kyle Hendricks Drew Smyly Justin Steele Marcus Stroman Jameson Taillon Jordan WicksOffseason Outlook: Chicago Cubs

Along with this post, Tim Dierkes held a live Cubs-centric chat. Click here to read the transcript. After falling just short of a Wild Card berth, the Cubs must re-sign Cody Bellinger or replace his production, while also considering improvements at the infield corners and in the starting rotation. Guaranteed Contracts Dansby Swanson, SS: $157MM…
Oct 18 · MLB Trade Rumors MLB Offseason Chicago Cubs Kevin Alcantara Adbert Alzolay Miguel Amaya Javier Assad Cody Bellinger Brad Boxberger Ben Brown Nick Burdi Jeimer Candelario Pete Crow-Armstrong Jose Cuas Michael Fulmer Yan Gomes Ian Happ Kyle Hendricks Codi Heuer Nico Hoerner Cade Horton Brandon Hughes Caleb Kilian Mark Leiter Nick Madrigal J.D. Martinez Miles Mastrobuoni Julian Merryweather Matt Mervis Christopher Morel Daniel Palencia Drew Smyly Justin Steele Marcus Stroman Seiya Suzuki Dansby Swanson Jameson Taillon Mike Tauchman Hayden Wesneski Jordan Wicks Patrick WisdomJed Hoyer On Bellinger, Hendricks, Ross

Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer met with reporters on Tuesday (including Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune) to discuss his team’s disappointing finish to the 2o23 season and his plans for the upcoming offseason. Topics of interest included the team missing the playoffs, Kyle Hendricks’ and Cody Bellinger’s futures in Chicago, and manager…
Oct 3 · MLB Trade Rumors Chicago Cubs Cody Bellinger Kyle Hendricks Trey Mancini Drew Smyly Dansby Swanson Jameson TaillonJustin Steele No Longer Starting On Sunday

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Justin Steele will no longer start on Sunday against the Brewers, per beat writer Meghan Montemurro. Due to the fact that the Cubs were eliminated from postseason contention on Saturday, Chicago will no longer need the services of their ace. Instead, it'll be veteran Drew Smyly taking the ball against Milwaukee. Smyly will likely work as an opener in this contest, which limits his DFS value. Steele, who ended up putting together an excellent season on the North Side, will finish with a 16-5 record, 3.06 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and 176:36 K/BB ratio over 173 1/3 innings (30 starts)
Oct 1 · Source via
Previewing The 2023-24 Free Agent Class: Starting Pitcher

We've been covering the upcoming free agent class at MLBTR, going through each of the non-pitching positions. But now it’s time to take the mound, beginning with the starters. Though it can be debated whether there’s a true ace in the mix, there’s plenty of arms here that would upgrade the rotation of any team.…
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Season | Team | 5X5 | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | DET | - | 18 | 99.1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 94 | 33 | 93 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 44 | 3.99 | 1.27 |
2013 | DET | $8 | 0 | 76.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 17 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 2.37 | 1.04 |
2014 | DET | $2 | 18 | 105.1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 89 | 31 | 111 | 14 | 1 | 48 | 46 | 3.93 | 1.35 |
2014 | TB | $2 | 7 | 47.2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 44 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 1.70 | 0.76 |
2015 | TB | $2 | 12 | 66.2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 77 | 20 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 23 | 3.11 | 1.17 |
2016 | TB | -$17 | 30 | 175.1 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 167 | 49 | 174 | 32 | 2 | 103 | 95 | 4.88 | 1.27 |
2019 | PHI | -$23 | 12 | 62.2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 68 | 21 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 31 | 4.45 | 1.32 |
2019 | TEX | -$23 | 9 | 51.1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 52 | 34 | 64 | 19 | 1 | 49 | 48 | 8.42 | 1.91 |
2020 | SF | $2 | 5 | 26.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 3.42 | 1.10 |
2021 | ATL | $0 | 23 | 126.2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 41 | 133 | 27 | 2 | 69 | 63 | 4.48 | 1.37 |
2022 | CHC | -$3 | 22 | 106.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 91 | 26 | 101 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 41 | 3.47 | 1.19 |
2023 | CHC | - | 23 | 142.1 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 141 | 56 | 147 | 26 | 8 | 89 | 82 | 5.19 | 1.43 |
2023 ATC | -$4 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 104 | 35 | 115 | 19 | 4 | 61 | 56 | 4.34 | 1.29 | |
2023 Steamer | -$1 | 23 | 141.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 126 | 42 | 139 | 22 | 5 | 72 | 68 | 4.34 | 1.28 | |
2023 THE BAT | -$4 | 21 | 116.0 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 104 | 35 | 119 | 19 | 3 | 66 | 61 | 4.73 | 1.33 | |
2023 Zeile | -$5 | 21 | 113.9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 101 | 35 | 118 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 4.50 | 1.32 |
Historic stats obtained free of charge from and are copyrighted by Retrosheet. ATC projections by Ariel Cohen. Steamer projections by Steamer Projections Blog. THE BAT projections by Derek Carty. Zeile Consensus projections by FantasyPros.
2023
Date | Opp | Result | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
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Oct 1 | at MIL | L 0-4 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 81.00 | 15.00 |
Sep 29 | at MIL | L 3-4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Sep 27 | at ATL | L 5-6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sep 26 | at ATL | L 6-7 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Sep 22 | vs COL | W 6-0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
Sep 21 | vs PIT | L 6-8 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Sep 19 | vs PIT | W 14-1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sep 16 | at ARI | L 6-7 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.29 |
Sep 13 | at COL | L 3-7 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.50 | 3.00 |
Sep 11 | at COL | W 5-4 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.60 |
Sep 5 | vs SF | W 11-8 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Sep 1 | at CIN | L 2-3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.33 |
Aug 28 | vs MIL | L 2-6 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.00 | 2.00 |
Aug 25 | at PIT | L 1-2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Aug 22 | at DET | L 6-8 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17.18 | 3.00 |
Aug 18 | vs KC | L 3-4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Aug 16 | vs CWS | W 4-3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Aug 13 | at TOR | L 4-11 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
Aug 7 | at NYM | L 2-11 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12.60 | 2.00 |
Aug 2 | vs CIN | W 16-6 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9.64 | 1.29 |
Jul 28 | at STL | W 3-2 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.08 | 0.69 |
Jul 22 | vs STL | W 8-6 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9.82 | 1.91 |
Jul 17 | vs WAS | L 5-7 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7.50 | 1.50 |
Jul 8 | at NYY | L 3-6 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9.00 | 2.50 |
Jul 3 | at MIL | L 6-8 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7.36 | 1.91 |
Jun 28 | vs PHI | L 5-8 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17.18 | 2.73 |
Jun 19 | at PIT | W 8-0 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.60 |
Jun 14 | vs PIT | W 10-6 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7.50 | 1.67 |
Jun 8 | at LAA | L 1-3 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.00 | 1.67 |
Jun 3 | at SD | L 0-6 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.76 | 1.76 |
May 28 | vs CIN | L 5-8 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9.64 | 1.93 |
May 23 | vs NYM | W 7-2 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.20 |
May 17 | at HOU | L 6-7 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.67 |
May 12 | at MIN | W 6-2 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.00 | 0.83 |
May 6 | vs MIA | W 4-2 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.40 | 1.80 |
May 1 | at WAS | W 5-1 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 0.86 |
Apr 26 | vs SD | L 3-5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.60 | 1.00 |
Apr 21 | vs LAD | W 13-0 | 1 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.13 |
Apr 16 | at LAD | W 3-2 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.59 | 1.06 |
Apr 10 | vs SEA | W 3-2 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.80 | 0.60 |
Apr 3 | at CIN | L 6-7 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 11.57 | 2.36 |
2022
Date | Opp | Result | GS | IP | W | L | QS | K | BB | H | HR | HBP | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 1 | vs CIN | W 2-1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 1.33 |
Sep 14 | at NYM | W 6-3 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.80 | 1.00 |
Sep 9 | vs SF | W 4-2 | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.43 |
Sep 3 | at STL | L 4-8 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 27.00 | 3.43 |
Aug 27 | at MIL | L 0-7 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
Aug 22 | vs STL | L 0-1 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 | 0.86 |
Aug 17 | at WAS | W 3-2 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 0.75 |
Aug 11 | at CIN | W 4-2 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.20 |
Aug 6 | vs MIA | W 4-0 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.90 |
Jul 30 | at SF | L 4-5 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11.25 | 2.25 |
Jul 24 | at PHI | W 4-3 | 1 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.50 | 0.67 |
Jul 16 | vs NYM | L 3-4 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.08 | 1.38 |
Jul 10 | at LAD | L 9-11 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18.00 | 3.00 |
May 30 | vs MIL | L 1-3 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
May 23 | at CIN | W 7-4 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4.76 | 1.06 |
May 18 | vs PIT | L 2-3 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6.23 | 1.62 |
May 13 | at ARI | L 3-4 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6.00 | 1.83 |
May 7 | vs LAD | L 0-7 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4.15 | 1.85 |
Apr 28 | at ATL | L 1-5 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3.86 | 1.29 |
Apr 22 | vs PIT | L 2-4 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7.20 | 1.40 |
Apr 17 | at COL | W 6-4 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.07 |
Apr 12 | at PIT | W 2-1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.60 |