Drew Smyly

SP,RP · Chicago Cubs

Bats L Throws L
Height 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
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.

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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 Smyly

Drew 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

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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 Wicks

Offseason 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 Wisdom

Jed 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 Taillon

Justin 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

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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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Pitching Stats

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
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	K	BB	H	HR	HBP	R	ER	ERA	WHIP
Oct 1	vs CIN	W 2-1	1	3.0	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	5	1	4	1	0	2	1	1.80	1.00
Sep 9	vs SF	W 4-2	1	7.0	1	0	8	2	1	0	1	1	0	0.00	0.43
Sep 3	at STL	L 4-8	1	2.1	0	1	3	3	5	3	0	7	7	27.00	3.43
Aug 27	at MIL	L 0-7	1	6.0	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	6	2	4	1	0	1	1	1.29	0.86
Aug 17	at WAS	W 3-2	1	5.1	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	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.20
Aug 6	vs MIA	W 4-0	1	6.2	1	0	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.90
Jul 30	at SF	L 4-5	1	4.0	0	1	5	2	7	2	0	5	5	11.25	2.25
Jul 24	at PHI	W 4-3	1	6.0	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	2	1	1.50	0.67
Jul 16	vs NYM	L 3-4	1	4.1	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	1	1	5	0	0	4	4	18.00	3.00
May 30	vs MIL	L 1-3	1	3.0	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	5	2	4	2	1	3	3	4.76	1.06
May 18	vs PIT	L 2-3	1	4.1	0	1	5	1	6	1	0	3	3	6.23	1.62
May 13	at ARI	L 3-4	1	6.0	0	1	4	1	10	0	0	4	4	6.00	1.83
May 7	vs LAD	L 0-7	1	4.1	0	1	4	2	6	1	0	3	2	4.15	1.85
Apr 28	at ATL	L 1-5	1	4.2	0	1	4	1	5	2	0	2	2	3.86	1.29
Apr 22	vs PIT	L 2-4	1	5.0	0	1	4	1	6	2	0	4	4	7.20	1.40
Apr 17	at COL	W 6-4	1	4.2	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	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.60