Mallex Smith

Biography

Mallex Lydell Smith (born May 6, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Shenzhen Bluesox of Chinese Professional Baseball. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Rays, and Seattle Mariners. Smith played college baseball at Santa Fe College. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB draft by the San Diego Padres. In the 2014 offseason, he was traded to Atlanta, where he made his MLB debut on April 11, 2016. On January 11, 2017, Smith was traded to the Mariners, who then traded him to the Rays on the same day. Smith had a breakout season in 2018, making the Opening Day roster and hitting .296/.367/.406 in a career-high 141 games with a 3.5 bWAR. Following the 2018 season, he was traded back to the Seattle Mariners, where he played for two seasons.

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