Cam Smith

Bats R Throws R6'3" 224 lbBorn 2003 Lake Worth, USADebut 2025Team HOUDraft 2024 R1 #14 Chicago Cubs, Florida StateContract 1 y/$809,900 (26) 2026: $809,900

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 107.7FIELD+ 107.2 at RFTotal 1.74 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	392	351	86	17	3	10	34	101	7	0.244	0.317	0.391	0.708	0.147	0.312	25.9	8.6	96.7	1.06
2027	427	382	95	18	3	14	37	104	9	0.247	0.320	0.421	0.741	0.174	0.323	24.3	8.5	106.4	1.67

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 22

His ten closest age-22 comparables averaged 97 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tom Umphlett	1953	83.6	42.9	363
2	Manuel Margot	2017	91.0	82.7	519
3	Charlie Spikes	1973	90.4	117.0	612
4	Dale Murphy	1978	81.2	112.4	429
5	Tommy Davis	1961	87.9	148.0	711
6	Mike Hershberger	1962	80.0	100.3	526
7	Adam Jones	2008	80.9	104.6	519
8	Jesse Barfield	1982	91.4	111.4	420
9	George Case	1938	94.3	100.0	593
10	Bris Lord	1906	78.5	47.3	193

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			427		95	18	3	14		9	37	104	0.247	0.320	0.421	0.741	106.4
2026*	HOU	124	452	54	90	15	3	17		10	35	111	0.222	0.290	0.400	0.690	88.9
2025	HOU	134	493	55	104	21	3	9	51	8	43	137	0.236	0.312	0.358	0.671	88.1
Career		134	493	55	104	21	3	9	51	8	43	137	0.236	0.312	0.358	0.671	88.1

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	452	89.4	11.7	11.8	45.2	29.0	29.6	0.246	0.440	0.328	29.3
2025	493	87.9	8.9	6.9	40.8	28.7	29.6	0.235	0.376	0.304	29.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	OF	132	1079	250	6	2	0	0.992

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2024	AA	Tennessee Smokies	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.263	0.774
2024	A+	South Bend Cubs	Bat	57	1 HR, 1 SB	0.333	0.921
2024	A	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	Bat	57	6 HR, 1 SB	0.313	1.175

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.318	0.307	0.286	0.333
2025	0.363	0.286	0.342	0.272

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.