CBS 6's Jason Lewis filled in this week for Chris Onorato in Section 2sday. One of the biggest questions we had for Lewis was what did he make of the recent success for local kids in the Major League Baseball Draft? Most recently Kevin Smith was selected in the 4th round by the Toronto Blue Jays...
Kevin Smith has had about 24 hours to digest the fact that he's now a professional baseball player. It will all become officially official on Friday when he flies to Florida to sign his contract with the Blue Jays organization, but with Toronto's 4th round selection of the former Columbia High School star on Tuesday, it's as official as it needs to be right now...
Former Columbia High School standout and University of Maryland shortstop Kevin Smith was selected 129th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth round of the 2017 MLB Draft.
Smith is the 4th capital region player to be selected by the Blue Jays in the last 3 years; Shaker's Jeff Hoffman in 2014, Shenendehowa's Ben Anderson, and Union's Jake Fishman both drafted in 2016...
Kevin Smith is a Capital Region native from East Greenbush who now plays division 1 baseball at the University of Maryland. The star short stop who played his high school baseball at Columbia has had a phenomenal first two seasons as a Terp and heads into his junior campaign with plenty of promise...
The Capital District made its presence known this summer on the Cape....
Shen grad Justin Yurchak starred for the Bourne Braves while Union pitcher Jake Fishman saw some time with the Wareham Gateman and on Saturday night, Columbia grad Kevin Smith wrapped it all up...
Maryland baseball star and Columbia High School grad Kevin Smith made an unbelievable play this weekend for the Terrapins:
Smith played in 65 of 66 games last year as a freshman for the Terps, who went to the Super Regionals. He's continued right where he left off, dominating the playing time for the Terps at shortstop...
Columbia High School graduate Kevin Smith is helping lead the Maryland baseball team again this season. After starting 65 of 66 games for the Terps a season ago, Smith has started all 25 contests for Maryland this season (13-12).
The Terps made a deep run a season ago in the national playoffs and are looking to make a similar run this year...