C Malachi Smith #7
Austin Desperados ABA
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Unhappy
06/12/2025
 OA: 45 POT: 45
BNN Index | ABA | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
C MALACHI SMITH #7 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
23 85 22 5 0 2 14 9 29 .259 .330 .388 0 0.4
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 45 45 45
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 45 50 45 50
Eye 45 45 45 45
Avoid K's 45 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 55
Errors: - 35 30
Arm: 65 35 40
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 65 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 65 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: 20
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 25
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/11/2025 NYN Win, 12-2 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 0
06/07/2025 @ FH Win, 11-10 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0
06/03/2025 @ DD Win, 10-5 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 0
05/31/2025 @ TOR Win, 9-2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
05/28/2025 @ IND Loss, 2-10 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/24/2025 ME Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/21/2025 PHO Loss, 2-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
05/18/2025 @ TB Loss, 2-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
05/14/2025 CHG Loss, 5-8 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
05/11/2025 @ SYR Loss, 5-6 5 0 2 3 0 0 3 0
PERSONALITY
He is dedicated to his craft.
Birthday:01/13/1998
Born in:Ft. Worth, TX
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$136,000
Signed Through:2027 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 58 Days
Service This Yr:76 Days
40-Man Service:6 Years, 58 Days
Pro Service:8 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:2017, 2nd Pick in Round 3
AMERICAN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 2025 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 23 85 22 5 0 2 14 10 9 29 .259 .330 .388 .718 .314 .129 98
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 23 97 1 0 0 3 0 2 33 7 0 0 0.0 11.0 4.35 .4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   24 5 1 0 0 4 2 5 9 1 0 0 .208 .333 .250 .583
Versus Right   61 17 4 0 2 10 8 4 20 1 0 1 .279 .328 .443 .771
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   4 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .600 1.500 2.100
Last Week   6 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 1 0 0 .500 .556 .500 1.056
March   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
April   34 10 3 0 1 4 3 2 13 0 0 1 .294 .351 .471 .822
May   37 6 1 0 0 6 2 4 11 1 0 0 .162 .238 .189 .427
June   10 5 1 0 1 4 5 3 4 1 0 0 .500 .571 .900 1.471
Spring Training   24 3 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 1 0 1 .125 .267 .125 .392
Last Year   177 40 12 0 4 16 20 9 47 1 2 5 .226 .281 .362 .643
2 Years Ago   269 60 14 0 3 27 29 18 60 3 1 5 .223 .281 .309 .590
Career   2037 512 128 2 52 251 225 126 444 13 13 47 .251 .308 .393 .701
Home   34 10 2 0 1 5 4 4 7 1 0 0 .294 .359 .441 .800
Road   51 12 3 0 1 9 6 5 22 1 0 1 .235 .310 .353 .663
Grass   85 22 5 0 2 14 10 9 29 2 0 1 .259 .330 .388 .718
Day   43 10 1 0 0 9 3 5 15 2 0 0 .233 .300 .256 .556
Night   42 12 4 0 2 5 7 4 14 0 0 1 .286 .362 .524 .886
As Starter   85 22 5 0 2 14 10 9 29 2 0 1 .259 .330 .388 .718
Close/Late   23 6 1 0 0 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 .261 .320 .304 .624
Inning 1-3   21 5 3 0 0 3 2 3 9 1 0 0 .238 .320 .381 .701
Inning 4-6   29 8 1 0 1 4 4 3 11 1 0 0 .276 .333 .414 .747
Inning 7-9   35 9 1 0 1 7 4 3 9 0 0 1 .257 .333 .371 .705
0 Outs   29 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 14 0 0 0 .103 .161 .103 .265
1 Outs   30 10 3 0 1 8 6 2 8 2 0 1 .333 .371 .533 .905
2 Outs   26 9 2 0 1 6 2 5 7 0 0 0 .346 .452 .538 .990
Scoring Position   18 5 1 0 0 12 4 4 7 2 0 0 .278 .375 .333 .708
Bases Empty   54 15 4 0 2 2 6 2 17 0 0 1 .278 .316 .463 .779
Runner on 1st   13 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 .154 .312 .154 .466
Runner on 2nd   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 1st & 2nd   4 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .250 .500 .250 .750
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 .500 1.000 1.500
Bases Loaded   3 2 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .750 1.000 1.750
Two Strikes   43 7 2 0 1 5 2 3 29 1 0 0 .163 .213 .279 .492
First Pitch   17 5 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .294 .333 .471 .804
Count 0-1   11 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 .364 .333 .545 .879
Count 0-2   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583
Count 1-0   5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .800 1.400
Count 1-1   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-2   13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154
Count 2-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-2   17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 .118 .118 .118 .235
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   3 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 .667 .857 .667 1.524
Full Count   10 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 6 0 0 0 .300 .462 .800 1.262
Behind in Count   27 6 2 0 0 2 3 0 11 2 0 0 .222 .207 .296 .503
Ahead in Count   10 6 1 0 0 5 3 6 0 0 0 0 .600 .750 .700 1.450
Batting 6th   4 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Batting 7th   30 6 2 0 1 6 2 3 10 1 0 0 .200 .265 .367 .631
Batting 8th   51 14 3 0 1 6 7 5 19 1 0 1 .275 .345 .392 .737
Low Leverage   38 13 4 0 2 2 6 2 11 0 0 1 .342 .390 .605 .996
Medium Leverage   27 5 0 0 0 5 3 6 13 2 0 0 .185 .314 .185 .499
High Leverage   19 4 1 0 0 7 1 1 5 0 0 0 .211 .250 .263 .513
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2019 Sandusky - ABA 21 85 276 70 18 0 15 49 42 22 12 3 72 1 0 .254 .332 .482 .814 119 125 1.4
2020 Sandusky - ABA 22 121 425 112 31 0 14 56 46 23 13 0 103 2 4 .264 .321 .435 .756 111 115 2.0
2021 Mexico City - ABA 23 131 481 129 32 1 11 61 49 34 3 3 58 0 0 .268 .319 .407 .726 109 111 4.0
2022 Carolina - ABA 24 95 324 79 16 1 3 28 29 11 8 1 75 0 0 .244 .285 .327 .612 69 69 0.7
2023 Carolina - ABA 25 52 164 36 10 0 2 17 16 13 3 3 35 0 0 .220 .284 .317 .601 60 62 -0.1
2023 Halifax - ABA 25 31 105 24 4 0 1 10 13 5 2 0 25 0 0 .229 .277 .295 .572 52 52 0.2
2023 Total - ABA 25 83 269 60 14 0 3 27 29 18 5 3 60 0 0 .223 .281 .309 .590 57 58 0.1
2024 Austin - ABA 26 63 177 40 12 0 4 16 20 9 5 1 47 0 0 .226 .281 .362 .643 75 73 -0.0
2025 Austin - ABA 27 23 85 22 5 0 2 14 10 9 1 2 29 0 0 .259 .330 .388 .718 97 98 0.4
Total ABA 601 2037 512 128 2 52 251 225 126 47 13 444 3 4 .251 .308 .393 .701 94 96 8.6
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2017 McLennan Community College - JUCO 19 46 173 64 13 1 11 53 46 22 7 3 19 0 0 .370 .454 .647 1.101 139 143 1.6
2017 (SAN) Fullerton - DL 19 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -34 -19 -0.0
2017 Poplar Bluff - A 19 38 101 16 7 0 1 12 9 11 4 0 27 1 0 .158 .267 .257 .525 47 50 -0.3
2018 (SAN) Fullerton - DL 20 29 94 27 6 0 11 28 19 16 3 1 25 0 0 .287 .404 .702 1.106 160 152 0.9
2018 Poplar Bluff - A 20 26 100 25 5 1 6 27 10 3 0 0 22 0 0 .250 .272 .500 .772 119 123 0.7
2018 Jackson - AA 20 6 23 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .304 .304 .435 .739 124 124 0.2
2018 Little Rock - AAA 20 55 172 45 10 0 4 11 18 14 5 1 47 0 2 .262 .333 .390 .723 121 123 1.3
2019 (SAN) Fullerton - DL 21 33 127 44 15 0 5 33 25 16 3 0 20 0 1 .346 .432 .583 1.014 137 142 1.0
2019 Little Rock - AAA 21 8 28 11 3 0 1 4 5 2 1 0 5 0 0 .393 .452 .607 1.059 218 231 0.5
Total AAA 63 200 56 13 0 5 15 23 16 6 1 52 0 2 .280 .350 .420 .770 135 138
Total AA 6 23 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .304 .304 .435 .739 124 124
Total A 64 201 41 12 1 7 39 19 14 4 0 49 1 0 .204 .269 .378 .648 81 84
Total AJUCO 46 173 64 13 1 11 53 46 22 7 3 19 0 0 .370 .454 .647 1.101 139 143
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2023 Halifax - ABA 25 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 -67 0.3
Total ABA 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .111 .000 .111 -66 -67
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2019 Sandusky - ABA C 79 77 654 47 9 705 4 .994 682.1 9.25 -2.8 .656 5 81 30 37.0
2019 Sandusky - ABA LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.2 .966
2019 Sandusky - ABA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 Sandusky - ABA C 119 117 928 77 9 1008 3 .997 1030.2 8.78 -4.6 .842 9 100 35 35.0
2021 Mexico City - ABA C 130 128 665 73 5 746 8 .989 1149.2 5.78 +2.8 1.044 9 81 36 44.4
2022 Carolina - ABA C 95 94 772 53 8 829 4 .995 819.0 9.07 +0.9 1.117 8 106 23 21.7
2023 Carolina - ABA C 51 49 404 24 2 429 1 .998 435.0 8.86 +0.5 1.124 4 49 10 20.4
2023 Halifax - ABA C 31 29 280 25 0 305 0 1.000 259.0 10.60 +1.0 .984 2 43 12 27.9
2024 Austin - ABA C 50 47 389 31 0 420 0 1.000 420.2 8.99 -0.4 1.326 3 47 10 21.3
2024 Austin - ABA CF 9 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 53.0 2.04 -0.1 .992
2025 Austin - ABA C 23 23 176 19 1 195 0 1.000 200.2 8.75 -0.6 1.071 4 27 6 22.2
TOTAL C 578 564 4268 349 34 4637 20 .996 4997.0 8.32 -3.2 .986 44 534 162 30.3
TOTAL LF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.2 .966
TOTAL CF 9 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 53.0 2.04 -0.1 .992
PLAYER HISTORY
01/20/2017 Joined the McLennan Community College Highlanders.
03/24/2017 Was selected to the 2017 ABA Junior College All-Star Game.
06/06/2017 Wins the 2017 AJUCO SL1 Platinum Stick Award at C.
06/07/2017 Released by the McLennan Community College Highlanders.
06/07/2017 Drafted in the 2017 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 2, 48th overall pick) by the Sandusky Seagulls.
06/12/2017 Signed a minor league contract with the Sandusky Seagulls organization with a signing bonus of $5,755.
01/01/2018 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 30 (55); Power: 40 (55); Eye: 40 (65).
12/15/2018 Named to the 2018 Sun Coast Baseball League for the (SAN) Fullerton Nuts.
01/01/2019 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 45 (60).
06/25/2019 Injured (elbow contusion),day-to-day for one week.
11/27/2019 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $12,400.
12/15/2019 Named to the 2019 Sun Coast Baseball League for the (SAN) Fullerton Nuts.
01/01/2020 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (65).
12/01/2020 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $12,400.
01/01/2021 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
03/07/2021 Injured (sprained finger),out for 2 weeks.
11/23/2021 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $59,290.
01/01/2022 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
07/25/2022 Injured (bone marrow edema (wrist)),out for 6-7 weeks.
09/25/2022 Injured (bruised shoulder),day-to-day for 3 days.
11/19/2022 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $83,000 with the Carolina Crown organization.
01/01/2023 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
06/27/2023 Was traded by the Carolina Reapers to the Halifax Heathens in exchange for a 4th round draft pick.
11/20/2023 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/2024 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
01/02/2024 Signed a 4-year contract worth a total of $574,000 with the Austin Desperados organization.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (45).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year 2B Rank
2019 15 3
2021 32 6
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