With the first pick in the draft that sorta doesn’t really matter, the White Sox plucked pitcher Shane Smith from the Milwaukee Brewers. There was little Rule 5 draft suspense as the White Sox selected,

The Brewers elected not to protect Shane Smith from the Rule 5 Draft last month, so the White Sox swooped in to pick up the promising young pitcher Wednesday.

Shane Smith went from being unheralded to No. 1 today in the 2024 Rule 5 Draft. The pitcher was picked by the Chicago White Sox from the Milwaukee Brewers’ system.