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.

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,

Smith, 24, went 6-3 with a 3.05 ERA in 32 appearances and 16 starts between Double-A Biloxi and Triple-A Nashville last season.