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.

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.