He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Detroit Tigers.

As a high school senior, he was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Georgia after finishing with a 1.24 ERA and 152 strikeouts over 73 innings pitched.

In 2013, Dr. James Andrews performed surgery on Smoker to repair a torn rotator cuff and labrum.

With his fastball velocity declining, the Nationals organization released him without him ever having played higher than Class A-Advanced.

[8] He picked up his first Major League win on August 29 after pitching a scoreless tenth inning against the Miami Marlins at Citi Field.

Smoker did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the ALPB season because of the COVID-19 pandemic and became a free agent after the year.