Trevor Hoffman
Smith is the son of baseball executive Tal Smith. Smith became the GM of the Padres midseason in 1993 at age 29. At the time, he was the youngest general manager in baseball history. In his time as Padres GM, he acquired future MVP Ken Caminiti and eventual all-stars Trevor Hoffman, Andy Ashby, Steve Finley and Brad Ausmus. In a highly criticized trade at the time, Smith traded star Gary Sheffield to the Florida Marlins for rookie Trevor Hoffman. Although Hoffman went on to set the Major League record for saves with the Padres, earn induction into the baseball Hall of Fame and have his number retired in San Diego; Sheffield was twice as productive as Hoffman after the trade, according to wins above replacement, generating 53.1 WAR compared to only 27.2 for Hoffman.