For top pitching prospects Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith, 2025 was supposed to be the year where it all came together. Both lefties and former first round picks began the 2025 season on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 prospects list and were looking to cement themselves as two of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball. Unfortunately, both Schultz and Smith ran into hiccups along the way. This hasn’t affected Chris Getz’s confidence in his young starters, however. Speaking with Fangraphs’ David Laurila at the GM meetings, Getz spoke on Schultz and Smith:
“For Noah, it was an inconsistent year,” Getz said.