Smith agreed to a one-year deal with the Giants on Friday, avoiding arbitration, CSN Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic reports.

EDGE Analysis

The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. He saw some looks late last season as a potential closer for the Giants, but will move back to a more comfortable role setting up closer Mark Melancon in 2017. Smith will become a free agent after the 2019 season.

Smith could be in the mix for save opportunities as the Giants switch to a closer by committee.

EDGE Analysis

Smith was acquired by the Giants to serve as their left-handed setup man, but with Santiago Casilla being removed from the closer role Friday, every late-inning reliever could potentially see save opportunities. The lefty has to be considered lower on the totem pole given his sub-par performance since joining San Francisco (4.63 ERA), but a situation may arise where the Giants need to get multiple left-handed bats out in the ninth and could turn to Smith.

Smith picked up his first hold with his new club, striking out both batters he faced in Wednesday's 1-0 win over Miami.

EDGE Analysis

Smith has struggled since coming over from Milwaukee at the trade deadline, surrendering four runs in two innings of work prior to Wednesday. If he strings together a couple more solid outings, then the Giants can deploy him as their left-handed setup man, the role they envision for Smith when they acquired him.

Smith made his first appearance with the Giants on Tuesday, giving up two runs on two hits over one-third of an inning in a loss to the Phillies.

EDGE Analysis

Smith entered a tie game in the eighth inning and gave up back-to-back hits after striking out Freddy Galvis. He was lifted for Sergio Romo who promptly allowed both runners to score as well as three runs of his own. It wasn't the debut Smith or the Giants were hoping for, but he should continue to appear late in games for the club down the stretch. Moving from a losing club in Milwaukee to a team in the playoff race should increase his hold opportunities for those in leagues that count that category.

Smith has been traded to the Giants, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports.

EDGE Analysis

The 27-year-old owns a 3.68 ERA with 22 strikeouts in 22 innings for the Brewers. The reliever will join other left-handers Javier Lopez and Matt Reynolds in the Giants bullpen. The Brewers will receive right-handed pitching prospect Phil Bickford and catcher Andrew Susac from the Giants.

Smith has given up 11 runs this year, eight earned, striking out 17 over 18.2 innings of work.

EDGE Analysis

The 27-year-old lefty allowed five of those runs against the Cubs in his last outing on July 24. Besides the blemish, Smith has been solid as a setup man since starting his season in June, after suffering a knee injury in the offseason.

Smith allowed his first run of the season Tuesday and took the loss as the Brewers fell to the Giants.

EDGE Analysis

Smith did not allow a run in his first six outings after making his season debut June 2, but he allowed three runners to reach base Tuesday and threw two wild pitches, which culminated in him picking up the "L." Smith still owns a stellar 0.90 WHIP in his seven appearances with the Brewers this season, but he has not proven to be a threat to closer Jeremy Jeffress' job as of yet, working mainly in the seventh and eighth innings.

Manager Craig Counsell said that once Smith knocks some rust off he will be an option to close games along with Jeremy Jeffress, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Haudricourt reports.

EDGE Analysis

The original plan back before Smith got injured was to use a tandem closer attack, presumably playing the matchups with Smith getting the looks against lefty-heavy spots in the opposing lineup. That plan appears to be back on, at least once Smith shows that he's back to prior form. Smith was going to be useful even if he wasn't getting saves just based on the strikeouts and ratios he is capable of posting, and now it sounds like there should be some saves to go along with the skills.

Smith (knee) was reinstated from the 15-day DL on Tuesday.

EDGE Analysis

Smith should quickly ascend to a late-inning role for the Brewers, likely setting up Jeremy Jeffress. When healthy, he has the potential to be useful in deeper leagues, even if he's not getting saves, thanks to stellar ratios and strikeout totals. Smith also figures to be in the mix if they Brewers ever have to make a change in the ninth inning, and he will likely be showcased as trade bait this summer.

Smith (knee) is expected to be activated from the DL during the upcoming four-game series with the Phillies that begins Thursday, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

EDGE Analysis

Smith recently moved his rehab to Double-A Biloxi, where he struck out one batter in a clean inning, throwing 12 of 16 total pitches for strikes. He's now made three rehab appearances, allowing one hit and no walks with five strikeouts over four innings. Smith will soon return to the Milwaukee bullpen, though it appears Jeremy Jeffress will retain the closer's role for now. If Smith can string together a few quality appearances, he could find himself as a trade chip for the rebuilding Brewers.