 After another season and a half in the minors, he made his major league debut on June 23, , against the Seattle Mariners, a game in which he also picked up his first major league win.Smith split between the major and minor leagues once again, then was traded in the following off-season to the Minnesota Twins in a four-player deal.He continued to shuttle between the majors and minors for three more seasons before finally making the majors to stay in .