Hard to be optimistic about him this year. Sadly, the upside here is a trade for the return Twins got for JC Romero, but just as likely is mid-season trade for a return consisting of a PTBNL.
All joking aside. Smith's problem was not getting rid of Gardy's guys, but rather having no idea how to replace them with better players or in the case of Hardy, getting rid of a non-gardy guy was the problem.