Josie Canseco Marks One-Year Milestone With AJ Smith-Shawver
josie canseco marked her one-year dating anniversary with AJ Smith-Shawver on Monday by posting 20 photos to Instagram. The Victoria’s Secret model shared vacation shots and swimsuit images with the Braves pitcher, putting their public relationship back in front of her 1.1 million followers.
20 Photos on Instagram
Canseco’s caption carried the post’s most direct line: “A year with you” and “How’d I get so lucky.” Smith-Shawver appeared kissing and embracing her in almost every frame, a level of access that turns a private milestone into a visible relationship update for both audiences.
Laurie, Smith-Shawver’s mother, added to the post with “Happy Anniversary!” and “Love y’all so much.” That sort of family engagement is the part that gives the anniversary more weight than a standard celebrity post; it signals the couple’s relationship is not being staged as a one-off social media moment.
Last Summer Public Debut
Canseco and Smith-Shawver first went public with their relationship last summer, and the anniversary post now gives the timeline a clean one-year marker. Smith-Shawver, 23, also took Canseco as his date to the Braves’ 2026 Gala in February, extending the relationship into a team-linked setting rather than keeping it online only.
Smith-Shawver has been on the shelf since May 2025 because of a torn UCL in his pitching elbow, which makes the anniversary post land alongside a real career interruption rather than a clean promotional cycle. Over the weekend, Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Smith-Shawver “is coming along well in his rehab,” a reminder that the pitcher’s public profile now runs on two tracks: recovery and a relationship that has become part of his visibility.
Braves Rehab and Visibility
For readers following the couple, the practical takeaway is simple: Canseco is using her biggest platform to keep the relationship visible, while Smith-Shawver’s side of the story is still shaped by rehab status and limited baseball availability. That mix helps explain why 20 photos, not one, became the unit of news here — the post was both a celebration and a public status update.
