Josh Smith
3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 172LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 2, #67, New York Yankees | LSU
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 253 213 23 42 2 4 .197 .307 .249 .556
2023 232 195 29 36 6 1 .185 .304 .328 .632
2024 60 50 9 16 0 0 .320 .433 .400 .833
3 Seasons 545 458 61 94 8 5 .205 .320 .299 .619
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .197 2 4 .556
2023 .185 6 1 .632
2024 .320 0 0 .833
3 Seasons .205 8 5 .619
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2022 24 1048 168 4 2.4 1.6 87.0 105.4 19.2 34.5 .224 .313 .262 .296 .301 28.6 19.8 11.1
2023 25 977 143 15 10.5 6.5 88.5 109.8 12.5 30.8 .211 .390 .287 .321 .355 36.4 23.7 10.8
2024 26 226 42 1 2.4 1.7 89.2 107.2 12.5 42.9 .306 .431 .384 .383 .377 33.3 13.3 11.7
Player 2251 353 20 5.7 3.7 87.9 109.8 15.7 34.0 .227 .359 .286 .317 .332 32.3 20.7 11.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 36.3 26.2 25.6 11.9 36.3 38.7 25.0 5.4 24.4 35.1 27.4 5.4 2.4 1.6
2023 46.2 32.2 18.2 3.5 42.7 35.0 22.4 4.2 32.2 25.9 18.9 7.7 10.5 6.5
2024 38.1 26.2 33.3 2.4 42.9 35.7 21.4 4.8 28.6 28.6 28.6 7.1 2.4 1.7
Player 40.5 28.6 23.5 7.4 39.7 36.8 23.5 4.8 28.0 30.6 24.1 6.5 5.7 3.7
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 4.4 3 70 31.0 16 .429 .571 .469 17.2 12.5 9.5 .270 .405 .339 41.7
2024 Changeup -0.7 0 45 19.9 14 .231 .231 .243 22.2 14.3 13.3 .295 .475 .356 18.2
2024 Slider 1.0 0 33 14.6 5 .250 .250 .320 27.3 60.0 30.0 .145 .170 .252 100.0
2024 Sinker 7.6 2 25 11.1 10 .571 .571 .570 8.3 0.0 0.0 .574 .678 .592 42.9
2024 Curveball 5.7 1 24 10.6 4 .000 .000 .350 14.3 0.0 0.0 .236 .261 .459 0.0
2024 Cutter -8.4 -1 16 7.1 6 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .149 .271 .175 33.3
2024 Split-Finger 16.9 2 10 4.4 4 .333 .667 .488 25.0 25.0 33.3 .263 .346 .370 50.0
2024 Sweeper 13.9 0 3 1.3 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 -- .946 1.094 .894 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 -2 380 38.9 92 .187 .320 .317 19.2 25.0 19.7 .210 .420 .337 37.0
2023 Slider -1.8 -2 129 13.2 30 .154 .231 .237 34.0 23.3 15.2 .209 .356 .300 36.8
2023 Changeup -2.0 -2 125 12.8 25 .125 .167 .150 31.6 24.0 13.3 .212 .345 .256 50.0
2023 Sinker -1.1 -1 92 9.4 23 .167 .444 .348 8.1 21.7 22.7 .265 .495 .403 38.5
2023 Curveball -0.6 -1 90 9.2 23 .250 .450 .334 27.6 34.8 30.8 .213 .405 .313 53.8
2023 Cutter -1.0 -1 73 7.5 19 .222 .389 .284 15.2 15.8 15.8 .184 .259 .215 20.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.1 -1 35 3.6 8 .000 .000 .088 5.9 0.0 0.0 .146 .212 .217 0.0
2023 Sweeper -1.0 0 31 3.2 7 .200 .200 .329 25.0 42.9 15.0 .053 .064 .237 0.0
2023 Slurve 39.1 0 1 0.1 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -4 433 41.3 107 .230 .264 .302 15.7 11.2 10.3 .226 .311 .318 26.3
2022 Slider -0.9 -1 139 13.3 33 .107 .321 .233 27.1 27.3 16.7 .121 .239 .215 15.0
2022 Sinker -0.2 0 121 11.5 31 .250 .292 .373 12.5 6.5 6.1 .337 .482 .432 50.0
2022 Changeup -0.1 0 108 10.3 23 .136 .182 .163 40.5 30.4 20.0 .197 .254 .218 20.0
2022 Curveball -1.9 -2 105 10.0 22 .053 .053 .136 36.7 40.9 33.3 .149 .189 .223 20.0
2022 Cutter 0.8 1 90 8.6 24 .381 .381 .343 20.9 12.5 10.0 .388 .503 .386 40.0
2022 Sweeper -3.9 -1 29 2.8 8 .125 .125 .113 61.5 75.0 46.2 .126 .185 .138 50.0
2022 Split-Finger -3.8 -1 22 2.1 5 .000 .000 .000 45.5 40.0 28.6 .036 .052 .035 0.0
2022 Slurve 2.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 253 1,048 -12 -8 8 4 -9
2023 232 977 -12 -12 10 7 -8
2024 60 226 2 -1 3 3 7
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 1,048 49.7 61.4 81.9 21.1 55.9 45.7 25.3 41.1 23.4 7.8 67.1
2023 977 50.2 62.2 85.2 22.2 56.5 41.1 27.2 42.3 21.3 7.9 72.7
2024 226 50.4 66.7 90.8 22.3 56.0 42.5 31.7 44.7 16.8 8.4 57.9
Player 2,251 50.0 62.3 84.3 21.7 56.1 43.4 26.8 42.0 21.8 7.9 68.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2022 21 75 70 69
2023 55 79 17 55
2024 84 89 68 41 95 8 15 54 47 30 88 73 86 77 73 23
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 21.8 2 1.3 1 1 1 1 50.0
2023 20.8 6 5.1 1 3 6 1 16.7
Player 21.0 8 6.5 2 4 7 2 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
2023 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 5 7 3 7 6 8 4 7 5 5 5 8 9 2 3 5 4 8 4 3
Player 8 8 5 7 6 6 6 7 6 4 4 6 9 4 9 7 9 6 8 6 7 6 10 10 3 4 6 5 10 5 5
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 88.5 1.5 89.2 0.7
Launch Angle 19.2 12.5 -6.7 12.5 0.0
Barrel % 2.4 10.5 8.1 2.4 -8.1
Hard Hit % 28.6 36.4 7.8 33.3 -3.1
Sweet Spot % 34.5 30.8 -3.7 42.9 12.1
xBA .224 .211 -0.013 .306 0.095
BA .197 .185 -0.012 .320 0.135
xwOBA .296 .321 0.025 .383 0.062
wOBA .262 .287 0.025 .384 0.097
xSLG .313 .390 0.077 .431 0.041
SLG .249 .328 0.079 .400 0.072
K% 19.8 23.7 3.9 13.3 -10.4
BB% 11.1 10.8 -0.3 11.7 0.9
Swing % 41.1 42.3 1.2 44.7 2.4
Whiff% 23.4 21.3 -2.1 16.8 -4.5
In Zone % 49.7 50.2 0.5 50.4 0.2
Out of Zone % 50.3 49.8 -0.5 49.6 -0.2
Out of Zone Swing % 21.1 22.2 1.1 22.3 0.1
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 27.2 1.9 31.7 4.5
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 57.3 -2.0 60.0 2.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 253 152 60.1 .269 .257
2023 Shades L 232 84 36.2 .295 .272
2024 Shades L 60 23 38.3 .477 .235
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 416 17.0 27.4% 1.4% 132 21.6 2.3% 9.8%
2023 273 14.9 52.0% 0.0% 189 18.7 10.6% 0.0%
2024 33 15.4 45.5% 0.0% 31 17.7 9.7% 0.0%
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