Josh Jung
3B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 214LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2019 | Rd: 1, #8, Texas Rangers | Texas Tech
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 102 98 9 20 5 2 .204 .235 .418 .653
2023 515 478 75 127 23 1 .266 .315 .467 .782
2 Seasons 617 576 84 147 28 3 .255 .301 .458 .759
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .204 5 2 .653
2023 .266 23 1 .782
2 Seasons .255 28 3 .759
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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 24 394 59 6 10.2 5.9 85.5 108.3 14.3 40.7 .225 .403 .280 .287 .450 32.2 38.2 3.9
2023 25 1976 329 39 11.9 7.6 91.8 110.0 15.0 41.9 .260 .482 .334 .337 .453 47.4 29.3 5.8
Player 2370 388 45 11.6 7.3 90.8 110.0 14.9 41.8 .254 .469 .325 .329 .453 45.1 30.8 5.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 42.4 25.4 25.4 6.8 47.5 33.9 18.6 5.1 32.2 18.6 27.1 6.8 10.2 5.9
2023 37.4 29.5 29.5 3.6 36.8 39.2 24.0 1.8 25.5 25.5 27.1 7.9 11.9 7.6
Player 38.1 28.9 28.9 4.1 38.4 38.4 23.2 2.3 26.5 24.5 27.1 7.7 11.6 7.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 0.9 6 588 29.8 131 .292 .567 .405 27.9 34.4 22.1 .280 .545 .374 64.0
2023 Slider -1.8 -9 490 24.8 122 .190 .259 .229 38.8 30.3 23.1 .221 .360 .263 35.0
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 316 16.0 91 .325 .481 .395 18.3 19.8 24.3 .253 .410 .341 51.7
2023 Curveball 4.2 7 156 7.9 44 .341 .773 .464 31.8 27.3 19.4 .323 .702 .425 53.1
2023 Changeup -1.2 -2 141 7.1 44 .293 .341 .316 32.5 34.1 27.3 .319 .449 .357 38.5
2023 Cutter -0.2 0 131 6.6 36 .235 .471 .319 19.7 22.2 22.2 .254 .563 .359 38.5
2023 Sweeper 2.8 3 107 5.4 30 .200 .633 .338 31.6 40.0 27.3 .205 .615 .333 44.4
2023 Splitter 11.6 4 31 1.6 10 .333 .444 .465 31.6 30.0 15.8 .225 .331 .286 33.3
2023 Slurve -17.4 -1 4 0.2 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 50.0 .052 .063 .048 0.0
2023 Forkball -2.5 0 2 0.1 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seamer -0.2 0 115 29.2 30 .259 .667 .412 24.1 36.7 25.6 .299 .703 .453 50.0
2022 Slider -0.2 0 88 22.3 22 .136 .409 .223 39.5 45.5 38.5 .138 .304 .188 33.3
2022 Sinker -2.7 -1 54 13.7 15 .214 .214 .227 8.3 26.7 40.0 .274 .314 .291 10.0
2022 Curveball 1.4 1 41 10.4 10 .300 .400 .305 50.0 50.0 29.4 .285 .350 .280 40.0
2022 Changeup 3.5 1 35 8.9 12 .250 .500 .317 38.9 33.3 30.8 .160 .236 .175 12.5
2022 Cutter -4.2 -1 32 8.1 7 .143 .143 .129 14.3 14.3 14.3 .289 .354 .281 50.0
2022 Sweeper -6.6 -2 25 6.3 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 60.0 42.9 .063 .132 .080 0.0
2022 Splitter -2.3 0 4 1.0 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 102 394 2 -7 1 1 -3
2023 585 2,241 11 -23 9 7 4
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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 394 45.9 61.9 80.4 34.3 52.1 44.4 34.3 47.0 30.8 8.1 68.8
2023 1,976 47.6 72.7 79.4 32.9 52.1 41.1 40.8 51.8 29.7 7.4 77.4
Player 2,370 47.3 70.9 79.5 33.1 52.1 41.7 39.7 51.0 29.9 7.5 75.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 43 43 29
2023 65 59 82 82 27 73 77 87 58 82 14 16 23 24 36 91 42
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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 21.6 5 4.3 1 2 4 2 40.0
2023 21.4 26 23.0 3 7 21 7 26.9
Player 21.4 31 27.3 4 9 25 9 29.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2022 5 4 6 3 4 5 5 4 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 7 4 3 3 5 6 6 4 4
2023 26 21 15 26 24 26 27 20 21 16 20 24 24 20 28 25 27 20 24 30 23 22 32 30 19 17 23 25 24 21 17
Player 31 25 21 29 28 31 32 24 23 19 23 29 29 25 32 29 30 24 28 34 27 27 39 34 22 20 28 31 30 25 21
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.5 91.8 6.3 ↑
Launch Angle 14.3 15.0 0.7 ↑
Barrel % 10.2 11.9 1.7 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.2 47.4 15.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 40.7 41.9 1.2 ↑
xBA .225 .260 0.035 ↑
BA .204 .266 0.062 ↑
xwOBA .287 .337 0.050 ↑
wOBA .280 .334 0.054 ↑
xSLG .403 .482 0.079 ↑
SLG .418 .467 0.049 ↑
K% 38.2 29.3 -8.9 ↓
BB% 3.9 5.8 1.9 ↑
Swing % 47.0 51.8 4.8 ↑
Whiff% 30.8 29.7 -1.1 ↓
In Zone % 45.9 47.6 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 54.1 52.4 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 34.3 32.9 -1.4 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 34.3 40.8 6.5 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 66.7 66.8 0.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts R 102 37 36.3 .281 .279
2023 Shades R 513 27 5.3 .335 .342
! 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 128 20.9 0.0% 5.5% 53 25.4 0.0% 18.9%
2023 414 15.3 42.3% 0.2% 349 19.4 4.0% 2.0%
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