Josh Lowe
RF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 4" 205LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 1, #13, Tampa Bay Rays | Pope (GA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 198 181 24 40 2 3 .221 .284 .343 .627
2023 501 466 71 136 20 32 .292 .335 .500 .835
2024 387 353 37 85 10 25 .241 .302 .391 .693
4 Seasons 1,088 1,001 132 262 32 61 .262 .316 .434 .750
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .221 2 3 .627
2023 .292 20 32 .835
2024 .241 10 25 .693
4 Seasons .262 32 61 .750
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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
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 23 11 1 0 0.0 0.0 43.3 43.3 -62.7 0.0 .171 .175 .785 .443 .195 0.0 0.0 50.0
2022 24 851 116 6 5.2 3.0 88.3 107.4 11.4 47.4 .212 .339 .276 .272 .373 37.1 33.3 7.6
2023 25 2036 345 38 11.0 7.6 89.1 113.3 14.3 36.2 .276 .480 .354 .341 .433 39.7 24.8 6.2
2024 26 1672 232 24 10.3 6.2 90.8 109.3 16.9 37.9 .229 .392 .299 .296 .405 46.1 31.8 8.3
Player 4570 694 68 9.8 6.3 89.5 113.3 14.6 38.6 .248 .423 .321 .312 .413 41.4 28.8 7.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 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
2021 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2022 36.2 29.3 31.0 3.4 29.3 41.4 29.3 4.3 30.2 27.6 22.4 10.3 5.2 3.0
2023 39.1 29.3 25.5 6.1 30.4 41.7 27.8 3.2 29.9 25.2 26.1 4.1 11.0 7.6
2024 35.8 29.3 27.6 7.3 34.1 32.8 33.2 0.9 27.2 29.3 25.9 6.5 10.3 6.2
Player 37.6 29.3 27.1 6.1 31.4 38.6 30.0 2.7 29.0 26.9 25.4 5.9 9.8 6.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 -0.3 -2 587 35.1 122 .243 .421 .334 28.0 27.0 16.7 .254 .455 .349 56.8
2024 Changeup 1.2 3 217 13.0 52 .300 .480 .348 32.7 26.9 19.2 .265 .339 .279 41.7
2024 Slider -2.4 -5 205 12.3 51 .224 .408 .272 39.5 41.2 27.6 .193 .401 .255 41.4
2024 Sinker -1.4 -2 177 10.6 39 .265 .324 .338 25.3 33.3 26.0 .218 .310 .288 38.1
2024 Curveball -0.4 -1 175 10.5 40 .231 .359 .246 30.5 25.0 16.4 .253 .437 .306 36.7
2024 Cutter -2.6 -4 145 8.7 39 .143 .371 .285 43.2 46.2 39.1 .166 .383 .276 47.1
2024 Sweeper 0.7 1 81 4.8 21 .300 .350 .307 27.3 33.3 20.6 .243 .409 .297 53.8
2024 Split-Finger -2.4 -2 69 4.1 15 .200 .200 .180 33.3 46.7 30.4 .152 .193 .147 37.5
2024 Slurve 0.1 0 12 0.7 3 .333 .333 .300 28.6 0.0 0.0 .233 .354 .247 33.3
2024 Knuckleball -12.7 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 5 786 38.6 156 .308 .566 .393 29.3 32.1 19.6 .281 .504 .359 53.2
2023 Changeup 1.3 4 329 16.2 92 .326 .438 .349 31.4 21.7 19.8 .256 .366 .281 24.6
2023 Slider 1.8 5 250 12.3 69 .328 .594 .404 32.4 15.9 13.4 .292 .473 .343 24.1
2023 Sinker -2.0 -4 183 9.0 46 .262 .524 .348 21.2 21.7 19.6 .264 .503 .341 51.5
2023 Curveball 3.5 6 182 8.9 57 .283 .453 .364 32.4 21.1 16.9 .286 .526 .367 41.5
2023 Cutter -0.6 -1 147 7.2 33 .300 .500 .374 31.4 12.1 16.7 .321 .581 .408 46.2
2023 Sweeper 2.4 2 78 3.8 21 .190 .381 .283 30.0 33.3 21.9 .279 .562 .352 35.7
2023 Split-Finger -1.9 -1 64 3.1 20 .150 .300 .190 37.5 45.0 27.3 .226 .498 .303 45.5
2023 Slurve -11.4 -1 8 0.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 50.0 100.0 .223 .261 .202 100.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.6 -6 346 40.7 72 .149 .328 .227 38.1 44.4 24.4 .201 .400 .281 55.6
2022 Changeup -0.5 -1 131 15.4 30 .143 .214 .220 26.6 20.0 14.6 .172 .224 .208 13.6
2022 Sinker 0.1 0 100 11.8 23 .368 .421 .411 32.5 34.8 26.7 .177 .243 .271 54.5
2022 Slider -2.4 -2 92 10.8 24 .182 .227 .223 34.9 41.7 34.5 .210 .275 .250 50.0
2022 Curveball 4.4 3 79 9.3 19 .389 .500 .405 19.4 26.3 18.5 .187 .235 .207 15.4
2022 Cutter 2.5 1 60 7.1 19 .412 .647 .479 35.5 15.8 20.0 .395 .656 .480 42.9
2022 Sweeper -2.4 -1 21 2.5 3 .000 .000 .000 30.0 33.3 10.0 .122 .154 .119 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 3.8 1 17 2.0 6 .167 .167 .300 18.2 16.7 20.0 .238 .266 .228 0.0
2022 Slurve -6.1 0 5 0.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .159 .162 .147 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 8.8 0 5 45.5 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2021 Curveball 9.6 0 3 27.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .171 .175 .195 0.0
2021 Cutter -2.0 0 3 27.3 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 197 851 -9 -6 8 3 -4
2023 504 2,051 11 -14 12 6 14
2024 383 1,672 -5 -16 3 6 -12
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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 %
2021 11 36.4 100.0 50.0 14.3 100.0 9.1 0.0 45.5 40.0 0.0 --
2022 851 50.5 66.5 71.0 25.4 57.0 39.6 27.3 46.2 32.6 6.9 84.7
2023 2,036 46.8 73.3 78.0 35.7 55.0 43.3 31.1 53.3 30.2 6.4 87.8
2024 1,672 50.3 69.5 73.7 33.3 54.9 44.1 30.3 51.6 31.8 6.9 79.1
Player 4,570 48.8 70.6 75.0 33.0 55.3 42.8 30.0 51.3 31.2 6.7 83.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2022 33 89 87
2023 69 85 81 74 45 70 70 44 86 42 32 21 20 12 85 31 61
2024 22 16 38 51 13 42 70 76 52 77 4 55 11 20 79 28 63 73 4 62
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.3 2 3.7 -2 1 5 0 0.0
2023 24.9 20 19.1 1 4 19 6 30.0
2024 26.3 10 9.8 0 4 10 3 30.0
Player 25.3 32 32.6 -1 9 34 9 28.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 2 1 2 1 2 5 5 4 5 5 5 2 3 5 5 6 5 4 4 2 5 5 4 4
2023 20 19 14 17 18 17 19 20 15 15 16 16 24 18 23 21 25 18 23 18 26 19 26 26 17 14 17 18 27 15 12
2024 10 8 6 9 10 9 12 11 9 6 11 11 11 7 11 9 9 10 10 13 9 11 14 11 8 8 11 11 10 11 8
Player 32 29 23 29 31 31 36 33 25 23 28 29 40 30 38 35 39 33 35 34 40 35 46 42 29 26 30 34 42 30 24
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 43.3 88.3 45.0 89.1 0.8 90.8 1.7
Launch Angle -62.7 11.4 74.1 14.3 2.9 16.9 2.6
Barrel % 0.0 5.2 5.2 11.0 5.8 10.3 -0.7
Hard Hit % 0.0 37.1 37.1 39.7 2.6 46.1 6.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 0.0 47.4 47.4 36.2 -11.2 37.9 1.7
xBA .171 .212 0.041 .276 0.064 .229 -0.047
BA 1.000 .221 -0.779 .292 0.071 .241 -0.051
xwOBA .443 .272 -0.171 .341 0.069 .296 -0.045
wOBA .785 .276 -0.509 .354 0.078 .299 -0.055
xSLG .175 .339 0.164 .480 0.141 .392 -0.088
SLG 1.000 .343 -0.657 .500 0.157 .391 -0.109
K% 0.0 33.3 33.3 24.8 -8.5 31.8 7.0
BB% 50.0 7.6 -42.4 6.2 -1.4 8.3 2.1
Swing % 45.5 46.2 0.7 53.3 7.1 51.6 -1.7
Whiff% 40.0 32.6 -7.4 30.2 -2.4 31.8 1.6
In Zone % 36.4 50.5 14.1 46.8 -3.7 50.3 3.5
Out of Zone % 63.6 49.5 -14.1 53.2 3.7 49.7 -3.5
Out of Zone Swing % 14.3 25.4 11.1 35.7 10.3 33.3 -2.4
First Pitch Swing % 0.0 27.3 27.3 31.1 3.8 30.3 -0.8
First Pitch Strike % 0.0 62.1 62.1 62.5 0.4 59.3 -3.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 2 2 100.0 .785
2022 Shifts L 197 38 19.3 .296 .194
2023 Shades L 499 207 41.5 .361 .344
2024 Shades L 381 222 58.3 .328 .278
! 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 %
2021 5 15.5 20.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
2022 252 16.5 33.7% 1.2% 155 22.5 0.6% 8.4%
2023 533 15.6 41.3% 0.2% 301 19.2 4.7% 0.3%
2024 439 15.2 46.5% 0.5% 269 18.4 8.9% 0.7%
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