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 100 85 14 27 2 0 .318 .420 .494 .914
3 Seasons 585 493 66 105 10 5 .213 .325 .323 .648
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .197 2 4 .556
2023 .185 6 1 .632
2024 .318 2 0 .914
3 Seasons .213 10 5 .648
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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 26 375 70 3 4.3 3.0 86.1 107.2 11.2 40.0 .289 .425 .407 .366 .372 31.4 15.0 11.0
Player 2400 381 22 5.8 3.8 87.4 109.8 15.2 34.1 .230 .363 .297 .318 .334 32.0 20.5 10.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 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 37.1 27.1 31.4 4.3 48.6 32.9 18.6 7.1 28.6 28.6 25.7 5.7 4.3 3.0
Player 40.2 28.6 23.9 7.3 40.9 36.2 22.8 5.2 28.1 30.4 23.9 6.3 5.8 3.8
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 2.3 3 126 33.6 29 .292 .500 .400 23.2 20.7 15.8 .206 .408 .334 38.9
2024 Slider 2.6 2 71 18.9 15 .385 .769 .513 15.2 26.7 15.4 .283 .399 .348 44.4
2024 Changeup 0.5 0 54 14.4 17 .250 .250 .253 18.8 11.8 12.5 .323 .478 .366 14.3
2024 Sinker 6.6 2 36 9.6 14 .500 .600 .546 6.3 0.0 0.0 .528 .625 .559 40.0
2024 Curveball 6.1 2 33 8.8 6 .250 .250 .383 22.2 16.7 9.1 .132 .146 .314 0.0
2024 Cutter -1.9 -1 32 8.5 11 .273 .455 .309 10.5 0.0 0.0 .282 .397 .290 36.4
2024 Split-Finger 9.3 1 16 4.3 6 .200 .400 .325 25.0 33.3 33.3 .189 .243 .270 33.3
2024 Sweeper 0.9 0 7 1.9 2 .500 1.000 .625 33.3 0.0 0.0 .474 .550 .449 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 -4 442 42.2 109 .227 .261 .303 15.6 11.0 10.2 .226 .310 .320 26.0
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 -0.1 0 112 10.7 29 .261 .304 .374 12.8 6.9 6.3 .343 .493 .431 52.4
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 100 375 4 -2 4 4 10
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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 375 51.2 67.2 93.0 25.7 48.9 44.0 36.0 46.9 18.2 9.1 58.8
Player 2,400 50.1 62.7 85.1 22.2 54.9 43.6 27.9 42.5 21.7 8.0 67.9
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 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 82 86 63 42 93 21 22 15 42 16 86 71 82 59 74 19 61
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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
2024 21.1 2 1.1 1 0 2 0 0.0
Player 21.0 10 7.5 3 4 9 2 20.0

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
2024 2 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
Player 10 9 5 9 8 7 8 9 8 4 5 8 9 5 11 9 10 7 8 8 7 6 12 12 4 4 7 5 10 6 6
! 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 86.1 -2.4
Launch Angle 19.2 12.5 -6.7 11.2 -1.3
Barrel % 2.4 10.5 8.1 4.3 -6.2
Hard Hit % 28.6 36.4 7.8 31.4 -5.0
Sweet Spot % 34.5 30.8 -3.7 40.0 9.2
xBA .224 .211 -0.013 .289 0.078
BA .197 .185 -0.012 .318 0.133
xwOBA .296 .321 0.025 .366 0.045
wOBA .262 .287 0.025 .407 0.120
xSLG .313 .390 0.077 .425 0.035
SLG .249 .328 0.079 .494 0.166
K% 19.8 23.7 3.9 15.0 -8.7
BB% 11.1 10.8 -0.3 11.0 0.2
Swing % 41.1 42.3 1.2 46.9 4.6
Whiff% 23.4 21.3 -2.1 18.2 -3.1
In Zone % 49.7 50.2 0.5 51.2 1.0
Out of Zone % 50.3 49.8 -0.5 48.8 -1.0
Out of Zone Swing % 21.1 22.2 1.1 25.7 3.5
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 27.2 1.9 36.0 8.8
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 57.3 -2.0 62.0 4.7
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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 100 41 41.0 .457 .334
! 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 100 15.9 38.0% 0.0% 41 17.7 7.3% 0.0%
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