Josh Smith
3B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 172LBS | Age: 27
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 592 523 67 135 13 11 .258 .337 .394 .731
3 Seasons 1,077 931 119 213 21 16 .229 .323 .347 .670
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .197 2 4 .556
2023 .185 6 1 .632
2024 .258 13 11 .731
3 Seasons .229 21 16 .670
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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%
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 2327 407 15 3.7 2.5 87.8 108.0 15.4 33.7 .243 .356 .323 .304 .334 37.1 20.4 7.8
Player 4352 718 34 4.7 3.2 87.8 109.8 15.7 33.3 .232 .354 .301 .306 .330 35.0 21.0 9.2
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
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 39.6 29.0 25.3 6.1 43.7 35.9 20.4 6.1 26.5 30.7 27.3 5.7 3.7 2.5
Player 40.1 29.0 24.0 7.0 41.8 36.4 21.9 5.6 27.2 30.8 25.6 6.0 4.7 3.2
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 0.8 6 795 34.2 192 .236 .436 .351 19.8 21.4 15.2 .218 .375 .312 38.4
2024 Sinker -0.3 -1 313 13.5 103 .315 .337 .343 7.0 9.7 14.3 .350 .449 .391 48.8
2024 Changeup -0.3 -1 298 12.8 88 .229 .325 .280 27.4 18.2 16.3 .231 .320 .265 32.4
2024 Slider 1.0 3 293 12.6 57 .292 .458 .369 27.2 31.6 15.5 .202 .284 .273 35.5
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 228 9.8 60 .273 .509 .362 18.9 16.7 15.6 .230 .328 .278 32.6
2024 Curveball 0.6 1 212 9.1 38 .235 .294 .282 28.4 28.9 13.8 .196 .297 .262 34.8
2024 Split-Finger 1.6 2 96 4.1 30 .250 .357 .292 26.0 20.0 16.7 .256 .341 .287 13.6
2024 Sweeper 1.0 1 85 3.7 21 .263 .368 .314 44.7 38.1 30.8 .227 .333 .284 36.4
2024 Slurve -8.4 -1 7 0.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 20.0 .211 .235 .195 100.0
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 -2 126 12.9 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 89 9.1 23 .250 .450 .334 28.6 34.8 32.0 .213 .405 .313 53.8
2023 Cutter -0.9 -1 74 7.6 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 -1.2 0 33 3.4 7 .200 .200 .329 25.0 42.9 15.0 .053 .064 .237 0.0
2023 Slurve 19.5 0 2 0.2 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 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 591 2,327 7 -24 14 14 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 2,327 51.7 66.9 84.0 25.9 58.1 43.7 33.0 47.1 21.7 8.1 77.1
Player 4,352 50.9 64.6 83.8 23.8 57.3 43.6 29.9 44.6 22.0 8.0 73.8
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 21 75 71 69
2023 55 79 17 55
2024 31 33 16 17 57 16 10 23 35 33 58 47 68 67 58 37 37 22 77 91
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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 21.8 2 1.3 1 1 1 1 50.0
2023 20.8 6 5.1 1 3 6 1 16.7
2024 23.1 13 10.8 2 3 10 3 23.1
Player 22.4 21 17.2 4 7 17 5 23.8
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 13 12 8 14 10 11 12 14 10 6 12 12 10 9 12 12 13 10 11 13 12 6 15 13 10 8 10 9 11 10 8
Player 21 20 13 21 16 17 18 21 16 10 16 18 19 13 21 19 22 16 19 19 19 12 25 23 13 12 16 14 21 15 13
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 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 87.0 88.5 1.5 87.8 -0.7
Launch Angle 19.2 12.5 -6.7 15.4 2.9
Barrel % 2.4 10.5 8.1 3.7 -6.8
Hard Hit % 28.6 36.4 7.8 37.1 0.7
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.5 30.8 -3.7 33.7 2.9
xBA .224 .211 -0.013 .243 0.032
BA .197 .185 -0.012 .258 0.073
xwOBA .296 .321 0.025 .304 -0.017
wOBA .262 .287 0.025 .323 0.036
xSLG .313 .390 0.077 .356 -0.034
SLG .249 .328 0.079 .394 0.066
K% 19.8 23.7 3.9 20.4 -3.3
BB% 11.1 10.8 -0.3 7.8 -3.0
Swing % 41.1 42.3 1.2 47.1 4.8
Whiff% 23.4 21.3 -2.1 21.7 0.4
In Zone % 49.7 50.2 0.5 51.7 1.5
Out of Zone % 50.3 49.8 -0.5 48.3 -1.5
Out of Zone Swing % 21.1 22.2 1.1 25.9 3.7
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 27.2 1.9 33.0 5.8
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 57.3 -2.0 65.0 7.7
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 253 127 50.2 .239 .284
2023 Shades L 232 84 36.2 .295 .272
2024 Shades L 591 263 44.5 .335 .307
! 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 668 15.4 43.7% 0.1% 363 18.1 8.3% 1.4%
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