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 551 484 62 126 12 10 .260 .342 .395 .737
3 Seasons 1,036 892 114 204 20 15 .229 .325 .345 .670
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .197 2 4 .556
2023 .185 6 1 .632
2024 .260 12 10 .737
3 Seasons .229 20 15 .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 2174 377 13 3.4 2.4 87.6 108.0 15.0 33.4 .242 .351 .325 .303 .330 36.3 20.3 8.2
Player 4199 688 32 4.7 3.1 87.6 109.8 15.5 33.1 .231 .351 .301 .306 .328 34.4 20.9 9.5
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 40.1 28.9 25.2 5.8 44.0 35.3 20.7 6.6 26.8 30.2 27.3 5.6 3.4 2.4
Player 40.4 28.9 23.8 6.8 41.9 36.0 22.1 5.8 27.3 30.5 25.6 6.0 4.7 3.1
MLB 44.5 23.8 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 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 0.6 5 730 33.6 178 .238 .430 .355 20.1 22.5 16.5 .220 .366 .315 38.4
2024 Changeup -0.4 -1 288 13.2 85 .212 .300 .264 28.5 18.8 16.3 .226 .313 .261 32.3
2024 Sinker -0.1 0 284 13.1 92 .329 .354 .357 6.3 10.9 15.4 .346 .439 .387 48.6
2024 Slider 1.1 3 277 12.7 53 .289 .467 .367 23.1 24.5 11.5 .201 .296 .272 33.3
2024 Cutter 0.2 0 208 9.6 56 .275 .510 .365 20.4 17.9 18.2 .235 .329 .283 31.0
2024 Curveball 0.9 2 205 9.4 35 .258 .323 .306 27.3 25.7 11.8 .186 .290 .260 31.8
2024 Split-Finger 1.8 2 92 4.2 29 .259 .370 .302 27.1 20.7 16.7 .252 .338 .285 14.3
2024 Sweeper 1.4 1 83 3.8 20 .278 .389 .330 43.2 35.0 28.0 .240 .352 .299 36.4
2024 Slurve -8.5 -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 -2 127 13.0 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 -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 -1.2 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 .122 .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 550 2,174 4 -21 14 14 11
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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 2,174 51.3 67.0 84.1 25.6 58.7 43.6 32.2 46.8 21.7 8.1 76.7
Player 4,199 50.6 64.5 83.8 23.6 57.6 43.6 29.4 44.3 22.0 8.0 73.4
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 70 69
2023 55 79 17 55
2024 30 31 15 14 60 13 8 19 36 26 57 54 68 68 59 82 39 22 75 90
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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 23.2 12 9.9 2 3 9 3 25.0
Player 22.4 20 16.3 4 7 16 5 25.0
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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 12 11 7 13 9 10 11 13 9 5 11 11 9 8 11 11 12 9 10 12 11 6 14 12 9 7 9 9 11 9 7
Player 20 19 12 20 15 16 17 20 15 9 15 17 18 12 20 18 21 15 18 18 18 12 24 22 12 11 15 14 21 14 12
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 87.6 -0.9
Launch Angle 19.2 12.5 -6.7 15.0 2.5
Barrel % 2.4 10.5 8.1 3.4 -7.1
Hard Hit % 28.6 36.4 7.8 36.3 -0.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 34.5 30.8 -3.7 33.4 2.6
xBA .224 .211 -0.013 .242 0.031
BA .197 .185 -0.012 .260 0.075
xwOBA .296 .321 0.025 .303 -0.018
wOBA .262 .287 0.025 .325 0.038
xSLG .313 .390 0.077 .351 -0.039
SLG .249 .328 0.079 .395 0.067
K% 19.8 23.7 3.9 20.3 -3.4
BB% 11.1 10.8 -0.3 8.2 -2.6
Swing % 41.1 42.3 1.2 46.8 4.5
Whiff% 23.4 21.3 -2.1 21.7 0.4
In Zone % 49.7 50.2 0.5 51.3 1.1
Out of Zone % 50.3 49.8 -0.5 48.7 -1.1
Out of Zone Swing % 21.1 22.2 1.1 25.6 3.4
First Pitch Swing % 25.3 27.2 1.9 32.2 5.0
First Pitch Strike % 59.3 57.3 -2.0 64.2 6.9
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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 550 240 43.6 .328 .322
! 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 607 15.3 45.8% 0.2% 327 18.2 8.0% 1.2%
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