Josh Smoker
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 232LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2007 | Rd: C-A, #31, Washington Nationals | Calhoun (GA) HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2016 3 0 4.70 20 0 0 15.1 25 1.30
2017 1 2 5.11 54 0 0 56.1 68 1.70
2018 0 0 8.59 8 0 0 7.1 4 2.45
3 Seasons 4 2 5.35 82 0 0 79 97 1.70
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2016 20 3-0 4.70 15.1 25 1.30
2017 54 1-2 5.11 56.1 68 1.70
2018 8 0-0 8.59 7.1 4 2.45
3 Seasons 82 4-2 5.35 79 97 1.70
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2016 27 258 35 2 5.7 3.1 89.6 109.6 17.8 37.1 .220 .391 .334 .286 .447 40.0 38.5 6.2 4.70 3.41
2017 28 1057 164 11 6.7 4.1 86.9 113.1 12.1 34.1 .241 .415 .358 .323 .394 30.5 25.5 12.0 5.11 4.51
2018 29 165 27 3 11.1 7.9 92.4 114.0 25.8 44.4 .303 .593 .500 .435 .434 44.4 10.5 18.4 8.59 9.12
Player 1480 226 16 7.1 4.3 88.0 114.0 14.7 35.8 .243 .428 .369 .328 .407 33.6 26.2 11.6
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Smoker relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(61.2%) ,
Split Finger
(18.8%) ,
Slider
(17.6%) ,
Sinker
(2.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2016 31.4 34.3 31.4 2.9 31.4 34.3 34.3 0.0 25.7 28.6 25.7 11.4 5.7 3.1
2017 45.1 23.2 23.2 8.5 36.0 34.8 29.3 4.3 32.3 23.2 26.2 5.5 6.7 4.1
2018 22.2 29.6 29.6 18.5 55.6 18.5 25.9 0.0 18.5 37.0 14.8 18.5 11.1 7.9
Player 40.3 25.7 25.2 8.8 37.6 32.7 29.6 3.1 29.6 25.7 24.8 8.0 7.1 4.3
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2018 Slider DET L 29 80.3 49.0 4.8 11 3.6 -3.8 -51
2018 Split-Finger DET L 31 83.6 34.1 -1.7 -5 14.8 3.9 36
2018 Sinker DET L 4 93.7 19.0 -2.8 -13 14.7 -0.2 -1
2018 4-Seam Fastball DET L 101 92.7 16.6 0.0 0 11.5 3.7 48
2017 Sinker NYM L 14 93.9 17.5 -2.8 -14 14.1 -1.4 -9
2017 Slider NYM L 286 80.7 49.8 7.7 18 8.3 1.4 21
2017 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 585 94.6 13.5 0.4 3 8.9 0.5 6
2017 Split-Finger NYM L 171 84.2 32.2 0.0 0 13.9 1.9 16
2016 Split-Finger NYM L 31 83.4 39.6 4.3 12 11.7 1.1 11
2016 Slider NYM L 58 81.3 50.6 8.7 21 6.7 -0.3 -4
2016 Changeup NYM L 2 90.8 21.3 -6.0 -22 4.7 -7.8 -62
2016 4-Seam Fastball NYM L 163 96.2 13.4 1.2 8 10.4 2.7 35
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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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 %
2018 4-Seam Fastball -2.6 -3 101 61.2 25 .316 .632 .470 2.4 8.0 8.0 .238 .419 .379 41.2
2018 Split-Finger -13.8 -4 31 18.8 8 .571 1.286 .763 8.3 0.0 0.0 .559 1.100 .705 42.9
2018 Slider -3.1 -1 29 17.6 5 .200 .400 .250 30.0 40.0 18.2 .189 .542 .300 66.7
2018 Sinker -2.3 0 4 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.1 0 585 55.3 134 .333 .579 .435 26.3 24.6 21.2 .290 .512 .387 41.0
2017 Slider 0.1 0 286 27.1 71 .188 .281 .241 36.1 31.0 23.9 .167 .219 .219 14.0
2017 Split-Finger -4.2 -7 171 16.2 51 .267 .511 .363 36.0 25.5 19.1 .209 .444 .298 26.5
2017 Sinker -14.7 -2 14 1.3 4 .500 .750 .538 0.0 0.0 0.0 .423 .455 .382 25.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 64 254 -5 5 0 -1 -2
2017 260 1,057 0 2 -6 -5 -9
2018 38 165 -4 0 -3 -2 -8
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2016 258 47.3 72.1 78.4 34.6 48.9 39.9 75.4 52.3 30.4 6.6 88.2
2017 1,057 51.1 64.1 76.9 25.9 47.0 43.5 58.5 45.4 30.0 7.5 77.2
2018 165 47.9 67.1 92.5 14.0 91.7 37.0 55.3 39.4 7.7 7.3 91.7
Player 1,480 50.1 65.7 78.9 26.1 50.3 42.2 61.2 45.9 27.9 7.3 80.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2016 91 54 27
2017 38 55 41 37 22 62 35 57 70 72 8 84 30 75 44 16
2018 46 38 9
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 23.6 4 3.9 0 0 3 2 50.0
2017 23.4 10 9.5 1 0 3 7 70.0
2018 22.2 2 2.3 0 0 1 2 100.0
Player 23.3 16 15.8 0 0 7 11 68.8

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 2 4 5 3 4 3 4 2 3 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 3 5 2
2017 10 10 8 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 8
2018 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
Player 16 17 14 16 16 15 17 16 15 13 16 16 15 15 15 17 14 15 18 17 17 16 18 16 16 15 15 18 16 17 12
! 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 2016 2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 96.2 94.6 -1.6 92.7 -1.9
Offspeed Velocity 83.8 84.2 0.4 83.6 -0.6
Breaking Velocity 81.3 80.7 -0.6 80.3 -0.4
Exit Velocity 89.6 86.9 -2.7 92.4 5.5
Launch Angle 17.8 12.1 -5.7 25.8 13.7
Barrel % 5.7 6.7 1.0 11.1 4.4
Hard Hit % 40.0 30.5 -9.5 44.4 13.9
Sweet Spot % 37.1 34.1 -3.0 44.4 10.3
xBA .220 .241 0.021 .303 0.062
BA .267 .282 0.015 .355 0.073
xwOBA .286 .323 0.037 .435 0.112
wOBA .334 .358 0.024 .500 0.142
xSLG .391 .415 0.024 .593 0.178
SLG .467 .485 0.018 .742 0.257
K% 38.5 25.5 -13.0 10.5 -15.0
BB% 6.2 12.0 5.8 18.4 6.4
Swing % 52.3 45.4 -6.9 39.4 -6.0
Whiff% 30.4 30.0 -0.4 7.7 -22.3
In Zone % 47.3 51.1 3.8 47.9 -3.2
Out of Zone % 52.7 48.9 -3.8 52.1 3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 34.6 25.9 -8.7 14.0 -11.9
First Pitch Swing % 41.5 27.3 -14.2 28.9 1.6
First Pitch Strike % 75.4 58.5 -16.9 55.3 -3.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 64 .334 36 1 2.8 28 6 21.4
2017 Shifts 260 .358 129 3 2.3 131 17 13.0
2018 Shifts 38 .500 26 0 0.0 12 4 33.3
! 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 %
2016 62 18.3 19.4% 1.6% 43 22.2 9.3% 20.9%
2017 270 17.2 25.9% 1.9% 236 21.0 3.4% 7.6%
2018 29 18.2 3.4% 3.4% 55 20.1 1.8% 7.3%
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Pitch Distribution