Josh Smith

Josh Smith

27-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Texas Rangers
2024 Fantasy Outlook
In 2023, Smith reprised the utility role he held the previous season, settling in at third base, shortstop and the never-quite-settled left field spot at various times. The infield positions are locked in by Corey Seager and Josh Jung, while left field now belongs to Evan Carter. Designated hitter is open, but Smith's competent minor-league bat has yet to translate over 485 plate appearances in the show (.191 average, .592 OPS). The lefty batter didn't indicate much against any pitch type (.191 against fastballs, .176 against curve/breaking balls) or as a potential platoon mate (.623 OPS against right-handers). There isn't a path to regular at-bats for Smith, whose value lies in position versatility. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#326
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2024.
Extends hit streak in loss
3BTexas Rangers
September 27, 2024
Smith went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double and a run scored in Thursday's 3-2 loss to Oakland.
ANALYSIS
Smith was back in the lineup after getting a day off against a left-hander Wednesday. He cracked his 29th double and scored as part of the Rangers' two-run third inning. The extra-base knock extended a hit streak to eight games, during which Smith is 10-for-32 (.313) with a home run, four RBI, two steals and six runs. The 26-year-old utility player is putting the finishing touches on what has been the best season of his three years at the major-league level.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
11
23
47
2
14
12
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
4
4
1
2
7
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+7%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+8%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+11%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+22%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .705 216 24 7 27 6 .232 .327 .378
Since 2022vs Right .661 861 95 14 66 10 .228 .322 .339
2024vs Left .774 141 17 4 19 5 .286 .345 .429
2024vs Right .718 451 50 9 43 6 .249 .335 .383
2023vs Left .693 33 4 2 4 0 .120 .333 .360
2023vs Right .623 199 25 4 11 1 .194 .299 .324
2022vs Left .468 42 3 1 4 1 .118 .262 .206
2022vs Right .573 211 20 1 12 3 .212 .316 .257
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+5%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+10%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+32%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+38%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .686 542 60 12 51 9 .233 .327 .359
Since 2022Away .654 535 59 9 42 7 .225 .320 .335
2024Home .766 288 35 8 33 6 .272 .341 .424
2024Away .698 304 32 5 29 5 .244 .333 .365
2023Home .536 102 14 2 5 0 .141 .277 .259
2023Away .707 130 15 4 10 1 .218 .326 .382
2022Home .625 152 11 2 13 3 .214 .331 .294
2022Away .454 101 12 0 3 1 .172 .270 .184
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Stat Review
How does Josh Smith compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.38
 
BB Rate
7.8%
 
K Rate
20.4%
 
BABIP
.311
 
ISO
.136
 
AVG
.258
 
OBP
.337
 
SLG
.394
 
OPS
.731
 
wOBA
.326
 
Exit Velocity
87.8 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.0%
 
Barrels/PA
2.5%
 
Expected BA
.242
 
Expected SLG
.352
 
Sprint Speed
22.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
38.7%
 
Line Drive %
23.7%
 
Fly Ball %
37.7%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
The H in Josh H. Smith stands for hitter as this young man can hit. He owns a .305/.421/.500 triple-slash line in a minor league career with a slugging percentage built more on gap extra base hits than homers along with a 41 of 53 track record on the basepaths. He struggled in his rookie season when Texas called him up with non-fastballs as he hit a collective .096 against breaking balls and offspeed pitches with a healthy dose of swing and miss. The baptism by fire last season did allow him to gain third base and outfield eligibility on draft day, but he does not have enough bat to be a fantasy regular at either position much less for the improving Rangers offense. Smith can be targeted in later rounds of deep AL-Only leagues as well as draft and hold formats in case something does open up for him as he still has good overall tools.
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Sitting against lefty
3BTexas Rangers
September 25, 2024
Smith isn't in the Rangers' lineup for Wednesday's game against Oakland.
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Homers in loss
3BTexas Rangers
September 21, 2024
Smith went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Mariners.
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Picks up 10th steal
3BTexas Rangers
September 17, 2024
Smith went 1-for-4 with a walk, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Tuesday's 13-8 win over the Blue Jays.
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Logs two hits, run in win
3BTexas Rangers
September 14, 2024
Smith started at shortstop and went 2-for-5 with a run scored in Friday's 5-4 loss to the Mariners.
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Swipes bag in win
3BTexas Rangers
September 4, 2024
Smith went 2-for-5 with a double, one RBI, a stolen base and one run scored in Wednesday's 10-6 win over the Yankees.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Chance for more playing time
3BTexas Rangers
April 1, 2024
Josh Jung suffered a fractured right wrist Monday, reports Kennedi Landry of MLB.com, which will likely lead to more playing time at third base for Smith.
ANALYSIS
Smith entered Monday's contest as a replacement at the hot corner but has just one plate appearance through Texas' first four games of the season. Smith played in 90 big-league contests last season and struggled to a .185/.304/.328 slash line, so Ezequiel Duran is likely in a better position to secure regular reps.
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