Joshua

Jung

3BAge : 28Bats : R

Josh Jung

Height : 6' 1" · Weight : 97 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-09-09

Born in : San Antonio, TX, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Texas Rangers	104	398	119	12	42	.299	.827
2025	Texas Rangers	131	482	121	14	61	.251	.684
2024	Texas Rangers	46	178	47	7	16	.264	.719
2023	Texas Rangers	122	478	127	23	70	.266	.782
2022	Texas Rangers	26	98	20	5	14	.204	.653
Career totals		429	1634	434	61	203	.266	.750

ContractTexas Rangers payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.9 M$
AAV: 2.90 M$

2026
2.90 M$
Guaranteed
2027
—
Arb 2
2028
—
Arb 3

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

136

wOBA

.362

xwOBA

.348

OPS

.827

AVG

.299

OBP

.365

RBI

444

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

3.4

Home runs

2026 WAR

3.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+16)

20232.8 WAR · 3.3 per full season
20240.4 WAR · 1.3 per full season
20251.7 WAR · 2.0 per full season
20263.2 WAR · 4.3 per full season

Outlook, age included

+26 · 28 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Established regular

CON: Contact; 83
POW: Power; 75
EYE: Eye; 63
SPD: Speed; 63
FLD: Fielding; 76
DUR: Durability; 70
EX: Experience; 61

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

3.2

#60 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

77 / 100

#61 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

81 / 100

Surplus $28.4M · salary $2.9M

PAL: dimensions

Offense90

Power52

Discipline55

Speed9

Defense42

WAR, in runs

Batting+18.4

Baserunning-2.4

Fielding-1.5

Positional+1.0

Replacement+13.5

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

90.7 mi/h

80th percentile

Max exit velocity

110.1 mi/h

41th percentile

Barrels

7.2 %

45th percentile

Hard-hit

49.2 %

90th percentile

xBA

.285

94th percentile

Bat speed

70.5 mi/h

28th percentile

Sprint speed

25.7 pi/s

12th percentile

Outs above average

-3

28th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TEX	3.2	77	71	90.7	110.1	7.2	49.2	.285
2025	TEX	1.7	30	63	89.3	111.2	8.2	46.7	.245
2024	TEX	0.4	28	63	86.2	108.3	9.9	39.7	.240
2023	TEX	2.8	71	73	91.8	110.0	11.9	47.4	.254
2022	TEX	0.1	34	61	85.5	108.3	10.2	32.2	.225

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 25	@ MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	.299
Sep 24	vs NYM	3	3	1	2	1	0	.299
Sep 23	vs NYM	4	1	0	0	0	0	.294
Sep 22	vs NYM	4	1	0	1	0	2	.294
Sep 20	vs TOR	4	0	0	0	0	3	.295
Sep 19	vs TOR	3	1	1	1	0	1	.298
Sep 18	vs TOR	4	1	0	0	1	1	.297
Sep 17	vs BOS	4	1	1	1	0	0	.298
Sep 16	vs BOS	5	3	0	0	0	0	.298
Sep 15	vs BOS	4	0	0	0	0	2	.294