Joshua

Lowe

LFAge : 28Bats : L

Josh Lowe

Height : 6' 3" · Weight : 100 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-09-08

Born in : Chesapeake, VA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Los Angeles Angels	114	311	65	12	29	.209	.633
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	108	396	87	11	40	.220	.649
2024	Tampa Bay Rays	106	353	85	10	34	.241	.693
2023	Tampa Bay Rays	135	466	136	20	83	.292	.835
2022	Tampa Bay Rays	52	181	40	2	13	.221	.627
2021	Tampa Bay Rays	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Career totals		517	1708	414	55	199	.242	.705

ContractLos Angeles Angels payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.6 M$
AAV: 2.60 M$

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

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.279

xwOBA

.284

OPS

.633

AVG

.209

OBP

.273

RBI

343

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.7

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.6

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

Trend

↑ Slightly up (+8)

20233.4 WAR · 4.1 per full season
20241.0 WAR · 1.6 per full season
2025-0.1 WAR · -0.1 per full season
20260.6 WAR · 1.0 per full season

Outlook, age included

+18 · 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

Depth

CON: Contact; 51
POW: Power; 72
EYE: Eye; 57
SPD: Speed; 83
FLD: Fielding; 76
DUR: Durability; 70
EX: Experience; 66

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

0.6

#207 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

23 / 100

#205 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

32 / 100

Surplus $3.3M · salary $2.6M

PAL: dimensions

Offense9

Power51

Discipline3

Speed72

Defense77

WAR, in runs

Batting-9.4

Baserunning+0.7

Fielding+6.2

Positional-3.2

Replacement+10.4

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

88.8 mi/h

44th percentile

Max exit velocity

109.6 mi/h

31th percentile

Barrels

9.0 %

60th percentile

Hard-hit

37.1 %

34th percentile

xBA

.209

5th percentile

Bat speed

73.6 mi/h

72th percentile

Sprint speed

28.1 pi/s

69th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	LAA	0.6	23	62	88.8	109.6	9.0	37.1	.209
2025	TB	-0.1	10	60	88.6	109.2	5.9	39.6	.236
2024	TB	1.0	39	70	90.8	109.3	10.3	46.1	.222
2023	TB	3.4	79	76	89.1	113.3	11.0	39.7	.267
2022	TB	0.1	19	59	88.3	107.4	5.2	37.1	.206

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ SEA	4	1	2	.209
Sep 25	@ SEA	4	0	3	.208
Sep 24	@ SEA	3	2	0	.211
Sep 23	@ ATH	2	0	1	.207
Sep 22	@ ATH	1	0	1	.208
Sep 20	vs MIN	3	0	0	.209
Sep 19	vs MIN	5	1	3	.211
Sep 18	vs MIN	1	0	1	.211
Sep 17	vs MIN	4	1	2	.212
Sep 16	vs SEA	3	1	1	.211