Josh

Smith

2BAge : 29Bats : L

Josh Smith

Height : 5' 9" · Weight : 78 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2022-05-30

Born in : Baton Rouge, LA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		80	212	43	6	15	.203	.611
2026	Toronto Blue Jays	35	76	14	5	7	.184	.684
2026	Texas Rangers	45	136	29	1	8	.213	.571
2025	Texas Rangers	144	495	124	10	35	.251	.701
2024	Texas Rangers	149	523	135	13	62	.258	.731
2023	Texas Rangers	90	195	36	6	15	.185	.632
2022	Texas Rangers	73	213	42	2	16	.197	.556
Career totals		536	1638	380	37	143	.232	.671

ContractToronto Blue Jays payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 3.2 M$
AAV: 3.23 M$

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

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.275

xwOBA

.276

OPS

.611

AVG

.203

OBP

.290

RBI

243

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.1

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.1

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

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-9)

20230.1 WAR · 0.3 per full season
20243.0 WAR · 3.0 per full season
20251.8 WAR · 1.9 per full season
20260.1 WAR · 0.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

+1 · 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

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 69
POW: Power; 62
EYE: Eye; 78
SPD: Speed; 76
FLD: Fielding; 68
DUR: Durability; 64
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

0.1

PAL Rating

11 / 100

Value Rating

22 / 100

Surplus $-2.2M · salary $3.2M

PAL: dimensions

Offense10

Power26

Discipline55

Speed63

Defense43

WAR, in runs

Batting-7.2

Baserunning+0.6

Fielding-1.3

Positional+0.1

Replacement+7.4

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

85.9 mi/h

8th percentile

Max exit velocity

108.1 mi/h

11th percentile

Barrels

6.3 %

36th percentile

Hard-hit

30.0 %

12th percentile

xBA

.204

3th percentile

Bat speed

68.7 mi/h

11th percentile

Sprint speed

27.9 pi/s

60th percentile

Outs above average

-2

35th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TOR	0.1	11	56	85.9	108.1	6.3	30.0	.204
2025	TEX	1.8	28	66	87.2	108.2	5.0	31.1	.247
2024	TEX	3.0	47	61	87.8	108.0	3.7	37.1	.242
2023	TEX	0.1	26	62	88.5	109.8	10.5	36.4	.207
2022	TEX	0.0	20	65	87.0	105.4	2.4	28.6	.224

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	vs CIN	1	0	0	0	.203
Sep 26	vs CIN	4	1	0	0	.204
Sep 25	vs CIN	2	0	0	1	.203
Sep 23	@ BAL	4	0	0	1	.205
Sep 23	@ BAL	2	0	0	1	.209
Sep 21	@ BAL	4	0	0	1	.211
Sep 20	@ TEX	2	0	0	1	.215
Sep 19	@ TEX	1	0	0	1	.218
Sep 18	@ TEX	3	0	1	1	.219
Sep 16	vs DET	4	1	0	0	.222