Josh Smith

Josh Smith

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Texas Rangers
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 trak 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 allo 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. Read Past Outlooks
RANKSFrom Preseason
#595
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2023.
Clubs homer
OFTexas Rangers
May 21, 2023
Smith hit a solo home run in his only at-bat in Sunday's 13-3 win over the Rockies.
ANALYSIS
Smith served as a defensive replacement for Marcus Semien at second base in the blowout win. In his lone at-bat, Smith took Alan Trejo deep in the eighth inning. With the return of Corey Seager, there's no longer a clear path to playing time for Smith, so he's returned to a utility role. The 25-year-old is slashing .222/.385/.389 with three homers, four RBI, 14 runs scored, a stolen base and three doubles through 92 plate appearances.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
2
3
8
8
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+3%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+92%
OPS vs LHP
2022
 
 
+22%
OPS vs RHP
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021vs Left .596 51 5 2 6 1 .128 .314 .282
Since 2021vs Right .614 306 34 3 15 4 .218 .330 .284
2023vs Left 1.356 9 2 1 2 0 .200 .556 .800
2023vs Right .708 95 14 2 3 1 .231 .362 .346
2022vs Left .468 42 3 1 4 1 .118 .262 .206
2022vs Right .573 211 20 1 12 3 .212 .316 .257
2021vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2021
 
 
+4%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+38%
OPS on Road
2022
 
 
+38%
OPS at Home
2021
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2021Home .622 192 17 3 14 3 .204 .335 .287
Since 2021Away .600 165 22 2 7 2 .209 .319 .281
2023Home .608 40 6 1 1 0 .161 .350 .258
2023Away .839 64 10 2 4 1 .269 .397 .442
2022Home .625 152 11 2 13 3 .214 .331 .294
2022Away .454 101 12 0 3 1 .172 .270 .184
2021Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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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
0.40
 
BB Rate
11.5%
 
K Rate
28.8%
 
BABIP
.320
 
ISO
.145
 
AVG
.229
 
OBP
.379
 
SLG
.373
 
OPS
.752
 
wOBA
.347
 
Exit Velocity
89.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
40.7%
 
Barrels/PA
5.6%
 
Expected BA
.208
 
Expected SLG
.415
 
Sprint Speed
24.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
35.8%
 
Line Drive %
20.8%
 
Fly Ball %
43.4%
 
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Rejoins lineup Monday
OFTexas Rangers
May 15, 2023
Smith (foot) will serve as the Rangers' designated hitter and No. 8 batter in Monday's game against Atlanta.
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X-rays negative
OFTexas Rangers
Foot
May 15, 2023
X-rays on Smith's foot have come back negative.
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Out Sunday with sore foot
OFTexas Rangers
Foot
May 14, 2023
Smith (foot) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Athletics and isn't expected to be available off the bench, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports.
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Leaves with left foot soreness
OFTexas Rangers
Foot
May 13, 2023
Smith left Saturday's game against the Athletics with left foot soreness. X-rays returned negative and he'll continue to be evaluated.
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Stays in lineup
OFTexas Rangers
May 11, 2023
Smith started at designated hitter and went 2-for-4 with a double in Wednesday's 4-3 win over Seattle.
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