Justin Foscue

Bats R Throws R5'11" 205 lbBorn 1999 Huntsville, USADebut 2024Team TEXDraft 2020 R1 #14 Texas Rangers, Mississippi StateContract 1 y (26) 2026: $661,790

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 95.8FIELD+ 99.8 at 2BTotal 0.48 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	89	79	18	4	0	3	8	18	1	0.226	0.301	0.391	0.692	0.165	0.304	19.7	8.5	90.7	0.18
2027	183	162	37	8	0	6	17	39	1	0.227	0.308	0.385	0.693	0.158	0.306	21.4	9.2	94.9	0.46

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 6 HIT+ the next season; 6 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Diory Hernandez	2010	-4.5	40.5	35
2	Wayne Tolleson	1982	-9.5	81.4	521
3	Jorge Velandia	2001	-5.4	did not play
4	Ryan Kreidler	2024	16.8	-14.9	44
5	Brian Bixler	2009	22.4	did not play
6	Dick Smith	1953	15.0	20.0	37
7	Mike Hubbard	1997	-6.1	-12.2	56
8	Ed Cihocki	1933	12.0	did not play
9	Russ Mitchell	2011	22.3	did not play
10	Chin-lung Hu	2010	28.7	-76.9	23

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			183		37	8	0	6		1	17	39	0.227	0.308	0.385	0.693	94.9
2026*	TEX	70	168	17	39	7	1	8		0	13	43	0.257	0.321	0.474	0.795	122.8
2025	TEX	4	9	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0.111	0.111	0.222	0.333	-11.4
2024	TEX	15	44	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	18	0.048	0.091	0.071	0.162	-59.4
Career		19	53	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	2	21	0.059	0.094	0.098	0.192	-51.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	168	88.9	18.7	10.0	40.9	20.4	25.4	0.235	0.426	0.319	27.5
2025	9	93.0	38.5	0.0	66.7	10.0	13.3	0.161	0.279	0.189
2024	44	86.9	26.9	4.2	16.7	28.0	31.9	0.101	0.148	0.134	26.7

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	1B	3	23	10	2	2	1.000	-0.2
2024	TEX	2B	2	3	1	2	0	1.000	+0.7
2024	TEX	1B	1	8	6	0	1	1.000	-0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	140	2 HR, 3 SB	0.287	0.833
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	453	19 HR, 7 SB	0.261	0.815
2024	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	219	9 HR, 2 SB	0.276	0.897
2024	Rk	ACL Rangers	Bat	21	1 HR, 1 SB	0.412	1.289
2023	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	563	18 HR, 14 SB	0.266	0.862
2022	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	460	15 HR, 3 SB	0.288	0.850
2021	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	104	2 HR, 0 SB	0.247	0.704
2021	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	150	14 HR, 1 SB	0.296	1.143

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.413	0.234	0.354	0.334
2025	0.139		0.208	0.000
2024	0.089	0.110	0.143	0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.