Josh Jung

Bats R Throws R6'2" 214 lbBorn 1998 San Antonio, USADebut 2022Team TEX1x All-StarDraft 2019 R1 #8 Texas Rangers, Texas TechContract 1 y/$2.9M (26) 2026: $2,900,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 97.8FIELD+ 93.9 at 3BTotal 1.33 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	395	364	92	17	1	13	25	98	3	0.252	0.304	0.411	0.714	0.158	0.311	24.9	6.4	100.4	1.25
2027	472	430	112	21	1	14	34	100	2	0.260	0.319	0.410	0.729	0.150	0.319	21.3	7.2	104.3	1.72

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 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 98 HIT+ the next season; 10 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	Chris Johnson	2012	99.8	122.8	547
2	Mike Shannon	1967	99.3	115.1	625
3	Thairo Estrada	2023	100.8	67.0	381
4	Kevin Kouzmanoff	2009	101.2	80.2	586
5	Matt Duffy	2018	100.1	87.3	169
6	Trevor Plouffe	2013	96.5	111.2	582
7	Danny Murphy	1904	110.9	128.9	608
8	Brendan Harris	2008	97.4	76.9	453
9	Billy Werber	1935	99.1	91.1	639
10	Placido Polanco	2003	94.5	99.1	555

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			472		112	21	1	14		2	34	100	0.260	0.319	0.410	0.729	104.3
2026*	TEX	92	396	46	104	23	1	9		1	33	71	0.294	0.361	0.441	0.802	138.1
2025	TEX	131	511	53	121	23	1	14	61	4	27	129	0.251	0.294	0.390	0.684	100.3
2024	TEX	46	188	19	47	5	1	7	16	4	8	48	0.264	0.298	0.421	0.719	105.8
2023	TEX	122	515	75	127	25	1	23	70	1	30	151	0.266	0.315	0.467	0.781	108.2
2022	TEX	26	102	9	20	4	1	5	14	2	4	39	0.204	0.235	0.418	0.654	78.5
Career		325	1316	156	315	57	4	49	161	11	69	367	0.255	0.298	0.426	0.724	102.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	396	90.6	11.8	6.3	48.3	18.4	28.8	0.286	0.432	0.347	25.8
2025	511	89.3	12.8	8.3	46.7	25.4	33.2	0.245	0.414	0.304	26.6
2024	188	86.2	12.2	9.9	39.7	31.9	35.5	0.240	0.409	0.296	27.3
2023	515	91.8	15.0	11.9	47.4	29.7	32.9	0.254	0.481	0.334	26.8
2022	102	85.5	14.3	10.2	32.2	30.8	34.3	0.225	0.415	0.289	27.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	3B	126	1087	86	221	7	18	0.978	-7.2
2024	TEX	3B	40	352	28	66	3	7	0.969	-5.8
2023	TEX	3B	121	1050	77	258	4	23	0.988	+10.0
2022	TEX	3B	25	219	19	55	2	6	0.974	+1.0

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	40	2 HR, 0 SB	0.205	0.635
2022	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	106	6 HR, 1 SB	0.273	0.846
2022	Rk	ACL Rangers	Bat	29	3 HR, 0 SB	0.240	0.945
2021	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	156	9 HR, 0 SB	0.348	1.088
2021	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	186	10 HR, 2 SB	0.308	0.910
2019	A	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	179	1 HR, 4 SB	0.287	0.752

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.409	0.341	0.443	0.292
2025	0.299	0.312	0.286	0.334
2024	0.358	0.319	0.351	0.291
2023	0.441	0.319	0.354	0.339
2022	0.360	0.230	0.244	0.324

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

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	17	65	13	20	4	1	3	8	0	3	19	0.308	0.329	0.538	0.867
Career	17	65	13	20	4	1	3	8	0	3	19	0.308	0.329	0.538	0.867