Josh Lowe

Bats L Throws R6'4" 205 lbBorn 1998 Marietta, USADebut 2021Team LAADraft 2016 R1 #13 Tampa Bay Rays, Pope (GA) HSContract 1 y/$2.6M (26) 2026: $2,600,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 89.4FIELD+ 100.0 at RFTotal 0.46 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	391	354	88	19	2	11	32	101	18	0.248	0.311	0.405	0.716	0.157	0.312	25.8	8.1	94.2	0.94
2027	258	233	57	12	1	8	21	69	9	0.243	0.305	0.408	0.714	0.165	0.310	26.7	8.0	95.9	0.67

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 100 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Joe Orsulak	1989	99.3	108.3	465
2	Michael Tucker	1998	97.8	88.2	340
3	Josh Reddick	2014	101.0	117.7	578
4	Curt Walker	1924	103.1	116.5	578
5	Ed Kirkpatrick	1972	99.4	91.6	485
6	Al Woods	1981	94.2	62.9	225
7	Ken Landreaux	1982	99.1	114.9	524
8	Roy Weatherly	1942	95.5	100.6	307
9	Mule Haas	1931	100.4	99.1	649
10	Buzz Boyle	1935	104.7	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			258		57	12	1	8		9	21	69	0.243	0.305	0.408	0.714	95.9
2026*	LAA	83	252	22	48	6	0	10		4	18	71	0.209	0.268	0.365	0.633	64.0
2025	TB	108	435	56	87	21	2	11	40	18	33	109	0.220	0.283	0.366	0.650	79.9
2024	TB	106	387	37	85	19	2	10	34	25	32	123	0.241	0.302	0.391	0.693	94.9
2023	TB	135	501	71	136	33	2	20	83	32	31	124	0.292	0.335	0.500	0.835	127.7
2022	TB	52	198	24	40	12	2	2	13	3	15	66	0.221	0.284	0.343	0.627	82.4
2021	TB	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	428.1
Career		403	1523	188	349	85	8	43	170	79	112	422	0.250	0.306	0.414	0.721	100.2

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	252	89.1	19.0	8.6	38.9	31.3	38.4	0.223	0.400	0.296	28.1
2025	435	88.6	9.3	5.9	39.6	28.0	37.1	0.240	0.370	0.298	28.1
2024	387	90.8	16.9	10.3	46.1	31.9	33.3	0.225	0.396	0.297	28.4
2023	501	89.1	14.3	11.0	39.7	30.2	35.7	0.270	0.479	0.339	28.7
2022	198	88.3	11.4	5.2	37.1	32.6	25.6	0.209	0.343	0.271	28.9
2021	2	43.3	-62.7	0.0	0.0	40.0	14.3	0.188	0.192	0.464

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	TB	OF	103	854	186	3	1	2	0.995
2024	TB	OF	96	743	189	2	4	1	0.979
2023	TB	OF	118	882	185	5	2	1	0.990
2022	TB	OF	44	367	82	2	0	0	1.000
2021	TB	OF	2	9	4	0	0	0	1.000

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	Salt Lake Bees	Bat	126	9 HR, 6 SB	0.299	1.014
2025	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	22	1 HR, 1 SB	0.235	0.776
2024	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	55	3 HR, 0 SB	0.255	0.780
2022	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	351	14 HR, 25 SB	0.315	0.958
2021	AAA	Durham Bulls	Bat	470	22 HR, 26 SB	0.291	0.916
2019	AA	Montgomery Biscuits	Bat	519	18 HR, 30 SB	0.252	0.783
2018	A+	Charlotte Stone Crabs	Bat	455	6 HR, 18 SB	0.238	0.683
2017	A	Bowling Green Hot Rods	Bat	507	8 HR, 22 SB	0.268	0.712
2016	Rk	GCL Rays	Bat	114	2 HR, 1 SB	0.258	0.795
2016	Rk	Princeton Rays	Bat	100	3 HR, 1 SB	0.238	0.760
2016	Rk	nan	Bat	214	5 HR, 2 SB	0.249	0.779

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.179	0.297	0.250	0.310
2025	0.212	0.321	0.283	0.295
2024	0.250	0.314	0.292	0.316
2023	0.321	0.369	0.325	0.392
2022	0.139	0.331	0.284	0.289
2021		0.800		0.800

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	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.250	0.400	0.250	0.650
Career	2	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.250	0.400	0.250	0.650