Josh Palacios

Bats L Throws R6'1" 200 lbBorn 1995 Brooklyn, USADebut 2021Team CWSDraft 2014 R31 #935 Cincinnati Reds, Telecommunication Arts & Tech (NY) HS

Projections

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	157	140	33	6	0	4	13	37	2	0.233	0.307	0.368	0.675	0.136	0.299	23.3	8.2	86.6	0.23

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.

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	CWS	51	145	11	26	4	0	3	9	0	12	36	0.203	0.292	0.305	0.596	71.7
2024	PIT	23	78	10	15	2	0	2	9	1	10	12	0.224	0.333	0.343	0.677	95.4
2023	PIT	91	264	26	59	9	2	10	40	5	12	56	0.239	0.279	0.413	0.692	84.3
2022	WSH	29	49	8	10	2	0	0	2	1	1	15	0.213	0.245	0.255	0.500	44.1
2021	TOR	13	42	7	7	0	0	0	4	0	3	11	0.200	0.293	0.200	0.493	44.7
Career		207	578	62	117	17	2	15	64	7	38	130	0.223	0.287	0.349	0.637	76.4

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2025	145	88.3	11.0	8.7	39.8	27.8	28.2	0.222	0.359	0.299	26.8
2024	78	89.8	3.4	3.6	47.3	25.9	22.3	0.261	0.381	0.340	28.0
2023	264	91.3	7.7	9.8	45.4	26.7	30.2	0.255	0.439	0.317	28.2
2022	49	81.3	4.9	0.0	31.3	26.1	36.3	0.206	0.249	0.220	28.5
2021	42	93.5	8.4	3.8	42.3	31.3	37.2	0.226	0.325	0.301	28.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
2025	CWS	OF	47	296	59	1	2	0	0.968
2024	PIT	OF	24	163	27	1	0	0	1.000
2023	PIT	OF	86	509	112	5	3	2	0.975
2022	WSH	OF	21	98	21	0	0	0	1.000
2021	TOR	OF	12	92	14	1	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	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	91	0 HR, 4 SB	0.253	0.672
2025	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	82	3 HR, 3 SB	0.197	0.708
2024	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	208	5 HR, 5 SB	0.291	0.861
2023	AAA	Indianapolis Indians	Bat	90	8 HR, 4 SB	0.410	1.284
2023	AA	Altoona Curve	Bat	37	0 HR, 1 SB	0.265	0.648
2022	AAA	Rochester Red Wings	Bat	318	7 HR, 19 SB	0.298	0.815
2022	AAA	nan	Bat	342	9 HR, 21 SB	0.294	0.818
2022	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	24	2 HR, 2 SB	0.238	0.857
2021	AAA	Buffalo Bisons	Bat	63	0 HR, 1 SB	0.241	0.627
2019	AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Bat	341	7 HR, 15 SB	0.266	0.787
2018	A+	Dunedin Blue Jays	Bat	562	8 HR, 15 SB	0.292	0.775
2017	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	419	2 HR, 12 SB	0.280	0.721
2016	A	Lansing Lugnuts	Bat	40	0 HR, 0 SB	0.342	0.796

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2025	0.119	0.304	0.338	0.234
2024	0.270	0.324	0.294	0.336
2023	0.296	0.307	0.316	0.290
2022	0.360	0.211	0.396	0.159
2021	0.360	0.222	0.342	0.094

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