Josh Smith

Bats L Throws R5'10" 172 lbBorn 1997 Baton Rouge, USADebut 2022Team TORDraft 2016 R38 #1135 Detroit Tigers, Catholic HS

Awards: AL Silver Slugger

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 99.3FIELD+ 99.5 at SSTotal 0.92 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	452	394	95	19	2	10	44	86	8	0.242	0.329	0.370	0.700	0.129	0.312	19.1	9.6	99.6	1.39
2027	299	261	62	11	1	6	27	60	5	0.238	0.322	0.357	0.679	0.119	0.304	20.1	9.0	94.0	0.72

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 106 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	Stephen Drew	2010	96.3	89.9	354
2	Dee Strange-Gordon	2015	95.7	76.1	345
3	J. P. Crawford	2022	99.5	135.2	638
4	Stan Hack	1937	110.5	131.6	707
5	Wayne Causey	1964	94.7	98.4	587
6	Max Bishop	1927	101.3	128.7	586
7	Jack Howell	1989	104.8	97.7	366
8	Pedro Alvarez	2014	105.2	110.3	491
9	Mike Pagliarulo	1987	105.7	74.1	490
10	Travis Shaw	2017	106.0	118.7	587

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			299		62	11	1	6		5	27	60	0.238	0.322	0.357	0.679	94.0
2026*	TOR	59	187	16	36	3	1	3		4	19	40	0.220	0.303	0.305	0.608	59.5
2025	TEX	144	562	70	124	23	2	10	35	12	55	100	0.251	0.335	0.366	0.700	110.6
2024	TEX	149	592	67	135	30	1	13	62	11	46	121	0.258	0.337	0.394	0.731	115.9
2023	TEX	90	232	29	36	8	1	6	15	1	25	55	0.185	0.304	0.328	0.633	76.9
2022	TEX	73	253	23	42	5	0	2	16	4	28	50	0.197	0.307	0.249	0.556	68.9
Career		456	1639	189	337	66	4	31	128	28	154	326	0.236	0.327	0.353	0.680	101.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	187	85.6	14.0	7.1	29.1	24.9	35.8	0.208	0.323	0.277	27.9
2025	563	87.2	12.7	5.0	31.1	19.6	25.8	0.247	0.366	0.310	27.5
2024	592	87.8	15.4	3.7	37.1	21.8	25.8	0.242	0.365	0.309	27.6
2023	232	88.5	12.5	10.6	36.4	21.3	22.2	0.207	0.398	0.323	28.5
2022	253	87.0	19.2	2.4	28.6	23.4	21.0	0.224	0.326	0.300	28.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TEX	SS	60	422	48	99	4	18	0.974	-6.9
2025	TEX	3B	32	246	22	43	1	6	0.985	+0.7
2025	TEX	1B	27	217	166	25	1	26	0.995	+0.3
2025	TEX	OF	17	126	29	1	0	0	1.000
2025	TEX	2B	4	22	2	7	0	2	1.000	+0.8
2024	TEX	3B	83	655	60	126	4	8	0.979	+1.4
2024	TEX	SS	49	385	50	85	7	13	0.951	+2.1
2024	TEX	OF	5	44	5	0	0	0	1.000
2024	TEX	2B	1	2	0	0	0	0
2023	TEX	SS	33	172	12	53	4	15	0.942	-3.4
2023	TEX	3B	25	188	14	44	2	3	0.967	+1.1
2023	TEX	OF	20	104	26	3	1	2	0.967
2023	TEX	2B	3	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2022	TEX	3B	36	288	22	72	1	8	0.989	+1.4
2022	TEX	OF	24	183	30	2	0	1	1.000
2022	TEX	SS	6	47	9	13	0	3	1.000	+0.4
2022	TEX	2B	2	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6

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	110	2 HR, 6 SB	0.217	0.655
2022	AAA	Round Rock Express	Bat	261	6 HR, 9 SB	0.290	0.861
2021	AA	Frisco RoughRiders	Bat	127	3 HR, 7 SB	0.294	0.856
2021	A+	Hudson Valley Renegades	Bat	125	3 HR, 12 SB	0.320	1.018
2021	A+	Hickory Crawdads	Bat	49	1 HR, 2 SB	0.295	0.799
2021	A+	nan	Bat	174	4 HR, 14 SB	0.313	0.953
2021	A	Tampa Tarpons	Bat	50	6 HR, 5 SB	0.333	1.275

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.126	0.313	0.255	0.314
2025	0.237	0.346	0.352	0.300
2024	0.347	0.327	0.347	0.317
2023	0.345	0.289	0.256	0.330
2022	0.250	0.271	0.297	0.223

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0