Will Smith

Bats R Throws R5'10" 195 lbBorn 1995 Louisville, USADebut 2019Team LAD3x All-StarDraft 2016 R1 #32 Los Angeles Dodgers, LouisvilleContract 10 y/$140M (24-33)* 2026: $12,927,716

Awards: All-MLB Second Team x2

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 135.2FIELD+ 95.7 at CTotal 2.62 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	406	345	87	17	1	15	50	77	1	0.253	0.354	0.439	0.793	0.186	0.347	18.9	12.2	119.6	2.24
2027	351	300	76	14	1	12	41	66	1	0.253	0.351	0.429	0.780	0.175	0.342	18.8	11.8	119.7	1.94

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 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 117 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	Gabby Hartnett	1931	124.2	112.2	462
2	Johnny Bench	1978	128.3	124.5	538
3	Willson Contreras	2022	116.4	126.2	495
4	Chris Hoiles	1995	125.4	108.9	481
5	Bill Freehan	1972	117.5	77.0	435
6	John Romano	1965	125.7	123.3	395
7	Thurman Munson	1977	120.0	99.3	666
8	Buster Posey	2017	135.4	108.9	448
9	Roy Campanella	1952	131.8	153.2	590
10	Roger Bresnahan	1909	133.8	141.3	299

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			351		76	14	1	12		1	41	66	0.253	0.351	0.429	0.780	119.7
2026*	LAN	52	201	23	43	5	0	6		0	23	34	0.249	0.338	0.382	0.720	103.2
2025	LAD	110	436	64	107	20	1	17	61	2	64	89	0.296	0.404	0.497	0.901	154.4
2024	LAD	128	544	77	118	24	2	20	75	1	51	105	0.248	0.327	0.433	0.760	112.4
2023	LAD	126	554	80	121	21	2	19	76	3	63	89	0.261	0.359	0.438	0.797	114.6
2022	LAD	137	578	68	132	26	3	24	87	1	56	96	0.260	0.343	0.465	0.807	119.7
2021	LAD	130	501	71	107	19	2	25	76	3	58	101	0.258	0.365	0.495	0.860	128.7
2020	LAD	37	137	23	33	9	0	8	25	0	20	22	0.289	0.401	0.579	0.980	161.0
2019	LAD	54	196	30	43	9	0	15	42	2	18	52	0.253	0.337	0.571	0.907	132.1
Career		722	2946	413	661	128	10	128	442	12	330	554	0.264	0.358	0.476	0.834	126.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	201	90.0	19.9	13.4	39.4	16.4	21.3	0.275	0.494	0.385	27.2
2025	436	91.3	18.4	12.2	47.1	22.2	19.5	0.269	0.496	0.378	27.3
2024	544	89.4	18.7	10.9	42.0	20.9	26.3	0.238	0.463	0.337	27.4
2023	554	89.3	15.6	6.7	41.6	19.5	25.1	0.255	0.436	0.350	27.2
2022	578	89.9	18.4	10.3	43.0	19.3	21.3	0.256	0.498	0.358	27.5
2021	501	90.1	19.4	10.8	43.8	21.2	20.8	0.242	0.474	0.363	27.7
2020	137	90.8	24.2	12.9	47.3	15.5	15.2	0.290	0.536	0.405	27.8
2019	196	89.4	23.8	11.9	38.8	25.2	23.1	0.221	0.446	0.320	27.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	LAD	C	101	865	873	37	4	7	0.996	-10.1
2024	LAD	C	121	1051	1000	58	8	3	0.992	-7.8
2023	LAD	C	111	959	937	32	4	3	0.996	+3.9
2022	LAD	C	109	956	968	32	3	6	0.997	-0.8
2021	LAD	C	117	1005	1101	43	6	1	0.995	+1.9
2021	LAD	1B	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.0
2021	LAD	3B	1	2	0	0	1	0	0.000
2020	LAD	C	34	277	270	10	0	3	1.000	-3.8
2019	LAD	C	46	403	436	20	0	1	1.000	+3.2

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2019	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	270	20 HR, 1 SB	0.268	0.984
2018	AAA	Oklahoma City Comets	Bat	98	1 HR, 1 SB	0.138	0.424
2018	AA	Tulsa Drillers	Bat	307	19 HR, 4 SB	0.264	0.890
2017	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	305	11 HR, 6 SB	0.232	0.803
2016	A+	Rancho Cucamonga Quakes	Bat	115	2 HR, 1 SB	0.216	0.650
2016	A	Great Lakes Loons	Bat	97	1 HR, 2 SB	0.256	0.676
2016	Rk	Ogden Raptors	Bat	33	1 HR, 0 SB	0.321	0.823

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.237	0.356	0.360	0.289
2025	0.370	0.399	0.416	0.366
2024	0.369	0.316	0.312	0.348
2023	0.344	0.356	0.365	0.340
2022	0.394	0.344	0.342	0.369
2021	0.331	0.392	0.397	0.358
2020	0.374	0.431	0.438	0.385
2019	0.290	0.434	0.346	0.429

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
2025	15	58	8	16	2	0	2	8	0	6	18	0.276	0.364	0.414	0.777
2024	16	56	9	8	1	0	3	8	1	8	9	0.143	0.246	0.321	0.568
2023	3	12	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.417	0.417	0.667	1.083
2022	4	16	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.188	0.176	0.312	0.489
2021	12	44	6	11	2	0	3	4	0	8	8	0.250	0.365	0.500	0.865
2020	18	69	7	14	4	0	2	13	0	6	24	0.203	0.267	0.348	0.614
2019	4	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0.077	0.250	0.077	0.327
Career	72	268	33	58	12	1	10	37	1	31	67	0.216	0.300	0.381	0.681