Josh Smith
Round Rock Express · No. 8 · 2B

Josh Smith

5' 9", 172 lbs·Age 28·Bats L / Throws R
↓ ColdL4 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2022–2026 · 1,212 batted balls
2026 · 32 G
.218
AVG
.565
OPS
0
HR
6
RBI
24
H
13
BB
24
SO
2
SB
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Career Highs
.731
Best OPS · 2024
13
Most HR · 2024
62
Most RBI · 2024
.258
Best AVG · 2024
Career Arc · OPS
5 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 8410002.230
Jul 7510001.229
Jul 5410000.230
Jul 4400001.229
Jun 18410002.218
Jun 16410000.216
May 3320010.217
May 2420000.202
Apr 28400002.193
Apr 26210020.208

Career · Batting

5 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
202273213216
202390195615
20241495231362
20251444951035
20264012218
Career496154832136
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

1,210 BBE · 2022–2026 · 86.6 mph avg EV · 5.0% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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