Josh Smith 2026 Rangers · 2B · bats L · throws R · 138 PA
Grade
Contact Quality: 27th percentile Power: 8th percentile Discipline: 75th percentile Contact: 73rd percentile Hard Contact: 20th percentile F 27th percentile contact quality
Patient Contact Works counts and puts the ball in play; modest slug.
Gets on base by working the count Josh Smith walks at a near-elite clip — better than 75% of qualified hitters. The contact is soft, though — only 20% of qualified hitters hit the ball with less authority.
Each spoke is a skill estimate adjusted for sample size — not raw season stats — so farther out = better. Percentiles vs. 463 qualified hitters. Data through 2026-07-09. Plays like… Same archetype, nearest by rate — the hitters whose profile looks most like this one.
What drives it What drives it Every plate appearance ends one of three ways: a strikeout (0 bases), a walk (1 base), or a ball in play worth its estimated bases. The bar splits his value into those pieces, versus the league. More bases is better. In the table, 100th percentile = best in MLB.
Bases per plate appearance
Josh Smith League Percentile Bases per ball in play(higher = better) .435 .507 27th Walk rate(higher = better) 10% 8% 75th Strikeout rate(fewer = better) 19% 23% 73rd
How he hits Hits it to Pull most often, and does the most damage to Center.
Best batted balls Where every ball Josh Smith put in play landed this season. Dots are colored by estimated bases (EB) — pale slate (easy out) to dark teal (home-run territory). Filled dots are hits; hollow rings are outs — a dark ring in the outfield is a crushed ball that got caught.Hover a dot or a row to link the two; click to watch on Baseball Savant.
Contact & results 2026 · 88 balls in play What kind of contact he makes, and what it turns into. Top bar: his contact mix (grounders, liners, fly balls, pop-ups). Each sits over the thin league-average bar. Below, the rates he puts up — each dot is his mark, the dashed line league median, the teal tick league’s best. Further right is better. Hover or tab any bar or dot for exact values. Starred rows (*) are approximate.
OPS*
.610
lg .697 best 1.033
BABIP
.276
lg .286 best .491
* Approximate: sacrifice flies and bunts aren't distinguishable in our data, so every ball in play counts as an at-bat. Slightly off official figures.
Best games Best games His best games this season by estimated bases.
Trends Multi-season trends · Josh Smith Seasons 2026 week by week
Trending down: overall production, power
EB/PAi ▼ declining declining vs last season — Producing less per plate appearance than last season ↓ CSV Estimated bases per plate appearance — higher = more offensive value
HR%i ▼ declining declining vs last season — Hitting home runs less often than last season ↓ CSV Home runs per plate appearance — higher = more power
BB%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Walks per plate appearance — higher = more plate discipline
K%i — steady steady vs last season — About the same as last season ↓ CSV Strikeouts per plate appearance — lower = better contact
