Josh Smith
TEX · 2B
Contact hitter: 13% K rate, 15.83% barrel rate, minimal power.
Everything you need to know about Josh Smith before you bet. He's gone over his hits line 54% of the time across 13 tracked games. Compare home run, hits, and total bases odds across 8 sportsbooks below.
How is Josh Smith performing?
Josh Smith is a contact-oriented hitter through 30 games with a 13% strikeout rate and 11.78% whiff rate, both well below league norms. His 15.83% barrel rate shows solid contact quality, but a .058 ISO and 3.33% home-run rate indicate limited power production. The absence of stolen bases (0% SB rate) means his value hinges entirely on getting on base and moving runners via hits rather than speed or slugging.
Performance summary as of week of May 4, 2026
Hits Over Rate
54%
7 of 13 games
HR Over Rate
—
No data yet
TB Over Rate
67%
Top 5%8 of 12 games
Hits Over Rate — How often he goes over his hits line. Shows how reliable he is for hits props.
HR Over Rate — How often he goes over his home run line. Higher = he hits for power consistently.
TB Over Rate — How often he goes over his total bases line. Combines hits + extra-base power.
Tonight's prop markets
These are the prop bets available for Josh Smith. Each card shows the over rate and game count. Click any market to compare odds across 8 sportsbooks.
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How has Josh Smith been hitting?
These are Josh Smith's Statcast numbers — the advanced metrics behind hits, home runs, and total bases. Green values are above league average.
K Rate
20.0%
Strikeout rate · league avg ~22%
Whiff %
11.0%
Swing-and-miss rate · league avg ~25%
Hard Hit %
34.2%
Pct of balls hit ≥95 mph · league avg ~36%
Barrel %
15.8%
Top 1%Highest-quality contact · league avg ~7%
HR Rate
3.3%
Home runs per AB · league avg ~3%
SLG
.312
Slugging percentage · league avg ~.420
Stats as of 2026-05-03 · extended sample through 2025-09-25
How has Josh Smith been hitting recently?
Each bar shows hits per start. The gold dashed line is the most recent posted hits line (0.5). He went over 4 of 5 times against this line.
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What are Josh Smith's prop odds tonight?▾
Josh Smith (TEX) typically has three batter prop markets posted: hits, home runs, and total bases. Each prop page on OddsGuy compares the live line and price across 8 sportsbooks (DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics, Bovada, and Pinnacle) and highlights the best available price.
How has Josh Smith been hitting recently?▾
Over his last 13 tracked games, Josh Smith has gone over his hits line 54% of the time, and over his total-bases line 67% of the time. The prop pages above show every settled game with the line, actual outcome, and book context.
Where can I bet on Josh Smith props?▾
Josh Smith props are posted at the major US sportsbooks — DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, BetRivers, Fanatics — and offshore at Pinnacle and Bovada. The prop pages above compare live pricing across all 8 books so you can find the best number.
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Josh Smith — TEX 2B Hits over rate: 54% (last 13 games) TB over rate: 67% (last 12 games) K rate: 20% (league avg ~22%) Whiff rate: 11% (league avg ~25%) Hard-hit rate: 34.2% (league avg ~36%) Barrel rate: 15.8% (league avg ~7%) HR rate: 3.3% (league avg ~3%) SLG: 0.312 (league avg ~.420) Stats as of: 2026-05-03