OVERALL GRADE
C Major-League Average
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PLAYER PROFILE
Josh Smith
Second Base • Third Base • Left Field • Designated Hitter • First Base • Right Field • Toronto Blue Jays
Bats:
Left
Throws:
Right
Age:
29
Height:
5' 9"
Weight:
172 lbs
COMPLETE BASEBALL EVALUATION
Player IQ
A role-aware evaluation of performance, history, durability, defensive responsibility, athletic value, decision-making proxies, and winning situational impact.
OVERALL PLAYER IQ
75 Out of 100BASEBALL ROLE
Second Base
2B · Toronto Blue Jays
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
COMPLETE PLAYER READ
The evaluation on Josh Smith
Josh Smith currently grades as a major-league average baseball player in the Baseball IQ 4.3 model. The strongest supported category is Defense, Range and Arm Context (92/100), while Situational and Winning Impact (75/100) is the clearest current improvement area. Recent official form is rising, and the final evaluation combines production, role, history, durability, decision-making proxies, defense, athletic value, and situational impact.
WHAT THE MODEL USES
- Official current production and league context
- Career excellence, experience, awards and postseason history
- Durability and workload history
- Verified defensive and multi-position usage
- Baserunning and athletic-performance proxies
- Role-specific decisions, pitch recognition, command and pitchability proxies
- Situational and recent-form evidence
STRONGEST VERIFIED AREAS
- Defense, Range and Arm Context
- Position and Role Value
- Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
- Durability
- Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
- Situational and Winning Impact
CATEGORY BREAKDOWN
Why the overall evaluation landed here
Last-X-games OPS (.684) is compared with the full-season OPS (.611).
Current Baseball Value
75
18th percentile context
Built from official MLB percentile context for OPS, OBP, SLG, average, power, and run creation.
Career Knowledge and Proven Impact
75
Career history includes 536 games, 380 hits, 37 home runs and verified postseason context. Official recognition includes 0 elite awards and 2 major awards or championship records across 5 supported entries. No verified MLB postseason hitting sample was available.
Consistency
75
Built from official game logs by comparing each appearance with the player's own per-game baseline.
Development Trend
75
Last-X-games OPS (.684) is compared with the full-season OPS (.611).
Position and Role Value
86
Based on the official primary role/position (2B) plus verified multi-position usage.
Durability
75
Built from official workload: 80 games and 243 plate appearances.
Hitting Decisions and Pitch Recognition
75
35th percentile context
Uses official walk rate, strikeout rate, and on-base context to explain how often the hitter controls plate appearances.
Defense, Range and Arm Context
92
Built from official fielding positions, innings, and verified multi-position usage.
Athleticism and Baserunning Decisions
76
Uses official stolen-base volume, success rate, and triples as a public baserunning proxy.
Situational and Winning Impact
75
Compares the official RISP OPS (.564) with the full-season OPS (.611).
Accuracy safeguard — IQDugout does not invent Leadership and clubhouse impact, Confidence and mental toughness, Unpublished private scouting measurements, Private clubhouse and leadership evaluations when verified evidence is unavailable. Those areas remain clearly labeled rather than receiving false precision.
DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT
MiLB Intelligence
READINESS
Minor-League Assignment
The official assignment is Major League Baseball. IQDugout displays the assignment as development context, not as an MLB-readiness grade.
CALL-UP OUTLOOK
Not Determined
Level alone cannot support an individual call-up judgment. Performance, health, roster status, role fit, and organization need would also have to be evaluated.
PROJECTION
Second Baseman
This is the player's currently listed role or position context, not a prediction of a future MLB role.
DEVELOPMENT RISK
Not Graded
Development risk is not graded from league level or draft year alone.
Ceiling is withheld until supported player-specific scouting or performance evidence is available.
Floor is withheld because a league assignment does not establish a player's likely outcome.
Organization rank: Unavailable from current official MLB data
No exact or broad ETA is shown without supported individual performance, development, health, and roster evidence.
DEVELOPMENT TREND
Development Assignment
The current official assignment is Major League Baseball. Assignment level is factual context and is not treated as proof of promotion readiness.
IMPROVEMENT AREAS
- Evaluate sustained performance with level and age context
- Review role fit, health, roster status, and organization need
SCOUT REPORT
No official prospect blurb is available from the current data source. Public data confirm a Major League Baseball assignment and a listed second baseman context only. IQDugout is not inferring MLB readiness, ceiling, floor, risk, or ETA from the player's level.
2026 HITTING
Hitting Statistics
AVG
.203
Would rank #134
Top 99% vs qualifiers
Hits divided by at-bats.
OBP
.290
Would rank #124
Top 92% vs qualifiers
Rate of reaching via a hit, walk, or hit-by-pitch in official OBP opportunities.
SLG
.321
Would rank #133
Top 99% vs qualifiers
Total bases per at-bat.
OPS
.611
Would rank #136
Top 100% vs qualifiers
On-base percentage plus slugging percentage.
HR
6
#294 MLB
Top 44%
RBI
15
#389 MLB
Top 59%
H
43
#352 MLB
Top 53%
SB
4
#209 MLB
Top 31%
VERIFIED CAREER CONTEXT
Player Career Hub
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UNDERSTAND THE PLAYER
Scout Report
ARCHETYPE
Second Base
Available current-season rate statistics are compared directionally with the qualified MLB hitter pool. These are not official rankings.
DATA CONFIDENCE
Moderate confidence
Compared with qualified MLB hitters, but this is not an official qualified ranking.
STRENGTHS
Verified indicators
- Multi-Position Experience
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Areas to monitor
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Batting Average Production Directional comparison
Why: Directional comparison (243 PA across 80 games): .203 AVG would place #134 against 135 qualified MLB hitters (1st percentile). This is not an official rank.
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Slugging Production Directional comparison
Why: Directional comparison (243 PA across 80 games): .321 SLG would place #133 against 135 qualified MLB hitters (1st percentile). This is not an official rank.
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On-Base Production Directional comparison
Why: Directional comparison (243 PA across 80 games): .290 OBP would place #124 against 135 qualified MLB hitters (8th percentile). This is not an official rank.
VERSATILITY
Broad multi-position usage
- Primary role or position
- Second Base
- Position / role entries
- 6
- Verified secondary positions
- Third Base, Left Field, Designated Hitter, First Base, Right Field
This report summarizes available 2026 MLB statistics and official position information and available season usage. Non-qualified comparisons are directional, not official leaderboard ranks. Percentiles are calculated by IQDugout from official MLB comparison pools. Confidence reflects sample size, qualification, and supported comparison coverage. Versatility labels summarize verified position usage and are not league benchmarks. This is a current-data evaluation, not a projection.