Josh Smith's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith is drawing out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Globe Life Field. Adolis Garcia will serve as the designated hitter and will bat cleanup, while Travis Jankowski makes the start in right field and will hit eighth against Pirates right-hander Domingo German. Due to injuries, mainly Josh Jung's broken wrist suffered early in the year, Smith has played in a career-high 119 games in 2024 in his third year in the big leagues. He's currently hitting .266/.355/.416 with a .771 OPS, 12 home runs, 51 RBI and eight stolen bases and has been a pleasant surprise for an overall disappointing Rangers team after they won their first-ever World Series last fall. While Smith has been a bright spot, the 27-year-old has struggled in the second half, hitting .198 (23-for-116) with two homers, four doubles, 11 RBI, three steals and 28 K's in 29 games.

Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith was 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI as Texas beat Houston 4-2. The 26-year-old continued his surprising year with another big game as he brought his season totals to 10 homers and 40 RBI to go with a .293 batting average. Smith has come into an everyday role due to an injury to Josh Jung, but he may force his way into staying in the lineup even when Jung returns. The sweet-swinging lefty has rewarded fantasy managers in a big way so far this season.

Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith (glute) is back at third base and is hitting third for the Rangers in Sunday's series finale against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays and right-hander Zack Littell. Smith missed the last two games with recurring glute tightness but will be back to close out the series against the Rays. The 26-year-old former second-round pick of the New York Yankees in 2019 out of LSU has really taken advantage of increased playing time at the hot corner in Texas this year after regular third baseman Josh Jung fractured his wrist early in the season. Smith will return to a .293/.386/.451 slash line with an .837 OPS, seven home runs, 34 RBI, four steals and 40 runs scored. He's currently riding a four-game hitting streak, going 6-for-16 (.375) with a double, two RBI and two runs scored.

Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith (glute) is once again out of the starting nine on Saturday as the Rangers continue a three-game set against the Tampa Bay Rays. Smith was left out of Friday's lineup due to hamstring tightness. Fantasy managers should continue to keep a close eye on the 26-year-old's status, as he missed a handful of games in June due to the same injury. The LSU product has had a solid first half with a .293/.386/.451 slash line. As a result, Jonathan Ornelas will man the hot corner this afternoon and bat in the nine-hole. Ornelas, who has appeared in only 13 major league games over the past two seasons, went 2-for-3 Friday evening but is best to be faded in DFS this afternoon as he will face Tampa Bay right-hander Taj Bradley. Bradley has posted a dominant 1.24 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, and an 11:40 BB:K ratio over his past five starts.

Texas Rangers infielder Josh Smith (glute) is out of the starting lineup ahead of Friday's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. This is the same issue that sidelined Smith for some time in June. The 26-year-old is hopeful to only miss a few games, but we'll wait and see what happens. This season Smith is slashing .293/.386/.451 with seven home runs and 34 RBI in 83 games. He has been a nice surprise for them, so hopefully Smith won't miss too much time. Jonathan Ornelas will draw the start at third base and bat ninth against right-hander Shane Baz.