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Los Angeles Angels · Left Field

Josh
Lowe

LF · #15 Age 27 · Bats L / Throws R · 6'4" 205 lbs Addresses a Real Need
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2026 Spring
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2026 Spring
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2026 Spring
LHB
Balance
Fixes lineup
3-team
Trade
From Tampa
B−
Grade
Four Seasons
No Breakout
🌵 2026 Spring Training — Updated Nightly
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OBP
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Career Statistics
YearGAVGOBPSLGOPSHRRBIWAR
202266.221.291.356.6478290.4
2023124.234.313.406.71917561.5
2024117.245.319.432.75118602.1
2025128.238.304.398.70215551.3
2026 ST

The Lineup Needed a Left-Handed Bat. He Is That.

The Angels' lineup has been chronically right-handed for years — a predictable, one-dimensional attack that opposing managers can neutralize with a single left-handed reliever in a late-inning situation. Josh Lowe fixes that problem. A left-handed hitter with legitimate power (18 HR in 2024) and above-average athleticism, acquired via a three-team trade from Tampa Bay.

Lowe has never put together a true breakout season, and that is the honest caveat. Four MLB seasons, four times finishing between 1.3 and 2.1 WAR — solid, useful, never dominant. The tools are there: he can run, he can cover ground in left field, and he has shown the ability to punish right-handed pitching.

Suzuki needs to commit to him in left field and let him play. Lowe has been a solid regular on every team he has played for — the issue is getting enough consistent at-bats to find a rhythm. Give him a defined role, run him against righties, and see if the 2024 version shows up.

The spring stats are early noise, but the approach in the box — the kind of patient, left-handed at-bat that makes late-inning lineup matchups complicated — is exactly what this lineup has been missing. At 27, he is entering his prime. The Angels are counting on him to stay healthy and be the left-side answer they acquired him to be.