Nick Fortes
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 198LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 4, #117, Miami Marlins | Ole Miss
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 240 217 41 50 9 5 .230 .304 .392 .696
2023 323 294 33 60 6 4 .204 .263 .299 .562
2024 74 70 3 9 1 0 .129 .164 .200 .364
4 Seasons 671 612 83 128 20 10 .209 .271 .340 .611
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .230 9 5 .696
2023 .204 6 4 .562
2024 .129 1 0 .364
4 Seasons .209 20 10 .611
MLB Percentile Rankings
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Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2021 24 133 23 5 21.7 14.7 91.3 107.5 24.0 43.5 .264 .559 .426 .375 .464 52.2 23.5 8.8
2022 25 850 172 12 7.0 5.0 89.3 108.4 15.4 30.2 .249 .398 .308 .319 .353 37.8 18.8 7.5
2023 26 1129 240 9 3.8 2.8 88.2 108.5 13.9 27.1 .214 .328 .251 .266 .288 35.0 18.3 5.3
2024 27 247 62 1 1.6 1.4 85.1 107.8 11.3 25.8 .221 .283 .166 .239 .251 27.4 12.2 2.7
Player 2359 497 27 5.4 4.0 88.3 108.5 14.6 28.8 .230 .359 .271 .288 .314 35.8 18.0 6.0
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.5 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .368 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 30.4 30.4 17.4 21.7 43.5 34.8 21.7 4.3 21.7 30.4 13.0 8.7 21.7 14.7
2022 39.5 29.1 20.3 11.0 40.7 33.1 26.2 1.7 28.5 31.4 25.0 5.2 7.0 5.0
2023 46.3 25.0 17.9 10.8 40.8 36.7 22.5 3.3 35.4 30.4 20.8 5.8 3.8 2.8
2024 53.2 12.9 21.0 12.9 45.2 37.1 17.7 8.1 43.5 25.8 21.0 0.0 1.6 1.4
Player 44.1 25.2 19.1 11.7 41.4 35.4 23.1 3.4 33.4 30.2 21.9 5.0 5.4 4.0
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 -1 63 25.5 13 .154 .462 .250 10.7 7.7 6.7 .341 .490 .359 33.3
2024 Sinker -3.0 -2 56 22.7 22 .050 .050 .145 4.2 13.6 33.3 .170 .201 .211 29.4
2024 Slider 0.4 0 42 17.0 10 .200 .200 .180 17.6 10.0 11.1 .245 .300 .237 44.4
2024 Changeup -7.3 -2 29 11.7 12 .000 .000 .000 23.5 16.7 28.6 .148 .186 .144 20.0
2024 Curveball 3.5 1 21 8.5 6 .333 .500 .358 18.2 16.7 16.7 .237 .307 .236 20.0
2024 Sweeper -1.5 0 18 7.3 4 .000 .000 .175 20.0 25.0 12.5 .074 .095 .231 0.0
2024 Cutter -3.4 -1 16 6.5 6 .200 .200 .180 0.0 0.0 0.0 .349 .407 .328 16.7
2024 Slurve 1.3 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Split-Finger 73.8 1 1 0.4 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .050 .060 .045 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 287 25.4 76 .226 .419 .343 16.8 21.1 25.0 .222 .445 .346 50.0
2023 Slider -2.1 -5 228 20.2 61 .138 .207 .168 24.8 26.2 24.6 .164 .253 .195 20.9
2023 Sinker -0.1 0 208 18.4 61 .327 .364 .367 9.7 9.8 15.4 .290 .385 .311 39.2
2023 Curveball -3.0 -4 134 11.9 32 .129 .161 .145 30.2 25.0 21.6 .194 .240 .204 39.1
2023 Cutter -2.5 -2 97 8.6 32 .233 .300 .263 10.3 12.5 19.0 .231 .335 .270 38.5
2023 Changeup -4.8 -4 83 7.4 30 .143 .250 .241 8.3 6.7 10.0 .226 .300 .261 26.9
2023 Sweeper -3.3 -2 60 5.3 21 .095 .095 .086 18.2 28.6 26.1 .118 .174 .125 6.7
2023 Split-Finger -2.0 0 17 1.5 4 .250 .500 .313 0.0 25.0 16.7 .281 .366 .276 66.7
2023 Slurve 7.2 1 9 0.8 3 .500 .500 .533 0.0 0.0 0.0 .244 .278 .386 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 231 27.2 77 .212 .348 .306 19.1 19.5 23.4 .223 .417 .334 41.2
2022 Sinker -1.5 -3 206 24.2 58 .218 .400 .301 12.2 8.6 13.9 .303 .464 .350 50.0
2022 Slider 2.5 3 128 15.1 32 .385 .538 .458 32.7 28.1 18.4 .275 .345 .352 47.1
2022 Curveball -0.9 -1 99 11.6 16 .067 .267 .225 34.4 25.0 15.4 .139 .245 .198 9.1
2022 Cutter -2.7 -2 78 9.2 22 .238 .381 .298 10.5 9.1 10.0 .335 .416 .348 26.3
2022 Changeup -0.2 0 71 8.4 23 .227 .364 .245 37.5 26.1 33.3 .166 .266 .211 12.5
2022 Sweeper -1.1 0 19 2.2 5 .200 .800 .400 77.8 60.0 50.0 .252 .751 .418 100.0
2022 Split-Finger -4.9 -1 13 1.5 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 20.0 25.0 .230 .332 .248 25.0
2022 Slurve -8.5 0 3 0.4 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 -- .009 .009 .008 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 10.2 4 43 32.3 15 .385 1.077 .613 14.3 26.7 44.4 .271 .663 .428 66.7
2021 Curveball -4.1 -1 27 20.3 7 .143 .143 .129 33.3 42.9 25.0 .201 .251 .199 25.0
2021 Slider 8.0 2 22 16.5 3 .667 1.667 .967 0.0 0.0 0.0 .488 1.288 .736 66.7
2021 Sinker -6.7 -1 18 13.5 4 .000 .000 .000 10.0 25.0 25.0 .086 .172 .105 33.3
2021 Changeup -1.2 0 11 8.3 2 .000 .000 .350 60.0 0.0 0.0 .489 .553 .574 0.0
2021 Cutter -6.5 0 7 5.3 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .288 .728 .413 50.0
2021 Sweeper 33.6 1 3 2.3 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .380 .411 .344 100.0
2021 Slurve 2.9 0 2 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 34 133 5 -2 1 0 4
2022 240 850 -10 -4 4 5 -4
2023 325 1,140 -8 -23 6 4 -20
2024 74 247 -5 -2 2 1 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2021 133 51.9 59.4 92.7 25.0 50.0 38.3 32.4 42.9 19.3 15.8 81.0
2022 850 49.3 64.7 85.6 25.3 56.0 42.4 30.0 44.7 22.9 8.5 75.0
2023 1,129 50.2 65.3 87.6 25.6 68.8 40.8 34.1 45.5 16.5 8.0 81.1
2024 247 53.8 61.7 91.5 25.4 65.5 41.3 32.4 44.9 12.6 7.3 83.3
Player 2,359 50.4 64.3 87.6 25.4 62.8 41.3 32.3 45.0 18.5 8.5 79.1
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 29.7 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		Speed OAA Arm
Strength
2021 49 34
2022 44 63
2023 39 56
2024 46 39
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2021 24.7 4 4.0 0 0 0 4 100.0
2022 24.5 9 9.8 -1 2 12 1 11.1
2023 24.2 6 7.2 -1 3 6 3 50.0
2024 21.7 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
Player 24.3 20 21.9 -2 5 19 8 40.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2021 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2022 9 5 9 11 10 11 13 8 7 7 11 12 10 10 12 9 9 9 7 12 9 8 15 9 6 7 13 13 9 11 11
2023 6 5 7 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 7 9 6 6 7 7 7 6 9 9 7 9 9 8 6 6 8 8 7 8 7
2024 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 20 14 21 22 23 22 26 19 20 18 23 26 21 21 24 21 21 20 21 26 21 22 29 22 17 18 26 26 21 24 23
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2021 2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.3 89.3 -2.0 ↓ 88.2 -1.1 ↓ 85.1 -3.1 ↓
Launch Angle 24.0 15.4 -8.6 ↓ 13.9 -1.5 ↓ 11.3 -2.6 ↓
Barrel % 21.7 7.0 -14.7 ↓ 3.8 -3.2 ↓ 1.6 -2.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 52.2 37.8 -14.4 ↓ 35.0 -2.8 ↓ 27.4 -7.6 ↓
Sweet Spot % 43.5 30.2 -13.3 ↓ 27.1 -3.1 ↓ 25.8 -1.3 ↓
xBA .264 .249 -0.015 ↓ .214 -0.035 ↓ .221 0.007 ↑
BA .290 .230 -0.060 ↓ .204 -0.026 ↓ .129 -0.075 ↓
xwOBA .375 .319 -0.056 ↓ .266 -0.053 ↓ .239 -0.027 ↓
wOBA .426 .308 -0.118 ↓ .251 -0.057 ↓ .166 -0.085 ↓
xSLG .559 .398 -0.161 ↓ .328 -0.070 ↓ .283 -0.045 ↓
SLG .677 .392 -0.285 ↓ .299 -0.093 ↓ .200 -0.099 ↓
K% 23.5 18.8 -4.7 ↓ 18.3 -0.5 ↓ 12.2 -6.1 ↓
BB% 8.8 7.5 -1.3 ↓ 5.3 -2.2 ↓ 2.7 -2.6 ↓
Swing % 42.9 44.7 1.8 ↑ 45.5 0.8 ↑ 44.9 -0.6 ↓
Whiff% 19.3 22.9 3.6 ↑ 16.5 -6.4 ↓ 12.6 -3.9 ↓
In Zone % 51.9 49.3 -2.6 ↓ 50.2 0.9 ↑ 53.8 3.6 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.1 50.7 2.6 ↑ 49.8 -0.9 ↓ 46.2 -3.6 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.3 0.3 ↑ 25.6 0.3 ↑ 25.4 -0.2 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 30.0 -2.4 ↓ 34.1 4.1 ↑ 32.4 -1.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 56.7 -10.9 ↓ 62.2 5.5 ↑ 66.2 4.0 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts R 34 5 14.7 .377 .715
2022 Shifts R 239 32 13.4 .316 .264
2023 Shades R 323 11 3.4 .253 .176
2024 Shades R 74 0 0.0 .166
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2021 50 19.1 10.0% 2.0% 17 20.3 0.0% 0.0%
2022 243 17.7 27.2% 0.8% 157 22.4 3.2% 5.1%
2023 313 15.0 50.5% 0.0% 196 18.6 3.6% 0.5%
2024 73 14.6 58.9% 0.0% 34 17.9 5.9% 0.0%
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