Nick Franklin
2B | Bats/Throws: S/R | 6' 1" 190LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2009 | Rd: 1, #27, Seattle Mariners | Lake Brantley HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 191 174 18 47 6 6 .270 .328 .443 .771
2017 119 106 9 19 2 2 .179 .269 .283 .552
2018 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
6 Seasons 923 833 83 178 24 17 .214 .285 .359 .644
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .270 6 6 .771
2017 .179 2 2 .552
2018 .000 0 0 .000
6 Seasons .214 24 17 .644
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Hits Spray Chart

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%
2015 24 432 65 5 7.7 4.6 85.9 106.6 16.3 38.5 .181 .332 .228 .251 .351 24.6 33.9 6.4
2016 25 704 134 7 5.2 3.7 88.0 106.7 17.3 34.3 .222 .346 .331 .276 .319 29.1 22.0 6.3
2017 26 476 84 2 2.4 1.7 83.6 106.7 7.2 39.3 .255 .371 .250 .313 .334 31.0 18.5 8.4
2018 27 8 2 0 0.0 0.0 85.7 86.0 -16.5 0.0 .081 .093 .000 .081 .081 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 1620 285 14 4.9 3.3 86.2 106.7 13.8 36.5 .220 .348 .280 .279 .329 28.4 24.0 6.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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
2015 33.8 24.6 30.8 10.8 24.6 46.2 29.2 7.7 27.7 30.8 18.5 4.6 7.7 4.6
2016 39.6 29.1 20.1 11.2 40.3 34.3 24.6 1.5 23.1 36.6 28.4 3.0 5.2 3.7
2017 48.8 15.5 28.6 7.1 39.3 38.1 22.6 13.1 31.0 21.4 26.2 6.0 2.4 1.7
2018 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 41.4 23.9 24.9 9.8 36.8 37.9 24.9 6.3 27.0 30.5 25.3 4.2 4.9 3.3
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 %
2018 Cutter -1.5 0 4 50.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -13.4 0 2 25.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .063 .076 .058 0.0
2018 Sinker -45.7 0 1 12.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .098 .111 .103 0.0
2018 Changeup 4.3 0 1 12.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 4-Seam Fastball -0.6 -1 163 34.2 41 .176 .294 .309 21.6 12.2 12.2 .289 .454 .379 34.5
2017 Sinker -1.1 -1 117 24.6 37 .200 .314 .247 16.4 13.5 25.0 .306 .454 .344 33.3
2017 Slider 0.5 0 58 12.2 11 .222 .333 .323 42.9 36.4 17.4 .124 .188 .232 20.0
2017 Curveball -1.1 -1 54 11.3 9 .111 .111 .178 42.9 44.4 28.6 .134 .151 .200 40.0
2017 Changeup -2.5 -1 41 8.6 11 .091 .091 .164 0.0 0.0 0.0 .201 .244 .188 18.2
2017 Cutter 5.3 2 31 6.5 8 .286 .571 .400 35.7 37.5 37.5 .281 .324 .317 25.0
2017 Split-Finger 2.6 0 5 1.1 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sweeper 8.9 0 4 0.8 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 25.0 -- -- .350 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2013 407 1,669 -5 -9 8 5 -2
2014 87 344 -2 -8 1 2 -7
2015 109 432 -5 -6 1 2 -8
2016 190 700 0 -5 5 5 5
2017 119 473 -4 -4 4 2 -1
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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 %
2015 432 47.0 74.4 67.5 31.9 52.1 47.0 34.9 51.9 37.1 5.6 87.5
2016 704 52.7 70.9 81.0 25.8 61.6 43.3 37.7 49.6 22.9 9.1 79.7
2017 476 46.8 67.6 83.3 19.0 52.1 42.0 26.9 41.8 23.1 7.4 82.9
2018 8 50.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 -- 12.5 50.0 50.0 0.0 12.5 100.0
Player 1,620 49.4 71.0 78.2 25.3 56.0 43.8 34.0 47.9 26.9 7.7 82.3
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 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
2015 51 58
2016 50 53
2017 51 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 %
2016 23.4 6 4.8 1 4 3 2 33.3
2017 21.3 2 1.5 1 1 2 0 0.0
Player 22.9 8 6.3 2 5 5 2 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 6 5 3 7 5 5 5 6 4 4 4 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 7 6 4 5 4 8 5 5 4
2017 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0
Player 8 7 4 9 7 7 7 7 4 5 6 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 8 8 6 6 5 10 7 7 4
! 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 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.9 88.0 2.1 83.6 -4.4 85.7 2.1
Launch Angle 16.3 17.3 1.0 7.2 -10.1 -16.5 -23.7
Barrel % 7.7 5.2 -2.5 2.4 -2.8 0.0 -2.4
Hard Hit % 24.6 29.1 4.5 31.0 1.9 0.0 -31.0
Sweet Spot % 38.5 34.3 -4.2 39.3 5.0 0.0 -39.3
xBA .181 .222 0.041 .255 0.033 .081 -0.174
BA .158 .270 0.112 .179 -0.091 .000 -0.179
xwOBA .251 .276 0.025 .313 0.037 .081 -0.232
wOBA .228 .331 0.103 .250 -0.081 .000 -0.250
xSLG .332 .346 0.014 .371 0.025 .093 -0.278
SLG .307 .443 0.136 .283 -0.160 .000 -0.283
K% 33.9 22.0 -11.9 18.5 -3.5 0.0 -18.5
BB% 6.4 6.3 -0.1 8.4 2.1 0.0 -8.4
Swing % 51.9 49.6 -2.3 41.8 -7.8 50.0 8.2
Whiff% 37.1 22.9 -14.2 23.1 0.2 0.0 -23.1
In Zone % 47.0 52.7 5.7 46.8 -5.9 50.0 3.2
Out of Zone % 53.0 47.3 -5.7 53.2 5.9 50.0 -3.2
Out of Zone Swing % 31.9 25.8 -6.1 19.0 -6.8 0.0 -19.0
First Pitch Swing % 34.9 37.7 2.8 26.9 -10.8 50.0 23.1
First Pitch Strike % 56.0 64.9 8.9 56.3 -8.6 50.0 -6.3
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 148 61 41.2 .324 .414
2016 Shifts R 39 1 2.6 .217 1.242
2017 Shifts L 103 25 24.3 .288 .289
2017 Shifts R 16 0 0.0 .000
2018 Shifts L 2 0 0.0 .000
! 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 %
2013 525 16.0 36.0% 2.9% 297 22.1 1.7% 9.8%
2014 79 16.8 26.6% 1.3% 63 22.5 1.6% 9.5%
2015 96 16.3 34.4% 4.2% 83 22.0 7.2% 19.3%
2016 179 17.8 29.1% 3.4% 126 23.5 5.6% 19.0%
2017 159 17.4 30.2% 1.9% 80 23.1 1.3% 11.3%
2018 4 16.6 25.0% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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