Brett Nicholas
C | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 2" 220LBS | Age: 35
Draft: 2010 | Rd: 6, #196, Texas Rangers | Missouri
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 45 40 5 11 2 0 .275 .356 .550 .906
2017 65 63 7 15 2 0 .238 .262 .397 .659
2 Seasons 110 103 12 26 4 0 .252 .300 .456 .756
AVG HR SB OPS
2016 .275 2 0 .906
2017 .238 2 0 .659
2 Seasons .252 4 0 .756
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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%
2016 27 185 31 2 6.5 4.4 86.9 106.5 16.5 35.5 .200 .373 .383 .293 .312 25.8 20.0 8.9
2017 28 225 50 0 0.0 0.0 85.5 107.4 13.1 38.0 .244 .363 .279 .273 .327 28.0 20.0 3.1
Player 410 81 2 2.5 1.8 86.1 107.4 14.4 37.0 .227 .367 .322 .281 .322 27.2 20.0 5.5
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 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
2016 32.3 38.7 25.8 3.2 22.6 51.6 25.8 6.5 25.8 38.7 16.1 6.5 6.5 4.4
2017 42.0 22.0 30.0 6.0 34.0 30.0 36.0 8.0 28.0 24.0 28.0 12.0 0.0 0.0
Player 38.3 28.4 28.4 4.9 29.6 38.3 32.1 7.4 27.2 29.6 23.5 9.9 2.5 1.8
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 %
2017 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 93 41.3 23 .333 .476 .380 16.0 21.7 26.3 .305 .423 .346 37.5
2017 Sinker -2.1 -1 52 23.1 14 .286 .357 .282 21.2 0.0 0.0 .252 .409 .281 28.6
2017 Slider -0.8 0 36 16.0 11 .182 .182 .164 29.6 27.3 16.7 .230 .266 .215 25.0
2017 Changeup 13.5 3 23 10.2 9 .222 .889 .444 42.9 22.2 33.3 .111 .329 .179 28.6
2017 Curveball -8.1 -1 15 6.7 5 .000 .000 .000 37.5 40.0 40.0 .257 .316 .249 0.0
2017 Cutter -9.1 0 5 2.2 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 33.3 33.3 .220 .267 .222 0.0
2017 Split-Finger 4.7 0 1 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2016 45 185 1 0 1 1 2
2017 65 225 3 -4 1 1 0
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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 %
2016 185 46.5 58.1 74.0 31.3 61.3 41.6 15.6 43.8 30.9 5.4 70.0
2017 225 53.3 72.5 80.5 45.7 66.7 46.2 29.2 60.0 24.4 10.2 73.9
Player 410 50.2 66.5 78.1 38.7 64.6 44.1 23.6 52.7 26.9 8.0 72.7
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
2016 49 21
2017 56 15
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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 22.8 2 0.4 2 3 0 0 0.0
2017 24.0 2 1.9 0 0 2 0 0.0
Player 23.4 4 2.3 2 3 2 0 0.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2017 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 4 2 0 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 2 2 2 4 2 2 2
! 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 2016 2017 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.9 85.5 -1.4 ↓
Launch Angle 16.5 13.1 -3.4 ↓
Barrel % 6.5 0.0 -6.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 25.8 28.0 2.2 ↑
Sweet Spot % 35.5 38.0 2.5 ↑
xBA .200 .244 0.044 ↑
BA .275 .238 -0.037 ↓
xwOBA .293 .273 -0.020 ↓
wOBA .383 .279 -0.104 ↓
xSLG .373 .363 -0.010 ↓
SLG .550 .397 -0.153 ↓
K% 20.0 20.0 0.0
BB% 8.9 3.1 -5.8 ↓
Swing % 43.8 60.0 16.2 ↑
Whiff% 30.9 24.4 -6.5 ↓
In Zone % 46.5 53.3 6.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 53.5 46.7 -6.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 31.3 45.7 14.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 15.6 29.2 13.6 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 48.9 61.5 12.6 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts L 42 8 19.0 .388 .196
2017 Shifts L 64 14 21.9 .286 .276
! 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 %
2016 62 18.3 16.1% 4.8% 31 22.0 3.2% 12.9%
2017 52 16.7 21.2% 1.9% 29 24.4 0.0% 17.2%
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