Nick Ahmed
SS | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 201LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #85, Atlanta Braves | Connecticut
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 54 52 7 12 3 0 .231 .259 .442 .701
2023 210 198 14 42 2 5 .212 .257 .303 .560
2024 3 3 0 2 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667
11 Seasons 3,166 2,900 344 680 70 41 .234 .288 .377 .665
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .231 3 0 .701
2023 .212 2 5 .560
2024 .667 0 0 1.667
11 Seasons .234 70 41 .665
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 25 1645 348 6 1.7 1.3 86.0 107.2 12.4 26.4 .217 .306 .276 .259 .285 22.4 17.6 6.3
2016 26 1045 231 6 2.6 1.9 87.1 106.7 9.2 29.4 .234 .338 .245 .270 .309 29.0 18.8 4.9
2017 27 625 128 3 2.3 1.7 84.7 104.6 9.9 35.2 .235 .340 .300 .266 .320 24.2 21.9 5.6
2018 28 2124 413 21 5.1 3.7 86.9 106.2 11.9 36.3 .240 .373 .300 .292 .331 30.0 19.3 7.1
2019 29 2357 456 30 6.6 4.8 87.8 108.3 7.6 35.7 .256 .422 .315 .321 .357 34.0 18.1 8.3
2020 30 832 153 8 5.2 3.7 87.7 107.7 9.4 30.1 .247 .377 .318 .304 .350 33.3 21.2 8.3
2021 31 1777 333 8 2.4 1.7 87.2 109.5 10.1 27.9 .208 .290 .269 .249 .283 27.9 22.0 7.2
2022 32 211 37 2 5.4 3.7 86.9 104.9 4.4 32.4 .191 .292 .302 .227 .294 32.4 27.8 3.7
2023 33 776 146 4 2.7 1.9 85.2 108.4 12.8 32.9 .226 .325 .247 .263 .322 31.5 24.8 5.7
Player 11392 2245 88 3.9 2.8 86.9 109.5 10.2 31.9 .233 .350 .287 .281 .320 29.3 20.0 6.9
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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 48.6 20.7 23.3 7.5 40.2 36.2 23.6 3.2 34.5 25.9 22.1 4.9 1.7 1.3
2016 49.8 17.3 25.5 7.4 37.7 36.8 25.1 2.2 39.8 25.1 25.1 3.5 2.6 1.9
2017 47.7 20.3 24.2 7.8 39.1 36.7 24.2 10.2 29.7 25.8 28.9 3.1 2.3 1.7
2018 41.6 24.5 27.4 6.5 34.6 39.0 25.7 4.4 31.7 27.4 24.9 5.8 5.1 3.7
2019 48.5 22.8 24.3 4.4 33.6 41.7 24.8 3.5 37.9 22.6 23.5 5.5 6.6 4.8
2020 51.6 15.0 26.1 7.2 49.7 35.9 14.4 3.9 40.5 22.2 21.6 5.2 5.2 3.7
2021 49.2 21.6 21.6 7.5 38.7 37.2 24.0 4.5 37.5 28.8 22.2 4.5 2.4 1.7
2022 56.8 27.0 13.5 2.7 45.9 32.4 21.6 2.7 43.2 16.2 21.6 10.8 5.4 3.7
2023 43.2 21.9 26.0 8.9 36.3 39.0 24.7 6.8 28.1 27.4 26.7 6.8 2.7 1.9
Player 47.4 21.4 24.5 6.7 37.8 38.2 23.9 4.2 35.5 25.5 23.9 5.1 3.9 2.8
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.9 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 %
2023 4-Seam Fastball -2.0 -6 286 36.9 72 .185 .262 .243 26.7 27.8 24.7 .214 .320 .273 40.0
2023 Slider -2.5 -3 114 14.7 32 .161 .194 .202 24.6 28.1 23.7 .219 .290 .237 31.8
2023 Changeup -0.1 0 96 12.4 21 .200 .250 .188 31.0 14.3 9.1 .232 .257 .240 17.6
2023 Sinker -0.5 -1 95 12.2 32 .345 .448 .380 8.2 6.3 14.3 .262 .396 .320 37.0
2023 Curveball 0.6 0 80 10.3 30 .233 .400 .234 40.8 36.7 28.9 .235 .287 .228 21.1
2023 Cutter -6.1 -4 61 7.9 10 .000 .000 .000 30.3 20.0 16.7 .184 .325 .216 25.0
2023 Sweeper 2.1 1 33 4.3 11 .364 .636 .427 30.0 36.4 33.3 .263 .523 .332 28.6
2023 Split-Finger -6.2 0 8 1.0 2 .000 .000 .000 33.3 50.0 16.7 .065 .077 .059 0.0
2023 Slurve -0.8 0 3 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.5 0 73 34.6 15 .200 .600 .327 12.5 26.7 21.1 .175 .340 .221 36.4
2022 Slider 0.9 0 56 26.5 18 .188 .375 .289 35.5 27.8 22.7 .217 .334 .290 36.4
2022 Sinker -1.2 0 37 17.5 8 .375 .375 .338 31.8 25.0 22.2 .179 .202 .167 16.7
2022 Changeup -6.9 -2 22 10.4 9 .111 .222 .139 33.3 44.4 44.4 .150 .198 .153 40.0
2022 Curveball 16.5 1 9 4.3 2 .500 .500 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .346 .371 .311 50.0
2022 Cutter -2.1 0 6 2.8 2 .500 1.000 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .175 .307 .206 0.0
2022 Split-Finger 1.4 0 5 2.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 Slurve -0.4 0 2 0.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 Sweeper -6.6 0 1 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -6 574 32.3 165 .243 .382 .317 17.3 18.8 19.9 .208 .307 .276 28.7
2021 Slider -0.4 -2 382 21.5 96 .228 .348 .291 37.9 29.2 21.4 .216 .304 .240 27.7
2021 Sinker -2.0 -7 357 20.1 102 .198 .281 .263 17.0 13.7 19.4 .211 .280 .244 30.5
2021 Changeup -0.5 -1 170 9.6 36 .229 .429 .314 30.2 11.1 6.8 .216 .320 .245 22.6
2021 Cutter -0.9 -1 125 7.0 27 .250 .375 .317 29.9 14.8 13.8 .270 .359 .318 35.0
2021 Curveball -0.5 -1 108 6.1 27 .231 .308 .252 50.0 55.6 36.6 .122 .140 .137 18.2
2021 Sweeper -1.5 0 29 1.6 7 .143 .143 .129 36.4 42.9 25.0 .236 .279 .225 25.0
2021 Slurve -4.0 -1 20 1.1 5 .000 .000 .000 50.0 60.0 33.3 .019 .034 .023 0.0
2021 Split-Finger -6.5 -1 12 0.7 5 .000 .000 .000 42.9 40.0 40.0 .208 .252 .196 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -3 274 32.9 66 .241 .362 .314 22.0 21.2 19.2 .211 .330 .288 40.9
2020 Slider -0.2 0 186 22.4 48 .209 .349 .286 36.1 25.0 17.1 .208 .310 .272 32.3
2020 Sinker 1.5 2 135 16.2 39 .278 .361 .359 16.1 15.4 25.0 .261 .373 .308 20.0
2020 Changeup 1.5 1 90 10.8 33 .290 .484 .353 30.8 18.2 23.1 .303 .509 .367 40.0
2020 Curveball 0.5 0 70 8.4 15 .267 .333 .304 33.3 33.3 16.7 .325 .381 .312 10.0
2020 Cutter 3.6 2 50 6.0 10 .600 .700 .575 19.0 10.0 7.1 .336 .382 .321 55.6
2020 Split-Finger 13.2 2 18 2.2 3 .333 1.333 .667 66.7 66.7 40.0 .333 1.276 .641 100.0
2020 Sweeper -14.4 -1 9 1.1 3 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .030 .032 .032 0.0
2019 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 776 32.9 194 .276 .488 .379 15.4 18.6 14.9 .277 .478 .364 48.5
2019 Slider 0.0 0 466 19.8 128 .224 .405 .302 27.8 18.0 14.6 .226 .397 .282 22.4
2019 Sinker -0.3 -2 456 19.3 124 .308 .442 .385 13.0 13.7 18.5 .293 .414 .353 35.2
2019 Curveball 1.5 3 222 9.4 58 .250 .482 .336 24.7 10.3 7.4 .228 .406 .282 26.0
2019 Cutter -2.3 -5 203 8.6 58 .185 .315 .247 27.7 19.0 16.2 .273 .432 .324 32.6
2019 Changeup 0.6 1 176 7.5 47 .209 .302 .287 30.1 27.7 18.8 .195 .282 .252 16.1
2019 Split-Finger 4.3 2 39 1.7 10 .333 1.111 .615 33.3 40.0 19.0 .256 .601 .378 50.0
2019 Sweeper -5.9 -1 10 0.4 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 66.7 33.3 .133 .195 .139 0.0
2019 Slurve 0.0 0 7 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 25.0 -- -- .000 --
2018 4-Seam Fastball -1.3 -9 705 33.2 200 .208 .354 .285 14.6 16.0 15.5 .224 .365 .289 33.3
2018 Sinker -0.6 -3 452 21.3 124 .259 .500 .355 15.0 10.5 13.7 .281 .446 .334 33.7
2018 Slider 0.0 0 427 20.1 104 .219 .385 .293 44.2 29.8 22.0 .225 .351 .276 24.2
2018 Curveball 0.0 0 234 11.0 57 .278 .407 .318 33.7 24.6 17.3 .233 .328 .267 27.5
2018 Changeup 4.3 7 152 7.2 36 .306 .556 .365 29.1 22.2 15.4 .265 .371 .275 14.3
2018 Cutter -0.7 -1 122 5.7 32 .207 .345 .280 26.0 21.9 18.4 .236 .334 .289 31.8
2018 Split-Finger -2.9 0 17 0.8 3 .000 .000 .233 88.9 66.7 25.0 -- -- .233 --
2018 Sweeper 0.5 0 14 0.7 6 .200 .400 .325 50.0 33.3 50.0 .185 .235 .268 33.3
2017 4-Seam Fastball -2.6 -5 192 30.7 58 .185 .370 .281 25.3 24.1 27.5 .205 .334 .259 27.5
2017 Sinker 2.3 3 126 20.2 36 .382 .647 .454 12.3 11.1 12.1 .332 .475 .366 36.7
2017 Slider -2.5 -3 124 19.8 37 .189 .270 .200 38.6 29.7 31.4 .155 .227 .164 15.4
2017 Changeup -2.7 -2 79 12.6 22 .200 .200 .227 38.0 18.2 19.0 .227 .268 .261 0.0
2017 Curveball 0.9 1 61 9.8 8 .375 .875 .519 26.3 25.0 12.5 .369 .576 .400 50.0
2017 Cutter -0.9 0 28 4.5 10 .300 .400 .305 41.2 30.0 30.0 .212 .249 .197 14.3
2017 Split-Finger 25.7 1 5 0.8 1 1.000 2.000 1.250 0.0 0.0 0.0 .480 .569 .489 100.0
2017 Sweeper 18.4 1 5 0.8 2 .500 .500 .450 33.3 0.0 0.0 .507 .593 .480 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2014 75 255 -4 -1 0 1 -4
2015 458 1,641 -7 -12 5 4 -10
2016 305 1,035 -13 -18 5 4 -23
2017 174 620 -5 -5 4 1 -5
2018 562 2,123 0 -29 15 7 -6
2019 623 2,355 -12 -16 18 10 -1
2020 217 832 4 -9 6 3 3
2021 470 1,777 -20 -20 15 7 -19
2022 54 211 1 -3 1 1 0
2023 210 776 -5 -13 3 3 -12
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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 1,645 48.7 64.4 84.3 32.1 58.7 43.7 32.5 47.8 22.2 6.7 75.5
2016 1,045 52.2 75.2 83.7 27.2 59.6 43.5 43.8 52.2 21.1 9.0 88.3
2017 625 47.7 71.6 82.5 34.9 50.4 44.4 34.3 52.3 28.4 5.6 85.7
2018 2,124 49.1 71.5 83.4 30.0 53.4 43.5 40.5 50.4 25.2 7.6 82.7
2019 2,357 48.6 72.4 85.6 27.9 60.4 42.2 36.9 49.5 21.3 7.4 85.7
2020 832 46.0 69.2 78.5 30.3 59.6 42.7 33.2 48.2 27.4 7.2 81.7
2021 1,777 48.2 69.8 80.9 31.5 56.6 43.3 34.2 50.0 26.7 7.2 71.1
2022 211 53.1 67.9 86.8 32.3 40.6 41.2 33.3 51.2 24.1 5.7 66.7
2023 776 50.9 66.6 77.9 33.6 57.8 43.4 36.2 50.4 26.9 7.2 76.8
Player 11,392 49.0 70.2 83.0 30.4 56.9 43.2 36.6 49.9 24.3 7.3 80.6
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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 3 6 4 14 4 12 14 12 55 8 56 35 44 33 86
2016 50 87 99
2017 41 78 95
2018 16 33 25 27 15 35 31 16 47 15 60 31 43 36 79 100
2019 39 46 36 31 40 57 36 22 59 23 71 45 71 54 79 99
2020 26 46 25 21 31 35 29 30 46 23 56 40 42 34 80 99 50
2021 1 3 1 4 1 4 6 16 65 5 45 28 36 20 70 100 48
2022 18 68 36
2023 38 69 90 13
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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 18.5 4 4.7 -1 3 2 3 75.0
2017 19.2 6 4.8 1 4 3 2 33.3
2018 19.9 16 11.8 4 13 7 6 37.5
2019 20.5 19 22.2 -3 10 18 8 42.1
2020 20.9 5 4.8 0 1 4 2 40.0
2021 21.8 5 4.8 0 1 3 3 60.0
2022 22.0 3 3.5 -1 1 3 1 33.3
2023 22.2 2 2.2 0 3 0 2 100.0
Player 20.3 60 58.9 1 36 40 27 45.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2016 4 6 3 6 4 4 5 4 3 3 5 5 6 5 4 4 3 3 7 5 5 5 6 7 5 4 4 6 7 5 3
2017 6 4 3 5 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 8 4 4 5 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 6 6 4 4 5 8 4 4 3
2018 16 18 7 10 13 12 14 8 10 7 10 16 14 8 11 14 9 10 12 16 13 14 15 12 8 9 11 15 14 15 10
2019 19 27 22 19 24 21 26 23 15 13 19 19 30 24 22 22 20 19 25 24 25 24 29 25 20 19 18 25 32 19 16
2020 5 5 5 3 3 5 5 4 3 4 4 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 3 6 6 6 4
2021 5 6 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 6 6 5 5 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 6 5 4 5
2022 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 5 4 4 4 3
2023 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Player 60 69 49 53 60 58 67 53 43 40 52 68 72 56 58 63 50 50 66 67 63 65 75 67 50 51 52 72 74 59 46
! 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 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.0 87.1 1.1 84.7 -2.4 86.9 2.2 87.8 0.9 87.7 -0.1 87.2 -0.5 86.9 -0.3 85.2 -1.7
Launch Angle 12.4 9.2 -3.2 9.9 0.7 11.9 2.0 7.6 -4.3 9.4 1.8 10.1 0.7 4.4 -5.7 12.8 8.4
Barrel % 1.7 2.6 0.9 2.3 -0.3 5.1 2.8 6.6 1.5 5.2 -1.4 2.4 -2.8 5.4 3.0 2.7 -2.7
Hard Hit % 22.4 29.0 6.6 24.2 -4.8 30.0 5.8 34.0 4.0 33.3 -0.7 27.9 -5.4 32.4 4.5 31.5 -0.9
Sweet Spot % 26.4 29.4 3.0 35.2 5.8 36.3 1.1 35.7 -0.6 30.1 -5.6 27.9 -2.2 32.4 4.5 32.9 0.5
xBA .217 .234 0.017 .235 0.001 .240 0.005 .256 0.016 .247 -0.009 .208 -0.039 .191 -0.017 .226 0.035
BA .226 .218 -0.008 .251 0.033 .234 -0.017 .254 0.020 .266 0.012 .221 -0.045 .231 0.010 .212 -0.019
xwOBA .259 .270 0.011 .266 -0.004 .292 0.026 .321 0.029 .304 -0.017 .249 -0.055 .227 -0.022 .263 0.036
wOBA .276 .245 -0.031 .300 0.055 .300 0.000 .315 0.015 .318 0.003 .269 -0.049 .302 0.033 .247 -0.055
xSLG .306 .338 0.032 .340 0.002 .373 0.033 .422 0.049 .377 -0.045 .290 -0.087 .292 0.002 .325 0.033
SLG .359 .299 -0.060 .419 0.120 .411 -0.008 .437 0.026 .402 -0.035 .339 -0.063 .442 0.103 .303 -0.139
K% 17.6 18.8 1.2 21.9 3.1 19.3 -2.6 18.1 -1.2 21.2 3.1 22.0 0.8 27.8 5.8 24.8 -3.0
BB% 6.3 4.9 -1.4 5.6 0.7 7.1 1.5 8.3 1.2 8.3 0.0 7.2 -1.1 3.7 -3.5 5.7 2.0
Swing % 47.8 52.2 4.4 52.3 0.1 50.4 -1.9 49.5 -0.9 48.2 -1.3 50.0 1.8 51.2 1.2 50.4 -0.8
Whiff% 22.2 21.1 -1.1 28.4 7.3 25.2 -3.2 21.3 -3.9 27.4 6.1 26.7 -0.7 24.1 -2.6 26.9 2.8
In Zone % 48.7 52.2 3.5 47.7 -4.5 49.1 1.4 48.6 -0.5 46.0 -2.6 48.2 2.2 53.1 4.9 50.9 -2.2
Out of Zone % 51.3 47.8 -3.5 52.3 4.5 50.9 -1.4 51.4 0.5 54.0 2.6 51.8 -2.2 46.9 -4.9 49.1 2.2
Out of Zone Swing % 32.1 27.2 -4.9 34.9 7.7 30.0 -4.9 27.9 -2.1 30.3 2.4 31.5 1.2 32.3 0.8 33.6 1.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.5 43.8 11.3 34.3 -9.5 40.5 6.2 36.9 -3.6 33.2 -3.7 34.2 1.0 33.3 -0.9 36.2 2.9
First Pitch Strike % 65.1 68.5 3.4 68.0 -0.5 65.5 -2.5 63.0 -2.5 59.0 -4.0 64.3 5.3 63.0 -1.3 68.1 5.1
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2016 Shifts R 295 6 2.0 .247 .262
2017 Shifts R 170 3 1.8 .302 .000
2018 Shifts R 562 1 0.2 .299 .880
2019 Shifts R 620 82 13.2 .319 .301
2020 Shifts R 217 55 25.3 .317 .322
2021 Shifts R 470 95 20.2 .262 .296
2022 Shifts R 54 17 31.5 .289 .329
2023 Shades R 209 22 10.5 .248 .217
! 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 %
2014 65 16.9 15.4% 0.0% 41 25.0 0.0% 9.8%
2015 480 18.9 17.9% 6.5% 259 25.6 5.0% 24.7%
2016 253 20.0 15.4% 7.5% 176 25.8 1.7% 22.2%
2017 194 17.6 19.6% 1.5% 71 23.1 0.0% 9.9%
2018 604 19.1 11.3% 4.0% 296 25.9 0.0% 18.9%
2019 635 19.8 9.9% 3.3% 357 25.3 0.0% 21.0%
2020 227 21.5 2.2% 6.6% 121 26.3 0.0% 19.0%
2021 463 20.1 6.0% 4.5% 308 25.9 0.0% 14.9%
2022 62 19.8 6.5% 6.5% 29 24.6 0.0% 6.9%
2023 217 15.4 43.3% 0.0% 111 19.1 3.6% 1.8%
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Statcast Rankings