Nick Loftin
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2020 | Rd: CB-A, #32, Kansas City Royals | Baylor
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 68 62 10 20 0 2 .323 .368 .435 .803
2024 171 148 15 28 1 1 .189 .282 .236 .518
2 Seasons 239 210 25 48 1 3 .229 .307 .295 .602
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .323 0 2 .803
2024 .189 1 1 .518
2 Seasons .229 1 3 .602
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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
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2023 24 250 51 4 7.8 5.9 86.3 107.1 10.8 31.4 .254 .357 .348 .306 .339 35.3 17.6 5.9
2024 25 626 127 4 3.1 2.3 83.6 104.9 9.9 30.7 .225 .305 .242 .283 .272 26.0 14.0 11.1
Player 876 178 8 4.5 3.3 84.4 107.1 10.1 30.9 .234 .320 .272 .289 .291 28.7 15.1 9.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 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
2023 49.0 23.5 23.5 3.9 45.1 29.4 25.5 3.9 45.1 15.7 21.6 5.9 7.8 5.9
2024 46.5 23.6 22.8 7.1 38.6 42.5 18.9 7.9 37.0 29.9 20.5 1.6 3.1 2.3
Player 47.2 23.6 23.0 6.2 40.4 38.8 20.8 6.7 39.3 25.8 20.8 2.8 4.5 3.3
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! 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 1.1 2 196 31.3 64 .235 .333 .342 6.1 12.5 15.1 .259 .407 .360 40.9
2024 Slider -1.4 -2 133 21.2 30 .192 .192 .234 35.0 23.3 16.7 .186 .219 .210 4.8
2024 Sinker -3.7 -4 105 16.8 31 .172 .207 .202 2.0 6.5 9.5 .215 .266 .246 22.2
2024 Changeup 1.4 1 54 8.6 12 .364 .364 .358 28.6 25.0 13.6 .299 .337 .312 25.0
2024 Curveball -3.5 -2 52 8.3 12 .000 .000 .117 17.6 33.3 17.4 .109 .126 .202 16.7
2024 Cutter -3.4 -1 38 6.1 14 .143 .214 .218 0.0 0.0 0.0 .240 .317 .242 28.6
2024 Sweeper -0.1 0 34 5.4 5 .000 .000 .140 22.2 0.0 0.0 .250 .288 .329 25.0
2024 Split-Finger -2.9 0 12 1.9 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .028 .035 .027 0.0
2024 Slurve -18.7 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .258 .260 .235 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 5.2 4 71 28.4 21 .316 .526 .390 13.2 19.0 14.8 .219 .355 .285 40.0
2023 Slider 0.8 0 46 18.4 10 .333 .333 .430 38.9 30.0 23.1 .193 .230 .235 33.3
2023 Sinker -4.0 -2 46 18.4 14 .308 .308 .257 9.1 0.0 0.0 .398 .472 .431 50.0
2023 Changeup 5.1 2 34 13.6 8 .500 .750 .538 23.1 25.0 22.2 .353 .494 .363 16.7
2023 Curveball -3.1 -1 22 8.8 4 .000 .000 .000 54.5 50.0 40.0 .068 .079 .061 50.0
2023 Cutter 2.7 0 14 5.6 4 .333 .667 .488 0.0 0.0 0.0 .211 .630 .433 33.3
2023 Sweeper 21.6 2 9 3.6 5 .500 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0 .212 .237 .294 0.0
2023 Slurve -5.3 0 5 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Split-Finger -7.3 0 3 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .078 .080 .072 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 68 250 1 1 2 1 5
2024 171 626 -5 -10 7 1 -7
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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 %
2023 250 49.6 71.0 83.0 23.0 65.5 40.0 36.8 46.8 21.4 4.8 83.3
2024 626 48.9 65.7 94.0 20.9 56.7 44.1 33.3 42.8 15.3 5.9 78.4
Player 876 49.1 67.2 90.7 21.5 59.4 42.9 34.3 43.9 17.1 5.6 79.6
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2023 29 47
2024 15 60 38
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --
2024 21.4 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
Player 21.4 1 1.6 -1 4 2 0 0.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2023 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
2024 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Player 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 0 3 2 4 3 4 4 0 0 1 1 4 1 1
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 83.6 -2.7
Launch Angle 10.8 9.9 -0.9
Barrel % 7.8 3.1 -4.7
Hard Hit % 35.3 26.0 -9.3
LA Sweet-Spot % 31.4 30.7 -0.7
xBA .254 .225 -0.029
BA .323 .189 -0.134
xwOBA .306 .283 -0.023
wOBA .348 .242 -0.106
xSLG .357 .305 -0.052
SLG .435 .236 -0.199
K% 17.6 14.0 -3.6
BB% 5.9 11.1 5.2
Swing % 46.8 42.8 -4.0
Whiff% 21.4 15.3 -6.1
In Zone % 49.6 48.9 -0.7
Out of Zone % 50.4 51.1 0.7
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 20.9 -2.1
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 33.3 -3.5
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 64.3 5.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 68 0 0.0 .348
2024 Shades R 171 18 10.5 .263 .070
! 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 %
2023 80 15.4 45.0% 1.3% 32 19.0 9.4% 0.0%
2024 199 15.0 51.8% 0.0% 91 17.7 14.3% 0.0%
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