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
2021 34 31 6 9 4 1 .290 .353 .677 1.030
2022 240 217 41 50 9 5 .230 .304 .392 .696
2023 323 294 33 60 6 4 .204 .263 .299 .562
3 Seasons 597 542 80 119 19 10 .220 .285 .358 .643
AVG HR SB OPS
2021 .290 4 1 1.030
2022 .230 9 5 .696
2023 .204 6 4 .562
3 Seasons .220 19 10 .643
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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
Player 2112 435 26 6.0 4.4 88.8 108.5 15.1 29.2 .231 .369 .284 .294 .323 37.0 18.8 6.4
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
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
Player 42.8 26.9 18.9 11.5 40.9 35.2 23.9 2.8 32.0 30.8 22.1 5.7 6.0 4.4
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer -0.8 -2 283 25.1 75 .230 .426 .347 16.3 20.0 24.2 .225 .452 .351 50.0
2023 Slider -2.3 -5 234 20.7 64 .131 .197 .160 23.8 25.0 23.5 .158 .244 .188 19.6
2023 Sinker -0.2 0 212 18.8 62 .321 .357 .361 10.5 11.3 17.1 .285 .378 .306 39.2
2023 Curveball -3.1 -4 135 12.0 33 .125 .156 .141 30.2 27.3 23.7 .188 .233 .198 39.1
2023 Cutter -2.4 -2 99 8.8 32 .233 .300 .263 10.3 12.5 18.2 .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 -2.1 -1 51 4.5 17 .118 .118 .106 22.2 29.4 27.8 .138 .203 .146 8.3
2023 Splitter -1.6 0 16 1.4 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .375 .487 .367 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
2023 Forkball -9.0 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seamer -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 3 131 15.4 32 .385 .538 .458 32.7 28.1 17.6 .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 -2.4 0 16 1.9 5 .200 .800 .400 77.8 60.0 75.0 .252 .751 .418 100.0
2022 Splitter -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-Seamer 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
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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
Player 2,112 50.0 64.6 87.1 25.4 62.5 41.3 32.3 45.0 19.2 8.7 78.7
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
2021 49 34
2022 44 63
2023 39 56
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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
Player 24.5 19 21.0 -2 5 18 8 42.1

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
Player 19 14 20 21 22 21 25 18 19 17 22 25 20 20 23 20 20 19 20 25 20 21 28 21 16 17 25 25 20 23 22
! 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.3 89.3 -2.0 ↓ 88.2 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 24.0 15.4 -8.6 ↓ 13.9 -1.5 ↓
Barrel % 21.7 7.0 -14.7 ↓ 3.8 -3.2 ↓
Hard Hit % 52.2 37.8 -14.4 ↓ 35.0 -2.8 ↓
Sweet Spot % 43.5 30.2 -13.3 ↓ 27.1 -3.1 ↓
xBA .264 .249 -0.015 ↓ .214 -0.035 ↓
BA .290 .230 -0.060 ↓ .204 -0.026 ↓
xwOBA .375 .319 -0.056 ↓ .266 -0.053 ↓
wOBA .426 .308 -0.118 ↓ .251 -0.057 ↓
xSLG .559 .398 -0.161 ↓ .328 -0.070 ↓
SLG .677 .392 -0.285 ↓ .299 -0.093 ↓
K% 23.5 18.8 -4.7 ↓ 18.3 -0.5 ↓
BB% 8.8 7.5 -1.3 ↓ 5.3 -2.2 ↓
Swing % 42.9 44.7 1.8 ↑ 45.5 0.8 ↑
Whiff% 19.3 22.9 3.6 ↑ 16.5 -6.4 ↓
In Zone % 51.9 49.3 -2.6 ↓ 50.2 0.9 ↑
Out of Zone % 48.1 50.7 2.6 ↑ 49.8 -0.9 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.3 0.3 ↑ 25.6 0.3 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 30.0 -2.4 ↓ 34.1 4.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 56.7 -10.9 ↓ 62.2 5.5 ↑
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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
! 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%
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