Nick Fortes
C | B/T: R/R | 5' 11" 198LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2018 | Rd: 4, #117, Miami Marlins | Ole Miss

Stats

PA AB R H HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 120 113 9 27 3 10 3 .239 .283 .327 .610
3 Seasons 394 361 56 86 16 41 9 .238 .302 .396 .698
AVG HR RBI SB OPS
2023 .239 3 10 3 .610
3 Seasons .238 16 41 9 .698

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 26 402 89 3 3.4 2.5 88.7 108.5 10.3 29.2 .227 .344 .272 .273 .313 38.2 20.0 5.8
Player 1385 284 20 7.0 5.1 89.2 108.5 14.5 31.0 .244 .395 .307 .310 .349 39.1 19.5 7.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 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 48.3 27.0 20.2 4.5 42.7 38.2 19.1 1.1 40.4 25.8 24.7 4.5 3.4 2.5
Player 41.5 28.5 20.1 9.9 41.5 34.9 23.6 1.8 31.7 29.6 23.9 5.3 7.0 5.1
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 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 -0.7 -1 113 28.1 33 .231 .385 .356 19.5 21.2 30.4 .211 .394 .351 52.6
2023 Slider -4.0 -4 87 21.6 27 .148 .259 .174 23.5 25.9 28.0 .189 .331 .223 20.0
2023 Curveball -5.3 -3 50 12.4 12 .083 .083 .075 42.9 33.3 30.8 .129 .153 .128 25.0
2023 Sinker 1.5 1 49 12.2 14 .429 .429 .386 9.5 21.4 30.0 .365 .446 .356 54.5
2023 Changeup -4.2 -2 37 9.2 16 .250 .438 .350 4.0 6.3 11.1 .220 .320 .229 26.7
2023 Cutter 2.7 1 33 8.2 9 .444 .444 .400 11.1 11.1 16.7 .302 .362 .292 62.5
2023 Sweeper -0.3 0 23 5.7 6 .167 .167 .150 11.1 0.0 0.0 .234 .414 .274 16.7
2023 Splitter -7.5 -1 8 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .311 .323 .280 100.0
2023 Slurve 78.4 1 1 0.2 1 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 -- .429 .486 .407 100.0
2023 Forkball -9.0 0 1 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 -- 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2022 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 232 27.3 77 .212 .348 .306 19.8 19.5 23.4 .223 .417 .334 41.2
2022 Sinker -1.5 -3 205 24.1 58 .218 .400 .301 11.2 8.6 13.9 .303 .464 .350 50.0
2022 Slider 2.5 3 134 15.8 33 .370 .519 .444 34.0 30.3 19.2 .265 .332 .341 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 Splitter -4.9 -1 13 1.5 5 .200 .200 .180 22.2 20.0 25.0 .230 .332 .248 25.0
2022 Sweeper -3.4 0 13 1.5 4 .250 1.000 .500 75.0 50.0 66.7 .315 .939 .523 100.0
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 120 402 -2 -7 2 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 %
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 402 54.0 60.8 84.8 22.7 64.3 42.5 30.0 43.3 17.8 9.2 81.1
Player 1,385 50.9 63.0 86.0 24.6 57.5 42.0 30.2 44.1 21.1 9.4 77.7
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 29.5 47.1 24.7 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 42 64
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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 24.7 3 3.5 -1 2 3 1 33.3
Player 24.6 16 17.3 -1 4 15 6 37.5

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 3 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 2 5 5 3 3 5 4 2 3 5 4 3 4 3
Player 16 11 17 18 18 18 21 15 15 14 18 21 17 17 20 16 16 15 16 21 16 15 24 17 12 14 22 21 16 19 18
! 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 88.7 -0.6
Launch Angle 24.0 15.4 -8.6 10.3 -5.1
Barrel % 21.7 7.0 -14.7 3.4 -3.6
Hard Hit % 52.2 37.8 -14.4 38.2 0.4
Sweet Spot % 43.5 30.2 -13.3 29.2 -1.0
xBA .264 .249 -0.015 .227 -0.022
BA .290 .230 -0.060 .239 0.009
xwOBA .375 .319 -0.056 .273 -0.046
wOBA .426 .308 -0.118 .272 -0.036
xSLG .559 .398 -0.161 .344 -0.054
SLG .677 .392 -0.285 .327 -0.065
K% 23.5 18.8 -4.7 20.0 1.2
BB% 8.8 7.5 -1.3 5.8 -1.7
Swing % 42.9 44.7 1.8 43.3 -1.4
Whiff% 19.3 22.9 3.6 17.8 -5.1
In Zone % 51.9 49.3 -2.6 54.0 4.7
Out of Zone % 48.1 50.7 2.6 46.0 -4.7
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.3 0.3 22.7 -2.6
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 30.0 -2.4 30.0 0.0
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 56.7 -10.9 65.0 8.3
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Statcast Shift Statistics

SeasonBat SidePAShifts%wOBA - No ShiftwOBA - Shift
2021 R 34 5 14.7 .377 .715
2022 R 239 15 6.3 .315 .223
2023 R 120 0 0.0 .272

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 242 17.7 27.3% 0.8% 155 22.3 3.2% 5.2%
2023 39 14.9 59.0% 0.0% 36 18.0 2.8% 0.0%
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