Nick Fortes
C | Bats/Throws: R/R | 5' 11" 198LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 4, #117, Miami Marlins | Ole Miss
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 323 294 33 60 6 4 .204 .263 .299 .562
2024 335 308 28 70 4 0 .227 .259 .318 .577
2025 39 36 2 8 0 0 .222 .263 .333 .596
5 Seasons 971 886 110 197 23 10 .222 .275 .343 .618
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .204 6 4 .562
2024 .227 4 0 .577
2025 .222 0 0 .596
5 Seasons .222 23 10 .618
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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%
2021 24 133 23 5 21.7 14.7 91.3 107.5 24.0 43.5 .260 .555 .426 .371 .459 52.2 23.5 8.8
2022 25 850 172 12 7.0 5.0 89.3 108.4 15.4 30.2 .246 .394 .308 .317 .349 37.8 18.8 7.5
2023 26 1129 240 9 3.8 2.8 88.2 108.5 13.9 27.1 .210 .324 .251 .262 .283 35.0 18.3 5.3
2024 27 1154 279 4 1.4 1.2 84.3 109.2 15.4 29.0 .225 .290 .252 .245 .257 22.6 12.2 3.3
2025 28 124 28 2 7.1 5.6 89.8 106.4 12.9 39.3 .257 .430 .287 .317 .358 50.0 16.7 2.8
Player 3390 742 32 4.3 3.3 87.2 109.2 15.1 29.5 .228 .341 .273 .276 .297 32.1 16.4 5.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2021 30.4 69.6 30.4 17.4 21.7 43.5 34.8 21.7 8.7 17.4 4.3 34.8 17.4 17.4
2022 39.5 60.5 29.1 20.3 11.0 40.7 33.1 26.2 19.8 15.1 4.7 20.9 18.0 21.5
2023 46.3 53.8 25.0 17.9 10.8 40.8 36.7 22.5 22.5 19.2 4.6 18.3 17.5 17.9
2024 45.9 54.1 17.9 21.9 14.3 41.2 34.4 24.4 21.1 18.3 6.5 20.1 16.1 17.9
2025 39.3 60.7 25.0 25.0 10.7 39.3 42.9 17.9 10.7 25.0 3.6 28.6 17.9 14.3
Player 43.8 56.2 23.5 20.2 12.5 41.0 35.2 23.9 20.5 18.1 5.3 20.5 17.1 18.6
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2021 4.3 21.7 30.4 13.0 8.7 21.7 14.7
2022 1.7 28.5 31.4 25.0 5.2 7.0 5.0
2023 3.3 35.4 30.4 20.8 5.8 3.8 2.8
2024 11.5 34.1 28.0 22.2 2.9 1.4 1.2
2025 10.7 21.4 14.3 28.6 17.9 7.1 5.6
Player 6.3 32.3 29.1 22.4 5.1 4.3 3.3
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -3.4 -1 39 31.5 14 .214 .429 .268 13.8 14.3 18.2 .233 .553 .328 75.0
2025 Slider 1.1 0 24 19.4 5 .333 .333 .400 36.4 0.0 0.0 .288 .312 .377 0.0
2025 Sinker -6.8 -1 14 11.3 6 .167 .167 .150 40.0 50.0 100.0 .206 .235 .193 33.3
2025 Cutter 2.9 0 11 8.9 4 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .374 .447 .360 75.0
2025 Split-Finger -4.0 0 10 8.1 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 50.0 .022 .026 .020 0.0
2025 Sweeper -3.5 0 9 7.3 1 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .137 .459 .232 100.0
2025 Curveball 0.0 0 8 6.5 -- -- -- 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2025 Changeup 6.0 0 7 5.6 3 .333 .667 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 .477 .601 .465 0.0
2025 Slurve 16.8 0 2 1.6 1 -- -- .700 -- 0.0 -- -- -- .700 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -3 335 29.0 87 .293 .467 .324 10.1 12.6 12.9 .231 .302 .245 19.2
2024 Sinker -1.9 -5 261 22.6 84 .243 .284 .286 4.1 7.1 12.5 .239 .282 .272 24.3
2024 Slider -1.2 -2 180 15.6 47 .234 .255 .218 25.3 17.0 15.1 .260 .312 .250 35.9
2024 Curveball 1.0 1 98 8.5 23 .273 .364 .296 23.1 26.1 14.6 .196 .226 .210 18.8
2024 Changeup -5.6 -5 95 8.2 32 .063 .063 .084 26.8 18.8 20.0 .184 .215 .174 19.2
2024 Cutter -7.2 -6 87 7.5 28 .111 .148 .113 2.0 0.0 0.0 .176 .240 .181 21.4
2024 Sweeper 2.8 2 79 6.8 27 .231 .500 .354 14.3 11.1 8.8 .250 .430 .308 13.0
2024 Split-Finger 14.3 2 12 1.0 5 .667 1.000 .710 0.0 0.0 0.0 .246 .503 .472 33.3
2024 Slurve 3.8 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 2.4 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 34 133 3 -2 1 1 3
2022 240 850 -10 0 5 5 0
2023 323 1,129 -7 -21 7 5 -16
2024 334 1,154 -13 -14 6 3 -17
2025 36 124 0 -3 0 1 -2
Player 967 3,390 -27 -40 20 -27 -32
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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 17.1 8.0 81.1
2024 1,154 52.3 65.6 88.4 31.5 74.0 40.4 40.6 49.3 13.2 9.3 76.6
2025 124 46.0 70.2 92.5 37.3 48.0 37.1 52.8 52.4 21.5 6.5 62.5
Player 3,390 50.6 65.2 87.7 27.9 66.0 40.8 36.0 46.8 17.4 8.8 77.5
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 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
2021 49 34
2022 44 63
2023 39 56
2024 50 31
2025 27 33
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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 %
2021 24.7 4 4.0 0 0 0 4 100.0
2022 24.5 9 9.7 -1 2 12 1 11.1
2023 24.2 6 6.1 0 6 3 3 50.0
2024 23.9 4 4.6 -1 1 4 1 25.0
2025 -- 0 0.7 -1 3 1 0 --
Player 24.4 23 25.2 -2 12 20 9 39.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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 10 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 4 6 5 7 5 6 5 6 5 6 8 5 5 6 5 6 5 8 8 6 9 8 7 5 5 7 7 6 7 6
2024 4 1 4 4 5 5 6 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 5 6 4 5 5
2025 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
Player 23 16 24 24 27 26 29 21 22 21 26 31 24 25 28 22 24 22 25 31 24 26 34 26 18 21 30 31 24 28 26
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 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 91.3 -2.0 89.3 -1.1 88.2 -3.9 84.3 5.5 89.8
Launch Angle 24.0 -8.6 15.4 -1.5 13.9 1.5 15.4 -2.5 12.9
Barrel % 21.7 -14.7 7.0 -3.2 3.8 -2.4 1.4 5.7 7.1
Hard Hit % 52.2 -14.4 37.8 -2.8 35.0 -12.4 22.6 27.4 50.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 43.5 -13.3 30.2 -3.1 27.1 1.9 29.0 10.3 39.3
xBA .260 -0.014 .246 -0.036 .210 0.015 .225 0.032 .257
BA .290 -0.060 .230 -0.026 .204 0.023 .227 0.015 .242
xwOBA .371 -0.054 .317 -0.055 .262 -0.017 .245 0.072 .317
wOBA .426 -0.118 .308 -0.057 .251 0.001 .252 0.035 .287
xSLG .555 -0.161 .394 -0.070 .324 -0.034 .290 0.140 .430
SLG .677 -0.285 .392 -0.093 .299 0.019 .318 0.046 .364
K% 23.5 -4.7 18.8 -0.5 18.3 -6.1 12.2 4.5 16.7
BB% 8.8 -1.3 7.5 -2.2 5.3 -2.0 3.3 -0.5 2.8
Swing % 42.9 1.8 44.7 0.8 45.5 3.8 49.3 3.1 52.4
Whiff% 19.3 3.6 22.9 -5.8 17.1 -3.9 13.2 8.3 21.5
In Zone % 51.9 -2.6 49.3 0.9 50.2 2.1 52.3 -6.3 46.0
Out of Zone % 48.1 2.6 50.7 -0.9 49.8 -2.1 47.7 6.3 54.0
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 0.3 25.3 0.3 25.6 5.9 31.5 5.8 37.3
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 -2.4 30.0 4.1 34.1 6.5 40.6 12.2 52.8
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 -10.9 56.7 5.5 62.2 9.1 71.3 0.9 72.2
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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 15 6.3 .315 .223
2023 Shades R 323 11 3.4 .253 .176
2024 Shades R 334 22 6.6 .260 .160
2025 Shades R 36 4 11.1 .295 .223
! 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%
2024 317 14.9 50.5% 0.6% 177 18.2 6.8% 1.1%
2025 25 16.6 20.0% 0.0% 8 17.4 0.0% 0.0%
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