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
2022 240 217 41 50 9 5 .230 .304 .392 .696
2023 323 294 33 60 6 4 .204 .263 .299 .562
2024 335 308 28 70 4 0 .227 .259 .318 .577
4 Seasons 932 850 108 189 23 10 .222 .275 .344 .619
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .230 9 5 .696
2023 .204 6 4 .562
2024 .227 4 0 .577
4 Seasons .222 23 10 .619
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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
Player 3266 714 30 4.2 3.2 87.1 109.2 15.2 29.1 .227 .338 .273 .274 .295 31.4 16.4 5.3
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
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
2024 45.9 17.9 21.9 14.3 41.2 34.4 24.4 11.5 34.1 28.0 22.2 2.9 1.4 1.2
Player 44.0 23.4 20.0 12.6 41.0 34.9 24.1 6.2 32.8 29.7 22.1 4.6 4.2 3.2
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 -0.8 -3 336 29.1 86 .284 .446 .312 10.2 12.8 12.9 .220 .289 .236 19.4
2024 Sinker -1.7 -4 265 23.0 86 .250 .303 .294 4.0 7.0 12.2 .249 .294 .280 23.6
2024 Slider -1.2 -2 182 15.8 48 .229 .250 .214 25.0 16.7 14.5 .256 .307 .246 35.0
2024 Curveball 1.9 2 98 8.5 23 .273 .364 .296 23.1 26.1 14.6 .196 .226 .210 18.8
2024 Changeup -4.5 -4 95 8.2 32 .063 .063 .084 26.8 18.8 20.0 .184 .215 .174 19.2
2024 Cutter -7.3 -6 87 7.5 28 .111 .148 .113 2.0 0.0 0.0 .176 .240 .181 21.4
2024 Sweeper 5.3 4 77 6.7 26 .240 .520 .367 14.7 11.5 9.1 .258 .445 .318 13.6
2024 Split-Finger 33.8 2 7 0.6 4 1.000 1.500 .888 0.0 0.0 0.0 .251 .636 .537 50.0
2024 Slurve 4.5 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2024 Knuckleball 1.5 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -3 290 25.7 76 .210 .403 .330 18.3 21.1 24.6 .207 .432 .336 50.0
2023 Slider -2.9 -6 219 19.4 60 .123 .175 .149 25.8 25.0 25.0 .160 .248 .192 20.9
2023 Sinker 0.1 0 203 18.0 59 .340 .377 .380 8.9 10.2 15.8 .294 .383 .313 38.8
2023 Curveball -2.9 -4 135 12.0 32 .129 .161 .145 30.2 25.0 21.6 .190 .236 .200 39.1
2023 Cutter -2.1 -2 98 8.7 33 .258 .323 .282 10.2 12.1 19.0 .250 .358 .287 40.7
2023 Changeup -4.8 -4 83 7.4 30 .143 .250 .241 8.3 6.7 10.0 .219 .293 .255 26.9
2023 Sweeper -0.9 -1 69 6.1 23 .130 .174 .133 22.2 30.4 25.0 .110 .164 .117 6.3
2023 Split-Finger -2.0 0 17 1.5 4 .250 .500 .313 0.0 25.0 16.7 .273 .355 .268 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
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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
2024 334 1,154 -11 -9 5 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 %
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
Player 3,266 50.8 65.0 87.6 27.5 67.0 41.0 35.3 46.5 17.2 8.9 77.9
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
2021 49 34
2022 44 63
2023 39 56
2024 50 31
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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
Player 24.4 23 24.5 -2 9 19 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
Player 23 14 23 23 26 25 29 21 22 21 26 29 23 24 27 22 24 22 24 29 24 25 32 25 18 21 29 30 23 27 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 +/-  
Exit Velocity 91.3 89.3 -2.0 88.2 -1.1 84.3 -3.9
Launch Angle 24.0 15.4 -8.6 13.9 -1.5 15.4 1.5
Barrel % 21.7 7.0 -14.7 3.8 -3.2 1.4 -2.4
Hard Hit % 52.2 37.8 -14.4 35.0 -2.8 22.6 -12.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 43.5 30.2 -13.3 27.1 -3.1 29.0 1.9
xBA .260 .246 -0.014 .210 -0.036 .225 0.015
BA .290 .230 -0.060 .204 -0.026 .227 0.023
xwOBA .371 .317 -0.054 .262 -0.055 .245 -0.017
wOBA .426 .308 -0.118 .251 -0.057 .252 0.001
xSLG .555 .394 -0.161 .324 -0.070 .290 -0.034
SLG .677 .392 -0.285 .299 -0.093 .318 0.019
K% 23.5 18.8 -4.7 18.3 -0.5 12.2 -6.1
BB% 8.8 7.5 -1.3 5.3 -2.2 3.3 -2.0
Swing % 42.9 44.7 1.8 45.5 0.8 49.3 3.8
Whiff% 19.3 22.9 3.6 17.1 -5.8 13.2 -3.9
In Zone % 51.9 49.3 -2.6 50.2 0.9 52.3 2.1
Out of Zone % 48.1 50.7 2.6 49.8 -0.9 47.7 -2.1
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 25.3 0.3 25.6 0.3 31.5 5.9
First Pitch Swing % 32.4 30.0 -2.4 34.1 4.1 40.6 6.5
First Pitch Strike % 67.6 56.7 -10.9 62.2 5.5 71.3 9.1
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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 333 22 6.6 .261 .160
! 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%
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