Nick Gordon
LF | Bats/Throws: L/R | 6' 0" 160LBS | Age: 28
Draft: 2014 | Rd: 1, #5, Minnesota Twins | Olympia (FL) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 443 405 45 110 9 6 .272 .316 .427 .743
2023 93 91 13 16 2 0 .176 .185 .319 .504
2024 275 260 29 59 8 5 .227 .258 .369 .627
4 Seasons 1,027 956 106 233 23 21 .244 .283 .386 .669
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .272 9 6 .743
2023 .176 2 0 .504
2024 .227 8 5 .627
4 Seasons .244 23 21 .669
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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 25 781 146 10 6.8 4.6 91.2 109.2 9.4 35.6 .266 .418 .283 .318 .399 47.9 25.5 5.6
2022 26 1550 309 29 9.4 6.5 90.6 110.7 12.5 36.6 .261 .464 .321 .333 .413 44.7 23.7 4.3
2023 27 309 81 4 4.9 4.3 89.1 105.4 9.2 34.6 .251 .428 .213 .290 .325 37.0 11.8 1.1
2024 28 1008 196 12 6.1 4.4 86.1 107.9 6.5 34.7 .222 .360 .271 .267 .333 29.6 24.4 4.0
Player 3648 732 55 7.5 5.4 89.4 110.7 9.9 35.7 .250 .423 .290 .308 .379 40.4 23.2 4.2
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 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 50.7 20.5 26.7 2.1 37.0 43.2 19.9 1.4 35.6 17.8 31.5 6.8 6.8 4.6
2022 42.1 29.8 25.6 2.6 41.1 32.7 26.2 2.3 33.0 21.0 26.2 8.1 9.4 6.5
2023 46.9 27.2 21.0 4.9 34.6 35.8 29.6 6.2 34.6 23.5 19.8 11.1 4.9 4.3
2024 51.0 21.9 24.5 2.6 39.8 38.8 21.4 4.1 42.3 20.4 23.0 3.1 6.1 4.4
Player 46.7 25.5 25.0 2.7 39.2 36.7 24.0 3.0 36.2 20.5 25.7 6.8 7.5 5.4
MLB 44.5 23.8 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 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 -0.5 -2 352 34.9 82 .218 .346 .248 33.5 30.5 26.6 .219 .366 .257 30.9
2024 Slider 1.2 2 143 14.2 44 .326 .581 .391 26.4 18.2 12.7 .274 .439 .312 40.0
2024 Sinker -3.0 -4 124 12.3 33 .100 .100 .122 32.4 24.2 22.2 .177 .231 .227 22.7
2024 Curveball -0.7 -1 97 9.6 27 .222 .333 .277 51.5 48.1 32.5 .183 .328 .245 21.4
2024 Changeup -2.0 -2 93 9.2 30 .233 .333 .247 22.8 6.7 7.7 .274 .490 .324 39.3
2024 Cutter -0.9 -1 89 8.8 24 .286 .571 .404 17.0 0.0 0.0 .222 .287 .280 14.3
2024 Split-Finger 4.2 2 50 5.0 20 .300 .500 .343 34.3 30.0 31.6 .221 .405 .262 35.7
2024 Sweeper -3.4 -2 46 4.6 11 .000 .000 .191 34.6 27.3 20.0 .124 .130 .284 0.0
2024 Knuckleball -7.3 -1 13 1.3 3 .000 .000 .000 27.3 66.7 25.0 .061 .065 .056 0.0
2024 Slurve -43.7 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .211 .275 .215 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 122 39.5 41 .244 .439 .333 19.7 7.3 10.0 .291 .507 .337 31.6
2023 Slider -5.1 -2 46 14.9 15 .077 .308 .193 27.6 26.7 23.5 .185 .476 .300 50.0
2023 Cutter -3.7 -1 37 12.0 9 .111 .111 .100 27.3 22.2 33.3 .259 .314 .249 42.9
2023 Sinker -4.7 -1 31 10.0 9 .222 .222 .200 5.6 0.0 0.0 .249 .316 .241 44.4
2023 Curveball -6.5 -2 31 10.0 11 .000 .000 .000 22.2 18.2 14.3 .154 .196 .152 22.2
2023 Changeup -1.1 0 22 7.1 4 .250 .500 .313 22.2 0.0 0.0 .297 .557 .356 50.0
2023 Split-Finger -3.8 0 11 3.6 2 .000 .000 .000 16.7 0.0 0.0 .019 .027 .019 0.0
2023 Sweeper -2.6 0 6 1.9 -- -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball 0.0 0 647 41.7 168 .305 .483 .364 26.4 24.4 22.7 .262 .482 .347 48.7
2022 Slider 2.6 6 216 13.9 69 .238 .349 .319 29.7 27.5 25.7 .263 .415 .331 48.9
2022 Changeup 0.8 2 200 12.9 61 .246 .410 .294 25.4 18.0 18.0 .241 .413 .282 32.0
2022 Sinker -0.6 -1 167 10.8 48 .214 .262 .281 21.3 16.7 19.5 .210 .340 .285 37.1
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 162 10.5 55 .283 .453 .330 42.0 32.7 32.1 .278 .513 .351 50.0
2022 Cutter 1.3 1 96 6.2 27 .304 .565 .379 27.9 22.2 28.6 .313 .653 .417 52.6
2022 Sweeper 1.1 0 32 2.1 6 .250 .250 .267 22.2 16.7 11.1 .205 .632 .384 25.0
2022 Split-Finger 6.2 1 14 0.9 3 .667 1.333 .833 33.3 33.3 12.5 .495 .637 .494 50.0
2022 Slurve -9.9 0 1 0.1 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .341 .420 .309 0.0
2021 4-Seam Fastball -2.1 -6 298 38.2 81 .186 .271 .257 25.3 23.5 24.4 .284 .476 .365 50.0
2021 Slider -1.7 -2 118 15.1 33 .212 .364 .245 34.6 33.3 26.2 .225 .435 .275 40.9
2021 Sinker 2.3 3 109 14.0 31 .357 .393 .398 32.8 29.0 32.1 .241 .292 .277 42.1
2021 Changeup 1.1 1 95 12.2 32 .290 .484 .342 21.1 18.8 17.6 .284 .419 .314 60.0
2021 Curveball 1.6 1 79 10.1 17 .188 .313 .282 42.5 41.2 25.0 .166 .213 .235 22.2
2021 Cutter -1.2 -1 54 6.9 15 .200 .400 .253 21.9 13.3 14.3 .293 .488 .334 46.2
2021 Split-Finger 6.5 1 15 1.9 4 .250 .250 .225 33.3 25.0 25.0 .306 .439 .316 66.7
2021 Sweeper 16.4 1 7 0.9 2 1.000 1.000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .857 .967 .797 50.0
2021 Slurve -0.7 0 6 0.8 1 .000 .000 .900 0.0 0.0 0.0 .383 .434 .356 100.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2021 216 781 0 -8 3 3 -2
2022 442 1,550 1 -5 2 9 7
2023 93 309 -5 -3 -1 1 -8
2024 275 1,008 -1 -8 -3 3 -8
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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 781 49.9 77.9 79.3 37.6 55.8 39.4 38.4 57.7 28.4 8.6 83.6
2022 1,550 51.2 78.6 79.6 39.2 55.9 43.2 43.0 59.4 27.8 6.6 86.3
2023 309 52.1 77.0 88.7 39.2 58.6 39.8 41.9 58.9 20.9 6.5 95.0
2024 1,008 48.1 78.6 76.4 42.4 52.7 41.8 44.4 59.8 31.8 6.7 89.7
Player 3,648 50.1 78.3 79.5 39.8 55.1 41.7 42.3 59.1 28.5 7.0 87.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 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 61 68 73
2022 69 73 85 80 39 57 61 80 70 74 34 7 28 6 61 32 55
2023 17 51 57
2024 34 59 27 52
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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 22.3 4 3.9 0 2 2 2 50.0
2022 24.4 9 13.3 -4 9 16 2 22.2
2023 22.7 2 2.1 0 1 3 0 0.0
2024 25.6 8 5.6 2 4 4 2 25.0
Player 24.3 23 24.9 -2 16 25 6 26.1
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2021 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2022 9 13 8 16 15 14 15 12 6 8 8 14 16 10 13 19 12 13 13 15 14 15 21 20 9 10 15 16 17 13 10
2023 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 2
2024 8 8 3 7 5 5 5 7 4 3 5 7 4 3 6 5 6 7 6 7 7 5 8 7 6 5 5 5 7 6 4
Player 23 27 16 27 26 25 26 25 13 17 18 26 27 18 25 30 25 26 25 28 26 28 36 34 22 21 26 27 31 26 20
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 91.2 90.6 -0.6 89.1 -1.5 86.1 -3.0
Launch Angle 9.4 12.5 3.1 9.2 -3.3 6.5 -2.7
Barrel % 6.8 9.4 2.6 4.9 -4.5 6.1 1.2
Hard Hit % 47.9 44.7 -3.2 37.0 -7.7 29.6 -7.4
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.6 36.6 1.0 34.6 -2.0 34.7 0.1
xBA .266 .261 -0.005 .251 -0.010 .222 -0.029
BA .240 .272 0.032 .176 -0.096 .227 0.051
xwOBA .318 .333 0.015 .290 -0.043 .267 -0.023
wOBA .283 .321 0.038 .213 -0.108 .271 0.058
xSLG .418 .464 0.046 .428 -0.036 .360 -0.068
SLG .355 .427 0.072 .319 -0.108 .369 0.050
K% 25.5 23.7 -1.8 11.8 -11.9 24.4 12.6
BB% 5.6 4.3 -1.3 1.1 -3.2 4.0 2.9
Swing % 57.7 59.4 1.7 58.9 -0.5 59.8 0.9
Whiff% 28.4 27.8 -0.6 20.9 -6.9 31.8 10.9
In Zone % 49.9 51.2 1.3 52.1 0.9 48.1 -4.0
Out of Zone % 50.1 48.8 -1.3 47.9 -0.9 51.9 4.0
Out of Zone Swing % 37.6 39.2 1.6 39.2 0.0 42.4 3.2
First Pitch Swing % 38.4 43.0 4.6 41.9 -1.1 44.4 2.5
First Pitch Strike % 62.0 66.3 4.3 65.6 -0.7 68.0 2.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2021 Shifts L 212 73 34.4 .306 .242
2022 Shifts L 442 243 55.0 .364 .287
2023 Shades L 93 24 25.8 .220 .191
2024 Shades L 274 86 31.4 .279 .254
! 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 179 16.5 34.1% 0.6% 116 22.3 0.0% 19.8%
2022 331 16.9 30.8% 2.1% 203 22.2 2.5% 6.4%
2023 72 15.0 48.6% 0.0% 48 16.7 27.1% 0.0%
2024 218 15.3 47.2% 0.5% 128 18.4 6.3% 1.6%
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