Nick Loftin
2B | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 25
Draft: 2020 | Rd: CB-A, #32, Kansas City Royals | Baylor
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 68 62 10 20 0 2 .323 .368 .435 .803
2024 35 29 7 8 0 0 .276 .371 .276 .647
2 Seasons 103 91 17 28 0 2 .308 .369 .385 .754
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .323 0 2 .803
2024 .276 0 0 .647
2 Seasons .308 0 2 .754
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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%
2023 24 250 51 4 7.8 5.9 86.3 107.1 10.8 31.4 .249 .351 .348 .302 .333 35.3 17.6 5.9
2024 25 127 25 0 0.0 0.0 82.4 99.9 11.9 32.0 .255 .318 .306 .307 .289 24.0 14.3 14.3
Player 377 76 4 5.3 3.9 85.0 107.1 11.1 31.6 .251 .341 .334 .303 .319 31.6 16.5 8.7
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 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
2023 49.0 23.5 23.5 3.9 45.1 29.4 25.5 3.9 45.1 15.7 21.6 5.9 7.8 5.9
2024 32.0 36.0 28.0 4.0 8.0 60.0 32.0 8.0 24.0 36.0 28.0 4.0 0.0 0.0
Player 43.4 27.6 25.0 3.9 32.9 39.5 27.6 5.3 38.2 22.4 23.7 5.3 5.3 3.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.9 1 51 40.2 16 .250 .250 .300 10.0 12.5 13.3 .221 .332 .309 45.5
2024 Slider 1.8 0 23 18.1 5 .400 .400 .360 60.0 20.0 14.3 .275 .292 .250 25.0
2024 Sinker -5.4 -1 13 10.2 4 .250 .250 .225 0.0 25.0 33.3 .257 .301 .244 0.0
2024 Changeup 7.5 1 13 10.2 4 .667 .667 .625 42.9 25.0 20.0 .449 .489 .484 0.0
2024 Cutter -9.3 -1 10 7.9 4 .000 .000 .225 0.0 0.0 0.0 .188 .217 .176 0.0
2024 Curveball 3.4 0 9 7.1 1 -- -- .700 0.0 0.0 0.0 -- -- .700 --
2024 Sweeper -1.0 0 8 6.3 1 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .235 .237 .212 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 5.2 4 71 28.4 21 .316 .526 .390 13.2 19.0 14.8 .215 .350 .281 40.0
2023 Slider 0.3 0 47 18.8 11 .300 .300 .391 36.8 27.3 21.4 .185 .219 .223 28.6
2023 Sinker -4.0 -2 46 18.4 14 .308 .308 .257 9.1 0.0 0.0 .394 .466 .427 50.0
2023 Changeup 5.1 2 34 13.6 8 .500 .750 .538 23.1 25.0 22.2 .349 .490 .360 16.7
2023 Curveball -3.1 -1 22 8.8 4 .000 .000 .000 54.5 50.0 40.0 .063 .073 .057 50.0
2023 Cutter 2.7 0 14 5.6 4 .333 .667 .488 0.0 0.0 0.0 .207 .626 .430 33.3
2023 Sweeper 26.9 2 8 3.2 4 .667 .667 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .211 .234 .318 0.0
2023 Slurve -5.3 0 5 2.0 1 .000 .000 .000 66.7 100.0 33.3 -- -- .000 --
2023 Split-Finger -7.3 0 3 1.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .071 .071 .065 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 68 250 1 1 2 1 5
2024 35 127 0 0 1 0 1
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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 %
2023 250 49.6 71.0 83.0 23.0 65.5 40.0 36.8 46.8 21.4 4.8 83.3
2024 127 44.1 58.9 97.0 25.4 38.9 41.7 40.0 40.2 23.5 5.5 100.0
Player 377 47.7 67.2 86.8 23.9 55.3 40.6 37.9 44.6 22.0 5.0 89.5
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 29.7 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
2023 29 47
2024 10 70 39
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2023 -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --
Player -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2023 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
Player 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1
! 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 2023 2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 86.3 82.4 -3.9 ↓
Launch Angle 10.8 11.9 1.1 ↑
Barrel % 7.8 0.0 -7.8 ↓
Hard Hit % 35.3 24.0 -11.3 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.4 32.0 0.6 ↑
xBA .249 .255 0.006 ↑
BA .323 .276 -0.047 ↓
xwOBA .302 .307 0.005 ↑
wOBA .348 .306 -0.042 ↓
xSLG .351 .318 -0.033 ↓
SLG .435 .276 -0.159 ↓
K% 17.6 14.3 -3.3 ↓
BB% 5.9 14.3 8.4 ↑
Swing % 46.8 40.2 -6.6 ↓
Whiff% 21.4 23.5 2.1 ↑
In Zone % 49.6 44.1 -5.5 ↓
Out of Zone % 50.4 55.9 5.5 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 25.4 2.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 40.0 3.2 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 58.8 80.0 21.2 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2023 Shades R 68 0 0.0 .348
2024 Shades R 35 0 0.0 .306
! 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 %
2023 80 15.4 45.0% 1.3% 32 19.0 9.4% 0.0%
2024 33 15.1 48.5% 0.0% 19 16.4 36.8% 0.0%
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