Nick Loftin
LF | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 0" 180LBS | Age: 26
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 171 148 15 28 1 1 .189 .282 .236 .518
2025 94 88 11 17 3 1 .193 .234 .386 .620
3 Seasons 333 298 36 65 4 4 .218 .286 .322 .608
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .323 0 2 .803
2024 .189 1 1 .518
2025 .193 3 1 .620
3 Seasons .218 4 4 .608
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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%
2023 24 250 51 4 7.8 5.9 86.3 107.1 10.8 31.4 .254 .357 .348 .306 .339 35.3 17.6 5.9
2024 25 626 127 4 3.1 2.3 83.6 104.9 9.9 30.7 .225 .305 .242 .283 .272 26.0 14.0 11.1
2025 26 323 77 6 7.8 6.4 89.8 105.3 19.2 39.0 .257 .417 .266 .307 .329 37.7 12.8 4.3
Player 1199 255 14 5.5 4.2 86.0 107.1 12.9 33.3 .241 .349 .271 .294 .303 31.4 14.4 8.1
MLB 7.1 4.8 88.5 122.9 12.4 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.8 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 %
2023 49.0 51.0 23.5 23.5 3.9 45.1 29.4 25.5 25.5 15.7 7.8 19.6 13.7 17.6
2024 46.5 53.5 23.6 22.8 7.1 38.6 42.5 18.9 22.8 20.5 3.1 15.7 22.0 15.7
2025 33.8 66.2 26.0 27.3 13.0 36.4 42.9 20.8 13.0 16.9 3.9 23.4 26.0 16.9
Player 43.1 56.9 24.3 24.3 8.2 39.2 40.0 20.8 20.4 18.4 4.3 18.8 21.6 16.5
MLB 44.3 55.7 23.9 24.7 7.1 37.3 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.7 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
2023 3.9 45.1 15.7 21.6 5.9 7.8 5.9
2024 7.9 37.0 29.9 20.5 1.6 3.1 2.3
2025 1.3 23.4 35.1 23.4 9.1 7.8 6.4
Player 5.1 34.5 28.6 21.6 4.7 5.5 4.2
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 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 -0.6 -1 102 31.6 39 .250 .500 .326 7.1 2.6 4.3 .334 .566 .392 52.8
2025 Sinker -4.3 -3 75 23.2 21 .158 .158 .195 11.1 19.0 28.6 .161 .206 .210 13.3
2025 Slider 7.2 3 48 14.9 12 .364 1.000 .571 34.8 25.0 33.3 .371 .638 .447 62.5
2025 Changeup -0.6 0 30 9.3 7 .143 .286 .179 35.7 14.3 6.7 .073 .086 .067 16.7
2025 Sweeper -3.7 -1 26 8.0 6 .000 .000 .000 27.3 50.0 30.0 .112 .134 .111 0.0
2025 Cutter -6.6 -2 24 7.4 6 .000 .000 .000 15.4 0.0 0.0 .328 .585 .386 33.3
2025 Curveball -3.7 0 11 3.4 2 .000 .000 .000 50.0 0.0 0.0 .090 .188 .112 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -3.0 0 7 2.2 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .144 .148 .130 0.0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 1 193 30.8 63 .235 .333 .337 6.1 12.7 15.7 .259 .407 .355 40.9
2024 Slider -0.6 -1 126 20.1 29 .240 .240 .275 35.7 20.7 16.2 .228 .291 .255 14.3
2024 Sinker -3.1 -3 108 17.3 32 .172 .207 .217 2.0 6.3 8.7 .215 .266 .260 22.2
2024 Changeup 1.0 1 54 8.6 12 .364 .364 .358 28.6 25.0 13.6 .299 .337 .312 25.0
2024 Curveball -2.2 -1 52 8.3 12 .000 .000 .117 17.6 33.3 16.7 .109 .126 .202 16.7
2024 Cutter -5.4 -2 40 6.4 13 .077 .154 .165 0.0 0.0 0.0 .190 .220 .179 15.4
2024 Sweeper -2.5 -1 39 6.2 7 .000 .000 .100 25.0 14.3 11.1 .169 .195 .237 20.0
2024 Split-Finger -1.5 0 12 1.9 2 .000 .000 .000 25.0 0.0 0.0 .028 .035 .027 0.0
2024 Slurve -11.7 0 2 0.3 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .258 .260 .235 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2023 68 250 0 -1 2 1 2
2024 171 626 -7 -10 7 2 -7
2025 94 323 -3 -3 1 1 -4
Player 333 1,199 -10 -13 10 -10 -9
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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 626 48.9 65.7 94.0 20.9 56.7 44.1 33.3 42.8 15.3 5.9 78.4
2025 323 57.9 69.0 84.5 23.5 71.9 41.5 35.1 49.8 17.4 9.6 87.1
Player 1,199 51.5 67.7 88.8 22.0 62.5 42.5 34.5 45.5 17.2 6.7 82.5
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.0 47.3 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
2023 29 47
2024 15 60 38
2025 18 75
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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 %
2023 -- 0 1.1 -1 3 1 0 --
2024 21.43 1 0.6 0 1 1 0 0.0
2025 22.47 3 4.3 -1 1 3 2 66.7
Player 22.21 4 6.0 -2 5 5 2 50.0
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

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
2024 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
2025 3 5 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 3 5 5 4 6 5 4 5 3 4 6 5 3 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Player 4 7 4 4 4 6 5 6 4 3 6 5 6 8 6 6 7 3 8 8 9 6 9 9 4 5 5 6 9 6 6
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

2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Results
BA .323 -.134 .189 +.004 .193
xBA .254 -.029 .225 +.032 .257
OBP .368 -.086 .282 -.048 .234
xOBP .313 +.001 .314 -.018 .296
SLG .435 -.199 .236 +.150 .386
xSLG .357 -.052 .305 +.112 .417
ISO .113 -.066 .047 +.146 .193
xISO .103 -.024 .079 +.081 .160
BABIP .392 -.176 .216 -.027 .189
wOBA .348 -.106 .242 +.024 .266
xwOBA .306 -.023 .283 +.024 .307
wOBACON .395 -.178 .217 +.062 .279
xwOBACON .339 -.067 .272 +.057 .329
BACON .392 -.170 .222 -.001 .221
xBACON .320 -.055 .265 +.031 .296
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 35.3 -9.3 26.0 +11.7 37.7
Avg Exit Velocity 86.3 -2.7 83.6 +6.2 89.8
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 31.4 -0.7 30.7 +8.3 39.0
Barrel % 7.8 -4.7 3.1 +4.7 7.8
Avg Launch Angle 10.8 -0.9 9.9 +9.3 19.2
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 69.9 -0.4 69.5 +0.5 70.0
Attack Angle -1° +1°
Ideal Attack Angle % 46.2 +8.3 54.5 -0.3 54.2
Attack Direction -4° -5° -2° -7°
Swing Path - Tilt 33° +1° 33° -3° 30°
Swing Length 7.4 0.0 7.4 -0.3 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.5 -0.5 93.0 +0.3 93.3
Breaking Velocity 83.2 0.0 83.2 +0.5 83.7
Offspeed Velocity 83.8 +1.2 85.0 -0.8 84.2
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 4 0 4 +2 6
Popup % 3.9 +3.2 7.1 +5.9 13.0
Flyball % 23.5 +0.1 23.6 +2.4 26.0
Line Drive % 23.5 -0.7 22.8 +4.5 27.3
Groundball % 49.0 -2.5 46.5 -12.7 33.8
Pull % 45.1 -6.5 38.6 -2.2 36.4
Straight Away % 29.4 +13.1 42.5 +0.4 42.9
Opposite Field % 25.5 -6.6 18.9 +1.9 20.8
Weak Contact % 3.9 +4.0 7.9 -6.6 1.3
Pull Airball % 19.6 -3.9 15.7 +7.7 23.4
Topped Contact % 45.1 -8.1 37.0 -13.6 23.4
Under Contact % 15.7 +14.2 29.9 +5.2 35.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 21.6 -1.1 20.5 +2.9 23.4
Solid Contact % 5.9 -4.3 1.6 +7.5 9.1
HR/FB % 0.0 +3.3 3.3 +11.7 15.0
Popups 2 +7 9 +1 10
Flyballs 12 +18 30 -10 20
Line Drives 12 +17 29 -8 21
Groundballs 25 +34 59 -33 26
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.6 -0.7 48.9 +9.0 57.9
Out of Zone % 50.4 +0.7 51.1 -9.0 42.1
Edge % 40.0 +4.1 44.1 -2.6 41.5
Zone Swing % 71.0 -5.3 65.7 +3.3 69.0
Out of Zone Swing % 23.0 -2.1 20.9 +2.6 23.5
In Zone Contact % 83.0 +11.0 94.0 -9.5 84.5
Out of Zone Contact % 65.5 -8.8 56.7 +15.2 71.9
Whiff % 21.4 -6.1 15.3 +2.1 17.4
First Strike % 58.8 +5.5 64.3 +2.7 67.0
First Pitch Swing % 36.8 -3.5 33.3 +1.8 35.1
Swing % 46.8 -4.0 42.8 +7.0 49.8
Meatball Swing % 83.3 -4.9 78.4 +8.7 87.1
Meatball % 4.8 +1.1 5.9 +3.7 9.6
Zone Swing & Miss % 17.0 -11.0 6.0 +8.7 14.7
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 34.5 +8.8 43.3 -15.2 28.1
In Zone 124 +182 306 -119 187
Out of Zone 126 +194 320 -184 136
Edge 100 +176 276 -142 134
In Zone Swings 88 +113 201 -72 129
Out of Zone Swings 29 +38 67 -35 32
In Zone Swing & Misses 15 -3 12 +7 19
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 10 +19 29 -20 9
Basic
Pitches 250 +376 626 -303 323
PA 68 +103 171 -77 94
AB 62 +86 148 -60 88
Hits 20 +8 28 -11 17
Singles 14 +9 23 -15 8
Doubles 5 -1 4 0 4
Triples 1 -1 0 +2 2
Home Runs 0 +1 1 +2 3
Walks 4 +15 19 -15 4
Strikeouts 12 +12 24 -12 12
K% 17.6 -3.6 14.0 -1.2 12.8
BB% 5.9 +5.2 11.1 -6.8 4.3
HBP 1 0 1 0 1
Batted Balls 51 +76 127 -50 77
Number of Fastballs 131 +210 341 -140 201
Number of Offspeed 37 +29 66 -29 37
Number of Breaking 67 +111 178 -120 58
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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 171 18 10.5 .263 .070
2025 Shades R 94 9 9.6 .261 .316
! 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 199 15.0 51.8% 0.0% 91 17.7 14.3% 0.0%
2025 80 15.1 48.8% 0.0% 32 17.8 3.1% 0.0%
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