Nick Martini
RF | Bats/Throws: L/L | 5' 11" 205LBS | Age: 33
Draft: 2011 | Rd: 7, #230, St. Louis Cardinals | Kansas State
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2019 109 93 8 21 1 0 .226 .330 .323 .653
2021 45 37 4 10 0 0 .270 .356 .297 .653
2023 79 72 10 19 6 0 .264 .329 .583 .912
4 Seasons 412 354 48 95 8 0 .268 .362 .412 .774
AVG HR SB OPS
2019 .226 1 0 .653
2021 .270 0 0 .653
2023 .264 6 0 .912
4 Seasons .268 8 0 .774
MLB Percentile Rankings
Hits Spray Chart

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%
2018 28 747 117 3 2.6 1.7 88.0 107.2 2.9 36.8 .258 .362 .357 .331 .355 40.2 20.1 11.7
2019 29 468 68 1 1.5 0.9 87.6 106.6 5.7 29.4 .232 .295 .291 .290 .313 32.8 23.9 12.8
2021 31 193 29 2 6.9 4.4 89.3 106.4 19.5 44.8 .270 .407 .287 .326 .376 41.4 22.2 13.3
2023 33 314 57 6 10.5 7.6 91.0 107.1 23.6 45.6 .257 .503 .382 .352 .401 45.6 19.0 6.3
Player 1722 271 12 4.4 2.9 88.7 107.2 9.7 37.6 .252 .378 .337 .324 .356 39.6 21.1 11.2
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.1 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
2018 49.6 19.7 29.1 1.7 29.9 35.0 35.0 5.1 38.5 17.9 30.8 5.1 2.6 1.7
2019 55.9 19.1 23.5 1.5 26.5 45.6 27.9 1.5 38.2 20.6 35.3 1.5 1.5 0.9
2021 37.9 20.7 27.6 13.8 17.2 55.2 27.6 3.4 24.1 31.0 31.0 3.4 6.9 4.4
2023 26.3 38.6 24.6 10.5 36.8 35.1 28.1 1.8 19.3 33.3 19.3 15.8 10.5 7.6
Player 45.0 23.6 26.6 4.8 29.2 39.9 31.0 3.3 32.8 23.2 29.5 6.3 4.4 2.9
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 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 %
2023 4-Seamer 1.9 3 138 43.9 29 .292 .625 .438 16.9 20.7 13.0 .253 .452 .365 61.1
2023 Sinker -1.0 0 42 13.4 11 .273 .545 .345 16.7 9.1 10.0 .323 .615 .395 40.0
2023 Changeup -2.9 -1 37 11.8 8 .250 .250 .225 15.0 0.0 0.0 .285 .532 .343 37.5
2023 Slider 13.4 5 35 11.1 11 .455 1.091 .641 28.6 27.3 16.7 .280 .597 .367 37.5
2023 Curveball 2.1 1 29 9.2 6 .167 .500 .267 23.1 50.0 21.4 .124 .278 .162 66.7
2023 Cutter -10.3 -2 18 5.7 9 .000 .000 .156 10.0 11.1 25.0 .197 .360 .333 16.7
2023 Splitter -12.5 -1 8 2.5 4 .000 .000 .000 20.0 25.0 50.0 .217 .348 .230 33.3
2023 Sweeper 37.2 3 7 2.2 1 1.000 4.000 2.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .577 2.228 1.125 100.0
2021 4-Seamer -2.7 -2 75 38.9 19 .286 .357 .355 18.4 26.3 15.6 .160 .218 .269 30.0
2021 Slider -7.2 -2 30 15.5 8 .000 .000 .000 33.3 37.5 23.1 .222 .619 .342 40.0
2021 Curveball 1.9 0 25 13.0 4 .250 .250 .225 9.1 50.0 18.2 .199 .227 .187 50.0
2021 Sinker 1.8 0 24 12.4 4 .667 .667 .625 0.0 0.0 0.0 .511 .572 .531 66.7
2021 Cutter 4.1 1 18 9.3 5 .600 .600 .540 25.0 0.0 0.0 .572 .697 .551 60.0
2021 Changeup -3.9 -1 16 8.3 4 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .257 .312 .233 25.0
2021 Splitter 0.2 0 3 1.6 -- -- -- 100.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2021 Sweeper -0.8 0 2 1.0 -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seamer -1.1 -2 233 49.8 47 .139 .194 .294 23.9 29.8 19.7 .199 .235 .308 27.3
2019 Sinker -3.8 -2 63 13.5 13 .091 .091 .123 16.0 7.7 7.1 .194 .218 .221 36.4
2019 Slider 0.7 0 53 11.3 13 .231 .615 .415 24.1 30.8 16.7 .288 .438 .305 33.3
2019 Changeup 3.6 2 42 9.0 12 .364 .364 .358 16.7 8.3 10.0 .285 .317 .303 30.0
2019 Curveball -1.1 0 40 8.5 14 .250 .250 .293 18.8 28.6 22.2 .241 .318 .304 62.5
2019 Cutter 8.2 2 24 5.1 6 .500 .833 .567 0.0 16.7 10.0 .312 .459 .323 20.0
2019 Splitter 6.1 0 7 1.5 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .187 .236 .173 0.0
2019 Sweeper -0.2 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2018 4-Seamer -0.3 -1 304 40.7 64 .275 .353 .361 15.9 18.8 13.5 .231 .357 .346 35.9
2018 Sinker 1.9 3 164 22.0 42 .297 .432 .404 8.3 11.9 15.2 .247 .351 .314 37.5
2018 Slider -0.1 0 95 12.7 25 .227 .227 .264 28.2 32.0 21.1 .272 .307 .310 42.9
2018 Changeup -0.2 0 73 9.8 18 .313 .375 .308 20.6 5.6 6.7 .245 .307 .280 25.0
2018 Curveball 9.9 6 58 7.8 15 .429 .929 .573 25.0 33.3 26.3 .325 .514 .381 66.7
2018 Cutter 1.3 0 30 4.0 8 .375 .500 .381 25.0 25.0 18.2 .379 .479 .370 66.7
2018 Splitter 9.8 2 17 2.3 4 .500 .500 .575 50.0 25.0 14.3 .420 .560 .559 100.0
2018 Slurve -9.0 0 5 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 66.7 -- -- .000 --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 182 761 -2 0 6 5 9
2019 107 464 -2 -4 4 1 -1
2021 44 193 -2 -3 1 1 -3
2023 79 314 -4 8 2 1 6
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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 %
2018 747 47.9 56.3 88.1 19.8 63.6 40.8 11.2 37.2 18.7 9.4 62.9
2019 468 50.2 58.4 83.8 22.9 69.8 44.0 9.2 40.6 20.0 6.5 63.3
2021 193 49.7 71.9 88.4 22.7 59.1 39.9 34.1 47.2 17.6 11.4 81.8
2023 314 54.1 66.5 85.8 25.0 69.4 44.9 20.3 47.5 18.1 8.9 78.6
Player 1,722 49.9 60.6 86.5 21.8 66.0 42.3 14.8 41.1 18.8 8.7 68.7
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 29.6 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
2018 54 53
2019 46 24
2021 42 23
2023 29 45
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 23.1 1 0.9 0 3 2 0 0.0
2019 22.3 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 22.1 6 4.5 2 2 3 2 33.3
Player 22.3 8 6.3 2 5 6 2 25.0

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
2019 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
2023 6 4 3 6 5 5 5 5 6 3 4 5 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 6 3 3 6 6 4 3 5 5 4 3 4
Player 8 8 3 8 7 6 6 8 7 3 5 9 7 5 6 6 9 6 6 8 6 4 10 9 5 4 6 6 7 4 5
! 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 2018 2019 +/-  
Exit Velocity 88.0 87.6 -0.4
Launch Angle 2.9 5.7 2.8
Barrel % 2.6 1.5 -1.1
Hard Hit % 40.2 32.8 -7.4
Sweet Spot % 36.8 29.4 -7.4
xBA .258 .232 -0.026
BA .296 .226 -0.070
xwOBA .331 .290 -0.041
wOBA .357 .291 -0.066
xSLG .362 .295 -0.067
SLG .414 .323 -0.091
K% 20.1 23.9 3.8
BB% 11.7 12.8 1.1
Swing % 37.2 40.6 3.4
Whiff% 18.7 20.0 1.3
In Zone % 47.9 50.2 2.3
Out of Zone % 52.1 49.8 -2.3
Out of Zone Swing % 19.8 22.9 3.1
First Pitch Swing % 11.2 9.2 -2.0
First Pitch Strike % 59.8 55.0 -4.8
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2018 Shifts L 178 15 8.4 .339 .554
2019 Shifts L 109 28 25.7 .307 .247
2021 Shifts L 44 25 56.8 .194 .357
2023 Shades L 79 41 51.9 .305 .454
! 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 %
2018 257 16.3 39.3% 2.7% 154 22.2 3.9% 7.8%
2019 167 16.6 29.3% 1.2% 69 23.5 0.0% 7.2%
2021 56 16.7 37.5% 0.0% 30 23.6 3.3% 3.3%
2023 101 15.9 41.6% 1.0% 42 18.6 9.5% 0.0%
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