Nick Nelson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 205LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 4, #128, New York Yankees | Gulf Coast CC
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 2 4.85 47 2 1 68.2 69 1.49
2023 1 0 1.69 1 0 0 5.1 3 0.75
2024 0 0 5.06 4 0 0 5.1 8 1.88
5 Seasons 5 4 5.20 74 4 1 114.1 120 1.56
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 47 3-2 4.85 68.2 69 1.49
2023 1 1-0 1.69 5.1 3 0.75
2024 4 0-0 5.06 5.1 8 1.88
5 Seasons 74 5-4 5.20 114.1 120 1.56
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast 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% ERA xERA
2020 24 374 61 6 9.8 6.7 88.0 109.3 4.6 36.1 .284 .477 .338 .368 .417 32.8 20.0 12.2 4.79 6.00
2021 25 338 37 2 5.4 2.6 89.7 105.9 10.4 54.1 .219 .367 .380 .360 .402 43.2 28.2 20.5 8.79 5.73
2022 26 1204 197 7 3.6 2.3 87.6 111.4 15.1 33.0 .222 .322 .311 .296 .320 32.5 22.5 11.8 4.85 3.62
2023 27 69 15 1 6.7 5.0 82.7 108.4 6.4 26.7 .258 .437 .214 .338 .358 26.7 15.0 10.0 1.69 4.90
2024 28 96 15 0 0.0 0.0 83.5 104.1 23.0 26.7 .222 .281 .379 .275 .336 33.3 30.8 7.7 5.06 3.12
Player 2081 325 16 4.9 3.1 87.5 111.4 12.6 35.4 .234 .359 .326 .319 .350 33.5 23.1 12.9
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.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Nelson relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(30.2%) ,
Four Seamer
(26.0%) ,
Slider
(24.0%) ,
Changeup
(17.7%) ,
Knuckleball
(2.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



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 %
2020 55.7 44.3 19.7 23.0 1.6 32.8 39.3 27.9 23.0 24.6 8.2 9.8 14.8 19.7
2021 35.1 64.9 13.5 48.6 2.7 37.8 35.1 27.0 24.3 10.8 0.0 13.5 24.3 27.0
2022 39.1 60.9 25.4 26.9 8.6 35.5 35.0 29.4 17.3 15.7 6.1 18.3 19.3 23.4
2023 53.3 46.7 13.3 20.0 13.3 40.0 33.3 26.7 26.7 26.7 0.0 13.3 6.7 26.7
2024 33.3 66.7 13.3 26.7 26.7 33.3 26.7 40.0 20.0 6.7 6.7 13.3 20.0 33.3
Player 42.2 57.8 21.8 28.3 7.7 35.4 35.4 29.2 19.7 16.9 5.5 15.7 18.5 23.7
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
2020 1.6 45.9 13.1 26.2 3.3 9.8 6.7
2021 2.7 35.1 18.9 27.0 10.8 5.4 2.6
2022 3.6 31.0 29.9 25.4 6.6 3.6 2.3
2023 13.3 46.7 13.3 20.0 0.0 6.7 5.0
2024 20.0 20.0 20.0 33.3 6.7 0.0 0.0
Player 4.3 34.5 24.3 25.8 6.2 4.9 3.1
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.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2024 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 25 94.4 14.8 0.5 5.4ARM -2.7 16.1 0.4 5.4ARM -2.2
2024 Knuckleball PHI R 2 79.8 38.8 -9.0 2.7ARM 2.8 4.7 -7.6 2.7ARM 2.7
2024 Slider PHI R 23 86.9 35.4 0.9 3.5GLV -0.8 0.8 0.8 3.5GLV -1.3
2024 Changeup PHI R 17 87.3 28.7 -2.6 16.6ARM 2.1 7.3 -2.4 16.6ARM 2.4
2024 Sinker PHI R 29 93.6 20.2 -3.1 14.2ARM -1.0 11.1 -3.9 14.2ARM -0.7
2023 Changeup PHI R 26 86.7 29.8 -1.2 17.2ARM 2.7 7.0 -1.6 17.2ARM 2.8
2023 Slider PHI R 4 84.7 40.9 4.0 1.5GLV -3.8 -2.6 4.2 1.5GLV -3.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball PHI R 22 93.8 15.0 0.7 6.5ARM -1.5 16.3 0.5 6.5ARM -0.9
2023 Sinker PHI R 17 92.7 21.1 -2.8 16.4ARM 1.2 11.0 -3.3 16.4ARM 1.5
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 Sinker -2.6 -1 29 30.2 8 .500 .500 .450 0.0 12.5 25.0 .331 .381 .315 14.3
2024 4-Seam Fastball -3.7 -1 25 26.0 7 .400 .800 .557 0.0 14.3 20.0 .243 .395 .393 50.0
2024 Slider 4.0 1 23 24.0 4 .000 .000 .000 44.4 75.0 37.5 .001 .001 .001 0.0
2024 Changeup -2.2 0 17 17.7 5 .400 .400 .360 55.6 40.0 22.2 .246 .288 .234 66.7
2024 Knuckleball -14.9 0 2 2.1 2 .000 .000 .350 100.0 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2023 Changeup 3.9 1 26 37.7 7 .000 .000 .100 33.3 28.6 20.0 .203 .228 .265 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball -9.0 -2 22 31.9 6 .333 .833 .483 16.7 0.0 0.0 .467 .979 .607 50.0
2023 Sinker 8.1 1 17 24.6 7 .000 .000 .100 20.0 14.3 33.3 .104 .104 .181 20.0
2023 Slider -4.5 0 4 5.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 17 87.3 99 18.4 2:15 2:15 0
2024 4-Seam Fastball 25 94.4 94 16.5 12:45 12:45 0
2024 Sinker 29 93.6 86 18.0 1:00 1:45 -45
2024 Slider 23 86.9 23 4.3 10:15 8:45 90
2023 Changeup 26 86.7 99 19.0 2:15 2:30 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 22 93.8 97 17.1 1:00 12:45 15
2023 Sinker 14 92.7 83 19.7 1:00 2:00 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 90 374 -3 6 -4 -2 -4
2021 78 338 1 1 -3 -3 -5
2022 306 1,204 5 12 -11 -7 -1
2023 20 69 -1 2 0 0 0
2024 26 96 -2 2 0 -1 -1
Player 520 2,081 -1 22 -19 -1 -11
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 374 45.7 67.8 78.4 30.5 59.7 42.5 58.9 47.6 28.1 7.0 80.8
2021 338 46.4 67.5 75.5 25.4 52.2 37.6 48.7 45.0 30.9 4.7 81.3
2022 1,204 47.8 70.6 78.3 25.1 51.9 41.4 58.8 46.8 28.7 6.5 83.3
2023 69 44.9 80.6 80.0 34.2 69.2 42.0 75.0 55.1 23.7 4.3 100.0
2024 96 40.6 53.8 95.2 40.4 60.9 46.9 73.1 45.8 22.7 3.1 100.0
Player 2,081 46.8 69.3 78.5 27.3 55.0 41.3 58.7 46.9 28.5 6.1 83.3
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2020 12 11 17 28 10 46 17 55 75 29 17 60 75 89 15 54
2021 89 17 55
2022 59 69 85 89 30 92 96 71 89 47 6 71 9 87 5 42
2024 47 2 28
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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 %
2020 22.15 4 2.6 1 4 2 1 25.0
2021 -- 0 0.9 -1 0 2 0 --
2022 26.17 1 2.0 -1 2 1 1 100.0
2023 22.31 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Player 22.85 6 6.5 -1 6 5 3 50.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2020 4 3 3 5 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 3 2 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
2021 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 1
2022 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Player 6 7 6 9 4 6 8 7 4 3 4 5 9 4 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 6 10 8 7 6 5 7 9 6 5
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed 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

2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024
Results
BA .256 +.007 .263 -.006 .257 -.146 .111 +.237 .348
xBA .284 -.065 .219 +.003 .222 +.036 .258 -.036 .222
OBP .344 +.092 .436 -.090 .346 -.146 .200 +.223 .423
xOBP .369 +.044 .413 -.091 .322 +.010 .332 -.021 .311
SLG .436 -.015 .421 -.071 .350 -.072 .278 +.157 .435
xSLG .477 -.110 .367 -.045 .322 +.115 .437 -.156 .281
ISO .179 -.021 .158 -.065 .093 +.074 .167 -.080 .087
xISO .193 -.045 .148 -.047 .101 +.078 .179 -.119 .060
BABIP .281 +.124 .405 -.073 .332 -.261 .071 +.462 .533
wOBA .338 +.042 .380 -.069 .311 -.097 .214 +.165 .379
xwOBA .368 -.008 .360 -.064 .296 +.042 .338 -.063 .275
wOBACON .373 +.071 .444 -.102 .342 -.150 .192 +.325 .517
xwOBACON .417 -.015 .402 -.082 .320 +.038 .358 -.022 .336
BACON .328 +.077 .405 -.070 .335 -.202 .133 +.400 .533
xBACON .365 -.009 .356 -.059 .297 +.013 .310 +.030 .340
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 32.8 +10.4 43.2 -10.7 32.5 -5.8 26.7 +6.6 33.3
Avg Exit Velocity 88.0 +1.7 89.7 -2.1 87.6 -4.9 82.7 +0.8 83.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 36.1 +18.0 54.1 -21.1 33.0 -6.3 26.7 0.0 26.7
Barrel % 9.8 -4.4 5.4 -1.8 3.6 +3.1 6.7 -6.7 0.0
Avg Launch Angle 4.6 +5.8 10.4 +4.7 15.1 -8.7 6.4 +16.6 23.0
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- -- -- -- -- 73.0 -2.4 70.6
Attack Angle -- -- -- -- -- -- 13° -4°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- -- -- -- -- 37.5 +15.6 53.1
Attack Direction -- -- -- -- -- -- -5° +9°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- -- -- -- -- 32° -1° 31°
Swing Length -- -- -- -- -- -- 7.4 -0.4 7.0
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 96.3 +0.1 96.4 -0.1 96.3 -2.9 93.4 +0.5 93.9
Breaking Velocity 82.9 +0.8 83.7 +5.1 88.8 -4.1 84.7 +1.6 86.3
Offspeed Velocity 88.6 +0.6 89.2 -1.3 87.9 -1.2 86.7 +0.6 87.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 6 -4 2 +5 7 -6 1 -1 0
Popup % 1.6 +1.1 2.7 +5.9 8.6 +4.7 13.3 +13.4 26.7
Flyball % 19.7 -6.2 13.5 +11.9 25.4 -12.1 13.3 0.0 13.3
Line Drive % 23.0 +25.6 48.6 -21.7 26.9 -6.9 20.0 +6.7 26.7
Groundball % 55.7 -20.6 35.1 +4.0 39.1 +14.2 53.3 -20.0 33.3
Pull % 32.8 +5.0 37.8 -2.3 35.5 +4.5 40.0 -6.7 33.3
Straight Away % 39.3 -4.2 35.1 -0.1 35.0 -1.7 33.3 -6.6 26.7
Opposite Field % 27.9 -0.9 27.0 +2.4 29.4 -2.7 26.7 +13.3 40.0
Weak Contact % 1.6 +1.1 2.7 +0.9 3.6 +9.7 13.3 +6.7 20.0
Pull Airball % 9.8 +3.7 13.5 +4.8 18.3 -5.0 13.3 0.0 13.3
Topped Contact % 45.9 -10.8 35.1 -4.1 31.0 +15.7 46.7 -26.7 20.0
Under Contact % 13.1 +5.8 18.9 +11.0 29.9 -16.6 13.3 +6.7 20.0
Flare/Burner Contact % 26.2 +0.8 27.0 -1.6 25.4 -5.4 20.0 +13.3 33.3
Solid Contact % 3.3 +7.5 10.8 -4.2 6.6 -6.6 0.0 +6.7 6.7
HR/FB % 33.3 -33.3 0.0 +2.0 2.0 +48.0 50.0 -50.0 0.0
Popups 1 0 1 +16 17 -15 2 +2 4
Flyballs 12 -7 5 +45 50 -48 2 0 2
Line Drives 14 +4 18 +35 53 -50 3 +1 4
Groundballs 34 -21 13 +64 77 -69 8 -3 5
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 45.7 +0.7 46.4 +1.4 47.8 -2.9 44.9 -4.3 40.6
Out of Zone % 54.3 -0.7 53.6 -1.4 52.2 +2.9 55.1 +4.3 59.4
Edge % 42.5 -4.9 37.6 +3.8 41.4 +0.6 42.0 +4.9 46.9
Zone Swing % 67.8 -0.3 67.5 +3.1 70.6 +10.0 80.6 -26.8 53.8
Out of Zone Swing % 30.5 -5.1 25.4 -0.3 25.1 +9.1 34.2 +6.2 40.4
In Zone Contact % 78.4 -2.9 75.5 +2.8 78.3 +1.7 80.0 +15.2 95.2
Out of Zone Contact % 59.7 -7.5 52.2 -0.3 51.9 +17.3 69.2 -8.3 60.9
Whiff % 28.1 +2.8 30.9 -2.2 28.7 -5.0 23.7 -1.0 22.7
First Strike % 58.9 -10.2 48.7 +10.1 58.8 +16.2 75.0 -1.9 73.1
First Pitch Swing % 33.3 -3.8 29.5 +3.2 32.7 +22.3 55.0 -20.4 34.6
Swing % 47.6 -2.6 45.0 +1.8 46.8 +8.3 55.1 -9.3 45.8
Meatball Swing % 80.8 +0.5 81.3 +2.0 83.3 +16.7 100.0 0.0 100.0
Meatball % 7.0 -2.3 4.7 +1.8 6.5 -2.2 4.3 -1.2 3.1
Zone Swing & Miss % 21.6 +2.0 23.6 -1.9 21.7 -1.7 20.0 -15.2 4.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 40.3 +7.5 47.8 -1.0 46.8 -16.0 30.8 +8.3 39.1
In Zone 171 -14 157 +418 575 -544 31 +8 39
Out of Zone 203 -22 181 +448 629 -591 38 +19 57
Edge 159 -32 127 +372 499 -470 29 +16 45
In Zone Swings 116 -10 106 +300 406 -381 25 -4 21
Out of Zone Swings 62 -16 46 +112 158 -145 13 +10 23
In Zone Swing & Misses 25 0 25 +63 88 -83 5 -4 1
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 25 -3 22 +52 74 -70 4 +5 9
Basic
Pitches 374 -36 338 +866 1,204 -1,135 69 +27 96
PA 90 -12 78 +228 306 -286 20 +6 26
AB 78 -21 57 +200 257 -239 18 +5 23
Hits 20 -5 15 +51 66 -64 2 +6 8
Singles 14 -7 7 +39 46 -45 1 +6 7
Doubles 2 +5 7 +10 17 -17 0 0 0
Triples 0 +1 1 +1 2 -2 0 +1 1
Home Runs 4 -4 0 +1 1 0 1 -1 0
Walks 11 +5 16 +20 36 -34 2 0 2
Strikeouts 18 +4 22 +47 69 -66 3 +5 8
K% 20.0 +8.2 28.2 -5.7 22.5 -7.5 15.0 +15.8 30.8
BB% 12.2 +8.3 20.5 -8.7 11.8 -1.8 10.0 -2.3 7.7
HBP 0 +3 3 +1 4 -4 0 +1 1
Batted Balls 61 -24 37 +160 197 -182 15 0 15
Number of Fastballs 214 -32 182 +336 518 -479 39 +15 54
Number of Offspeed 92 +23 115 +237 352 -326 26 -9 17
Number of Breaking 68 -27 41 +293 334 -330 4 +19 23
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 90 .338 47 11 23.4 43 18 41.9
2021 Shifts 78 .380 43 7 16.3 35 13 37.1
2022 Shifts 306 .311 159 32 20.1 147 57 38.8
2023 Shades 20 .214 9 0 0.0 11 4 36.4
2024 Shades 26 .379 17 0 0.0 9 2 22.2
! 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 %
2020 103 16.0 37.9% 0.0% 66 24.1 0.0% 1.5%
2021 53 18.8 13.2% 3.8% 87 22.7 0.0% 6.9%
2022 252 19.4 2.4% 3.2% 257 22.9 0.0% 6.2%
2023 22 14.2 50.0% 0.0% 3 17.8 0.0% 0.0%
2024 15 14.7 66.7% 0.0% 29 18.3 10.3% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution