Nick Pratto
1B | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 1" 225LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 1, #14, Kansas City Royals | Huntington Beach (CA) HS
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 182 158 18 29 7 0 .184 .271 .386 .657
2023 345 306 33 71 7 1 .232 .307 .353 .660
2 Seasons 527 464 51 100 14 1 .216 .295 .364 .659
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .184 7 0 .657
2023 .232 7 1 .660
2 Seasons .216 14 1 .659
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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%
2022 23 787 96 12 12.5 6.6 86.0 109.0 19.7 34.4 .173 .322 .287 .267 .364 36.5 36.3 10.4
2023 24 1452 172 14 8.1 4.1 87.5 107.6 13.4 40.7 .209 .339 .292 .278 .416 41.9 40.0 8.4
Player 2239 268 26 9.7 4.9 87.0 109.0 15.7 38.4 .197 .333 .290 .275 .397 39.9 38.7 9.1
MLB 7.1 4.9 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 %
2022 33.3 66.7 40.6 17.7 8.3 43.8 30.2 26.0 16.7 13.5 3.1 27.1 16.7 22.9
2023 36.6 63.4 24.4 30.8 8.1 37.2 39.0 23.8 18.0 14.5 4.1 19.2 24.4 19.8
Player 35.4 64.6 30.2 26.1 8.2 39.6 35.8 24.6 17.5 14.2 3.7 22.0 21.6 20.9
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
2022 8.3 20.8 32.3 18.8 7.3 12.5 6.6
2023 3.5 26.2 24.4 31.4 6.4 8.1 4.1
Player 5.2 24.3 27.2 26.9 6.7 9.7 4.9
MLB 4.0 32.5 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.1 4.9
! 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-Seam Fastball -1.7 -9 522 36.0 115 .194 .311 .261 25.9 40.9 27.3 .206 .387 .291 45.6
2023 Slider -0.8 -1 190 13.1 47 .150 .350 .281 63.6 61.7 37.7 .146 .260 .249 45.5
2023 Changeup -0.3 -1 187 12.9 53 .265 .306 .274 45.9 39.6 28.8 .190 .264 .223 34.5
2023 Sinker -0.8 -1 155 10.7 40 .257 .371 .325 12.5 22.5 24.3 .271 .365 .326 50.0
2023 Cutter -2.7 -4 142 9.8 35 .133 .233 .234 25.4 34.3 28.6 .174 .298 .271 38.9
2023 Curveball 2.0 3 139 9.6 26 .409 .682 .475 48.8 46.2 26.1 .248 .382 .312 63.6
2023 Split-Finger -1.1 -1 58 4.0 16 .267 .267 .225 42.4 25.0 16.7 .308 .411 .292 16.7
2023 Sweeper 4.0 2 50 3.4 13 .500 .667 .523 38.9 30.8 26.7 .232 .341 .284 25.0
2023 Slurve -0.4 0 8 0.6 -- -- -- 25.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 316 40.2 65 .161 .357 .272 26.1 36.9 24.2 .131 .276 .247 36.4
2022 Changeup -0.5 -1 125 15.9 36 .129 .323 .258 41.0 30.6 22.4 .161 .282 .262 30.0
2022 Curveball 0.3 0 75 9.5 11 .111 .333 .273 50.0 63.6 30.4 .082 .247 .240 50.0
2022 Slider -0.1 0 73 9.3 19 .222 .444 .313 47.1 31.6 21.4 .212 .430 .276 38.5
2022 Sinker 5.2 4 71 9.0 16 .667 1.083 .737 15.4 12.5 16.7 .381 .711 .512 54.5
2022 Cutter -3.4 -2 61 7.8 19 .118 .294 .237 25.0 21.1 30.8 .261 .380 .292 35.7
2022 Sweeper -1.8 -1 41 5.2 9 .111 .222 .139 50.0 88.9 38.1 .081 .094 .077 0.0
2022 Split-Finger -4.9 -1 23 2.9 7 .000 .000 .100 64.7 57.1 36.4 .111 .138 .190 0.0
2022 Slurve 5.3 0 2 0.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 182 787 1 -11 4 3 -3
2023 345 1,451 -6 -20 9 6 -12
Player 527 2,238 -5 -31 13 -5 -15
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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 %
2022 787 49.6 65.1 76.0 26.2 40.4 44.1 24.7 45.5 34.4 7.8 73.8
2023 1,452 49.9 58.8 78.2 27.5 36.0 44.0 20.6 43.1 35.3 6.9 68.0
Player 2,239 49.8 61.0 77.4 27.0 37.5 44.0 22.0 43.9 35.0 7.2 70.2
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.1 28.4 57.6 42.7 30.1 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
2022 48 47 19
2023 6 2 8 19 8 11 47 18 32 57 1 49 6 55 25 10 50
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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 %
2022 21.87 7 7.8 -1 7 7 2 28.6
2023 21.10 7 6.0 1 4 6 2 28.6
Player 21.48 14 13.8 0 11 13 4 28.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2022 7 6 4 10 8 9 8 6 5 6 8 10 8 7 9 10 8 6 7 9 8 9 12 9 5 6 10 9 7 8 8
2023 7 7 3 7 5 5 6 7 4 5 6 7 6 5 7 7 8 6 8 7 6 3 9 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5
Player 14 13 7 17 13 14 14 13 9 11 14 17 14 12 16 17 16 12 15 16 14 12 21 16 11 11 15 15 13 14 13
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

2022 +/-   2023
Results
BA .184 +.048 ↑ .232
xBA .173 +.036 ↑ .209
OBP .271 +.036 ↑ .307
xOBP .266 +.021 ↑ .287
SLG .386 -.033 ↓ .353
xSLG .322 +.017 ↑ .339
ISO .203 -.082 ↓ .121
xISO .149 -.019 ↓ .130
BABIP .250 +.138 ↑ .388
wOBA .287 +.005 ↑ .292
xwOBA .267 +.011 ↑ .278
wOBACON .401 +.043 ↑ .444
xwOBACON .364 +.052 ↑ .416
BACON .305 +.108 ↑ .413
xBACON .296 +.077 ↑ .373
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 36.5 +5.4 ↑ 41.9
Avg Exit Velocity 86.0 +1.5 ↑ 87.5
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 34.4 +6.3 ↑ 40.7
Barrel % 12.5 -4.4 ↓ 8.1
Avg Launch Angle 19.7 -6.3 ↓ 13.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed -- -- 69.7
Attack Angle -- -- 14°
Ideal Attack Angle % -- -- 33.3
Attack Direction -- -- -9°
Swing Path - Tilt -- -- 41°
Swing Length -- -- 7.1
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 93.5 -0.3 ↓ 93.2
Breaking Velocity 82.1 +0.8 ↑ 82.9
Offspeed Velocity 85.9 -0.6 ↓ 85.3
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 12 +2 ↑ 14
Popup % 8.3 -0.2 ↓ 8.1
Flyball % 40.6 -16.2 ↓ 24.4
Line Drive % 17.7 +13.1 ↑ 30.8
Groundball % 33.3 +3.3 ↑ 36.6
Pull % 43.8 -6.6 ↓ 37.2
Straight Away % 30.2 +8.8 ↑ 39.0
Opposite Field % 26.0 -2.2 ↓ 23.8
Weak Contact % 8.3 -4.8 ↓ 3.5
Pull Airball % 27.1 -7.9 ↓ 19.2
Topped Contact % 20.8 +5.4 ↑ 26.2
Under Contact % 32.3 -7.9 ↓ 24.4
Flare/Burner Contact % 18.8 +12.6 ↑ 31.4
Solid Contact % 7.3 -0.9 ↓ 6.4
HR/FB % 17.9 -1.2 ↓ 16.7
Popups 8 +6 ↑ 14
Flyballs 39 +3 ↑ 42
Line Drives 17 +36 ↑ 53
Groundballs 32 +31 ↑ 63
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 49.6 +0.3 ↑ 49.9
Out of Zone % 50.4 -0.3 ↓ 50.1
Edge % 44.1 -0.1 ↓ 44.0
Zone Swing % 65.1 -6.3 ↓ 58.8
Out of Zone Swing % 26.2 +1.3 ↑ 27.5
In Zone Contact % 76.0 +2.2 ↑ 78.2
Out of Zone Contact % 40.4 -4.4 ↓ 36.0
Whiff % 34.4 +0.9 ↑ 35.3
First Strike % 58.8 +4.4 ↑ 63.2
First Pitch Swing % 24.7 -4.1 ↓ 20.6
Swing % 45.5 -2.4 ↓ 43.1
Meatball Swing % 73.8 -5.8 ↓ 68.0
Meatball % 7.8 -0.9 ↓ 6.9
Zone Swing & Miss % 24.0 -2.2 ↓ 21.8
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 59.6 +4.4 ↑ 64.0
In Zone 390 +334 ↑ 724
Out of Zone 397 +331 ↑ 728
Edge 347 +292 ↑ 639
In Zone Swings 254 +172 ↑ 426
Out of Zone Swings 104 +96 ↑ 200
In Zone Swing & Misses 61 +32 ↑ 93
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 62 +66 ↑ 128
Basic
Pitches 787 +665 ↑ 1,452
PA 182 +163 ↑ 345
AB 158 +148 ↑ 306
Hits 29 +42 ↑ 71
Singles 12 +36 ↑ 48
Doubles 9 +7 ↑ 16
Triples 1 -1 ↓ 0
Home Runs 7 0 7
Walks 19 +10 ↑ 29
Strikeouts 66 +72 ↑ 138
K% 36.3 +3.7 ↑ 40.0
BB% 10.4 -2.0 ↓ 8.4
HBP 1 +5 ↑ 6
Batted Balls 96 +76 ↑ 172
Number of Fastballs 448 +371 ↑ 819
Number of Offspeed 148 +97 ↑ 245
Number of Breaking 148 +181 ↑ 329
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2022 Shifts L 182 136 74.7 .250 .299
2023 Shades L 344 165 48.0 .300 .286
! 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 %
2022 206 18.9 12.6% 2.9% 153 23.8 0.0% 9.8%
2023 434 15.3 43.5% 0.5% 247 18.8 4.0% 0.4%
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