MLB · AL Central

Nick Loftin

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City Royals2B · SPBats: R · Throws: R
FormHotPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

BA

.235

OBP

.338

SLG

.403

OPS

.741

2 HR · 24 RBI · 19 K (13%) · 17 BB · 142 PA

MLB avg · .247 / .318 / .404 · .722 OPS

Last 10 games

BA

.303

HR

1

RBI

6

K

7

BB

5

10-for-33

Quality of contact

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season (≥80 AB pool). The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 142 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.304
14
Avg Exit V
87.3 mph
36
Barrel %
6.9%
43
Hard-Hit %
37.3%
17
Chase %
21.3%
94
Whiff %
14.9%
89
K %
13.4%
91
BB %
12.0%
84

Spray distribution

Where this hitter puts the ball in play. The greener (more saturated) a sector, the larger his share of batted balls there; the pull/center/oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below.

17%LF28%LCF20%CF15%RCF11%RF← Pull

44%

Pull

31%

Center

25%

Oppo

Pull-air 27% of BIP · 95.0 mph · 33° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Sun Jun 21
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.286
xSLG
.429
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
110.8
EV90
100.7
Launch angle
12.3°
Sweet-spot%
37.3%
Avg distance
240 ft
EV on barrels
101.0
EV on hard-hit
99.8
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
59.5%
O-Contact%
69.0%
Z-Contact%
91.1%
Contact%
85.1%
SwStr%
5.9%
CSW%
25.6%
In-zone%
49.0%
1st-pitch swing%
18.2%
2-strike K%
27.9%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.367
7d K%
20.0%
7d Barrel%
11.8%
7d Whiff%
17.4%
14d xwOBA(con)
.373
14d K%
17.6%
14d Barrel%
12.5%
30d xwOBA(con)
.306
30d K%
14.9%
30d Barrel%
7.4%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.300
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.320
Behind xwOBA(con)
.335
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.257
Ahead Whiff%
10.0%
2-strike Whiff%
17.6%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.311
RISP
.350
Loaded
.625
High leverage
.348
Clutch
.307
Innings 1-3
.373
Innings 4-6
.280
Innings 7+
.287

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

Split by opposing hand

League-average against both sides.

StatLeaguevs Leftiesvs Righties
BA.247.255.219
OBP.318.353.324
SLG.404.382.422
OPS.722.735.746
Sample68 PA74 PA

Pitch-by-pitch breakdown

How he performs against each pitch. Filter by pitch type, opposing pitcher hand, or recency. Color signal: green beats league average, red falls short.

3 pitches · this season · vs right-handed pitchers

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Cutter7.167.667.40215.4%0.0%62.5%12.5%91.8 mph11.9°
Sinker13.250.417.22111.1%23.1%27.3%0.0%87.3 mph4.7°
Four-seam24.250.550.3292.9%8.3%30.0%20.0%89.1 mph27.1°

Attack zones

Where this pitcher lives in and around the zone. The more saturated a zone, the larger his share of pitches there. Heart (red) is the middle (hittable), Shadow (gold) straddles the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) are progressively further off. The white 3×3 box is the rule-book strike zone; home plate sits below.

13%13%25%50%

13%

Heart

50%

Shadow

25%

Chase

13%

Waste

Heart = middle · Shadow = edges (command) · 4.9 ft extension

Advanced (Statcast)

Arsenal · splits · situationalthrough Fri May 31
Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA
Slider
25%
Curve
13%
Other
63%
PitchUsageVeloSpinBreakZone%SwStr%xwOBA
Slider25.0%49.411247.90.0%0.0%
Curve12.5%44.2101010.40.0%0.0%

Based on 8 pitches this season.

Expected & ratesnot in the panels above
xwOBA allowed
.300
1st-pitch strike%
33.3%
Putaway%
0.0%
Recent formlast 5 starts
L5 ERA
0.00
L5 FIP
3.10
L5 K/9
0.0
L5 BB/9
0.0
L5 HR/9
0.0
Pitches/start
8.0
Platoon & times-through
vs LHB xwOBA
.900
vs RHB xwOBA
.000
1st time xwOBA
.300
Inn 7+ ERA
3.90
Rolling formxwOBA allowed / K% / SwStr% / velo
7d xwOBA
.300
7d K%
0.0%
7d velo
56.3
14d xwOBA
.300
14d K%
0.0%
30d xwOBA
.300
30d K%
0.0%
30d velo
56.3

Statcast-derived from our v8 pitch corpus, refreshed daily. xwOBA (con) = xwOBA on balls in play. Percentages are share of the relevant opportunity.

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