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Nick Loftin

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Kansas City Royals2BBats: R · Throws: R

FormHotPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

.241

OBP

.343

SLG

.393

OPS

.736

1 HR · 22 RBI · 17 K (13%) · 16 BB · 134 PA

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

Last 10 games

.313

RBI

10-for-32

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 134 plate appearances. "xwOBA (con)" is expected wOBA on contact.

Metric

Percentile

Value

Rank

xwOBA (con)

.298

Avg Exit V

86.9 mph

Barrel %

6.2%

Hard-Hit %

37.1%

Chase %

21.0%

Whiff %

14.9%

K %

12.7%

BB %

11.9%

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.

43%

Pull

32%

Center

25%

Oppo

Pull-air 24% of BIP · 93.9 mph · 34° LA

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Thu Jun 18

Expectedestimators not shown above

xBA

.285

xSLG

.416

Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above

Max EV

110.8

EV90

100.3

Launch angle

12.3°

Sweet-spot%

36.1%

Avg distance

236 ft

EV on barrels

100.9

EV on hard-hit

99.7

Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles

Z-Swing%

59.7%

O-Contact%

69.8%

Z-Contact%

90.5%

Contact%

85.1%

SwStr%

6.0%

CSW%

25.3%

In-zone%

49.4%

1st-pitch swing%

18.5%

2-strike K%

27.0%

Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%

7d xwOBA(con)

.348

7d K%

16.7%

7d Barrel%

7.7%

7d Whiff%

18.2%

14d xwOBA(con)

.371

14d K%

15.2%

14d Barrel%

8.7%

30d xwOBA(con)

.286

30d K%

15.7%

30d Barrel%

5.9%

By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state

0-0 xwOBA(con)

.300

Ahead xwOBA(con)

.297

Behind xwOBA(con)

.347

2-strike xwOBA(con)

.262

Ahead Whiff%

10.5%

2-strike Whiff%

17.9%

By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning

Bases empty

.325

RISP

.371

Loaded

.625

High leverage

.342

Clutch

.307

Innings 1-3

.341

Innings 4-6

.280

Innings 7+

.292

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.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.255	.228
OBP	.318	.353	.333
SLG	.404	.382	.404
OPS	.722	.735	.737
Sample	—	68 PA	66 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.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

Window

This season Last 30 days

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2 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↑	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Curveball	5	.250	.250	.354	37.5%	40.0%	50.0%	0.0%	85.3 mph	-16.5°
Cutter	13	.154	.308	.311	13.7%	0.0%	49.5%	15.4%	88.3 mph	16.0°

Advanced (Statcast)

Arsenal · splits · situationalthrough Fri May 31

Pitch arsenalusage · velo · spin · break · whiff% · xwOBA

Slider

25%

Curve

13%

Other

63%

Pitch	Usage	Velo	Spin	Break	Zone%	SwStr%	xwOBA
Slider	25.0%	49.4	1124	7.9	0.0%	0.0%	—
Curve	12.5%	44.2	1010	10.4	0.0%	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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