MLB · AL Central

Nick Loftin

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City Royals2BBats: R · Throws: R
FormHotPowerBelow avg

At a glance

This season

BA

.235

OBP

.341

SLG

.383

OPS

.723

1 HR · 22 RBI · 18 K (13%) · 17 BB · 138 PA

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

Last 10 games

BA

.290

HR

0

RBI

4

K

6

BB

6

9-for-31

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

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.295
11
Avg Exit V
87.0 mph
32
Barrel %
6.1%
35
Hard-Hit %
36.4%
16
Chase %
21.0%
94
Whiff %
14.8%
89
K %
13.0%
92
BB %
12.3%
87

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.

16%LF28%LCF20%CF14%RCF11%RF← Pull

43%

Pull

32%

Center

24%

Oppo

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

Advanced (Statcast)

Batted ball · discipline · situationalthrough Fri Jun 19
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.282
xSLG
.411
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Launch angle
12.2°
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
1st-pitch swing%
18.7%
2-strike K%
27.3%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Clutch
.307
Innings 1-3
.341
Innings 4-6
.276
Innings 7+
.288

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.247.255.217
OBP.318.353.329
SLG.404.382.383
OPS.722.735.712
Sample68 PA70 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.

4 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Changeup8.250.250.31420.5%0.0%50.0%0.0%92.6 mph4.7°
Cutter8.250.500.27315.5%0.0%29.2%12.5%80.3 mph6.7°
Slider12.201.299.27539.2%41.7%0.0%0.0%82.0 mph24.4°
Four-seam28.289.571.3195.2%10.7%30.9%9.3%87.4 mph15.5°

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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