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Nick Loftin

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

Kansas City Royals3B · SPBats: R · Throws: R
FormSteadyPowerPoor

The read

Contact-oriented with limited power, with a low-strikeout, contact-first approach.

Prop hit rates

How often Nick Loftin has cleared each prop line over his last 10 and 30 games and the season.

Hits

share of games cleared
L10L30Season
  • Over 0.5▲ hot
    60%57%52%
  • Over 1.5
    20%20%17%
  • Over 2.5
    0%7%5%

Home runs

share of games cleared
L10L30Season
  • Over 0.5
    10%7%7%

Total bases

share of games cleared
L10L30Season
  • Over 1.5
    30%30%33%
  • Over 2.5▲ hot
    30%17%20%
  • Over 3.5
    10%7%8%

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At a glance

AVG

.245

OBP

.327

SLG

.392

OPS

.720

HR

5

K%

14%

Last 10: 8-for-32 (.250) · 1 HR · 7 K · 4 BB · MLB avg .247 / .318 / .404

Power & contact quality

Percentile rank vs qualified MLB hitters this season. The dot is this player; further right is better on every metric. Based on 272 PA.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.303
15
Avg Exit V
85.2 mph
18
Barrel %
4.5%
23
Hard-Hit %
33.7%
11
Chase %
24.6%
83
Whiff %
14.9%
91
K %
13.6%
92
BB %
9.6%
65

Where he hits it

22%LF29%LCF15%CF13%RCF11%RF← Pull

49%

Pull

28%

Center

23%

Oppo

Pull-air 35% of BIP · 92.2 mph · 35° LA

Share of batted balls by field sector. The pull / center / oppo split and pull-side fly-ball power sit below the fan.

Matchups

vs LHP.764OPS114 PA
vs RHP.688OPS158 PA

By pitch type. Filter by pitch, opposing hand, or recency. Green beats league average, red falls short.

5 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Curveball13.179.449.26637.8%46.2%35.9%17.9%88.2 mph-14.5°
Cutter26.265.481.37911.3%0.0%52.3%12.7%88.9 mph15.6°
Sinker44.237.289.2905.4%9.1%19.6%0.0%83.8 mph4.5°
Slider63.200.254.27827.9%22.2%15.3%0.0%80.3 mph4.8°
Four-seam86.295.586.3306.7%12.8%27.6%7.2%86.0 mph21.5°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalSeason-to-date
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.290
xSLG
.422
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
110.8
EV90
99.8
Launch angle
11.4°
Sweet-spot%
36.1%
Avg distance
241 ft
EV on barrels
101.3
EV on hard-hit
99.8
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
58.9%
O-Contact%
68.0%
Z-Contact%
92.3%
Contact%
85.1%
SwStr%
6.2%
CSW%
26.6%
In-zone%
49.3%
1st-pitch swing%
20.5%
2-strike K%
29.1%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.261
7d K%
15.0%
7d Barrel%
0.0%
7d Whiff%
14.7%
14d xwOBA(con)
.310
14d K%
17.8%
14d Barrel%
3.1%
30d xwOBA(con)
.302
30d K%
15.1%
30d Barrel%
1.5%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.272
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.329
Behind xwOBA(con)
.301
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.286
Ahead Whiff%
8.5%
2-strike Whiff%
19.3%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.324
RISP
.359
Loaded
.465
High leverage
.336
Clutch
.318
Innings 1-3
.319
Innings 4-6
.268
Innings 7+
.329

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

Attack zones

13%13%25%50%

13%

Heart

50%

Shadow

25%

Chase

13%

Waste

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

Where he lives around the zone. Heart (red) is the middle, Shadow (gold) the edges (command), Chase (blue) and Waste (slate) further off.

Full Statcast profile

Arsenal · splits · situationalSeason-to-date
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
IP/start
0.7
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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