MLB · AL Central

Nick Loftin

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

The read

League-average power, with a low-strikeout, contact-first approach. Heating up over the last ten.

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

Power & contact quality

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

Where he hits it

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

Full Statcast profile

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.

Platoon split

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

How he handles each pitch

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

5 pitches · last 30 days · combined vs both hands

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Curveball3.500.500.59020.0%0.0%50.0%0.0%85.3 mph-16.5°
Cutter9.3611.000.36414.3%0.0%38.9%25.0%83.0 mph9.6°
Sinker10.114.229.2096.7%20.0%48.0%0.0%92.8 mph-6.0°
Slider13.184.272.28937.9%38.5%12.3%0.0%85.6 mph20.5°
Four-seam29.278.550.3155.0%10.3%29.5%8.8%87.6 mph15.8°

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

Full Statcast profile

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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