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Nick Loftin

Betting stats, Statcast splits, spray chart & prop matchups

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

The read

Contact-oriented with limited power, with a low-strikeout, contact-first approach. Heating up over the last ten.

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
    80%53%52%
  • Over 1.5
    20%20%16%
  • Over 2.5
    0%10%6%

Home runs

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

Total bases

share of games cleared
L10L30Season
  • Over 1.5
    40%30%33%
  • Over 2.5
    20%17%19%
  • Over 3.5
    10%10%8%

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At a glance

AVG

.245

OBP

.327

SLG

.397

OPS

.724

HR

5

K%

14%

Last 10: 10-for-31 (.323) · 1 HR · 6 K · 3 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 257 PA.

Metric
Percentile
Value
Rank
xwOBA (con)
.306
15
Avg Exit V
85.8 mph
24
Barrel %
4.7%
24
Hard-Hit %
33.0%
11
Chase %
25.2%
81
Whiff %
15.1%
91
K %
13.6%
92
BB %
9.3%
62

Where he hits it

22%LF28%LCF16%CF14%RCF11%RF← Pull

49%

Pull

29%

Center

23%

Oppo

Pull-air 34% of BIP · 93.4 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.789OPS109 PA
vs RHP.677OPS148 PA

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

1 pitch · this season · vs right-handed pitchers

PitchPABASLGxwOBAWhiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%Exit veloLaunch
Cutter13.167.417.32816.7%0.0%50.0%7.1%87.0 mph13.9°

Full Statcast profile

Batted ball · discipline · situationalSeason-to-date
Expectedestimators not shown above
xBA
.291
xSLG
.428
Batted ballAvg EV / Barrel% / Hard-hit% shown above
Max EV
110.8
EV90
99.8
Launch angle
11.1°
Sweet-spot%
37.2%
Avg distance
240 ft
EV on barrels
101.3
EV on hard-hit
99.7
Plate disciplineChase% & Whiff% shown above as percentiles
Z-Swing%
58.9%
O-Contact%
67.2%
Z-Contact%
92.6%
Contact%
84.9%
SwStr%
6.3%
CSW%
26.8%
In-zone%
49.6%
1st-pitch swing%
20.5%
2-strike K%
29.4%
Rolling formxwOBA(con) / K% / BB% / Barrel% / Whiff%
7d xwOBA(con)
.352
7d K%
22.7%
7d Barrel%
6.7%
7d Whiff%
17.1%
14d xwOBA(con)
.317
14d K%
17.8%
14d Barrel%
2.9%
30d xwOBA(con)
.302
30d K%
15.1%
30d Barrel%
1.5%
By countxwOBA(con) / Whiff% by count state
0-0 xwOBA(con)
.282
Ahead xwOBA(con)
.329
Behind xwOBA(con)
.309
2-strike xwOBA(con)
.290
Ahead Whiff%
9.0%
2-strike Whiff%
19.9%
By situationxwOBA(con) by base state + leverage + inning
Bases empty
.323
RISP
.372
Loaded
.465
High leverage
.338
Clutch
.320
Innings 1-3
.328
Innings 4-6
.273
Innings 7+
.324

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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