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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

.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

.303

RBI

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

Avg Exit V

87.3 mph

Barrel %

6.9%

Hard-Hit %

37.3%

Chase %

21.3%

Whiff %

14.9%

K %

13.4%

BB %

12.0%

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.

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.

Stat	League	vs Lefties	vs Righties
BA	.247	.255	.219
OBP	.318	.353	.324
SLG	.404	.382	.422
OPS	.722	.735	.746
Sample	—	68 PA	74 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.

Pitch type

All Four-seam Cutter Sinker Changeup Curveball Slider

Throws

Both Lefties Righties

Window

This season Last 30 days

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PA ↓BA SLG xwOBA Whiff%K%Hard-hit%Barrel%

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3 pitches · this season · combined vs both hands

Pitch	PA↓	BA	SLG	xwOBA	Whiff%	K%	Hard-hit%	Barrel%	Exit velo	Launch
Slider	31	.241	.361	.370	25.9%	16.1%	27.1%	0.0%	87.0 mph	9.8°
Changeup	16	.283	.283	.302	20.6%	6.3%	49.0%	0.0%	90.7 mph	8.2°
Cutter	14	.226	.619	.367	12.7%	0.0%	52.7%	20.5%	89.2 mph	16.9°

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%

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%

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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