Nick Loftin
Kansas City Royals · No. 12 · 3B

Nick Loftin

5' 11", 180 lbs·Age 27·Bats R / Throws R
↑ HotL8 games
Hitter archetype· DERIVED
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2023–2026 · 453 batted balls
2026 · 49 G
.217
AVG
.658
OPS
4
HR
23
RBI
36
H
19
BB
26
SO
1
SB
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Career Highs
.729
Best OPS · 2026
4
Most HR · 2026
29
Most RBI · 2026
.240
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
4 seasons
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 17510001.244
Jul 11300000.246
Jul 10300000.250
Jul 9420001.254
Jul 8310010.248
Jul 7531201.247
Jul 6530210.236
Jul 4410101.225
Jul 2300010.224
Jul 1200010.229

Career · Batting

4 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20231962010
202457148114
202567168420
202661183429
Career204561973
Barrel Surface

Every ball this hitter has put in play — how hard it left the bat, and at what angle. The red field behind the dots shows how much damage that kind of contact does, league-wide: the darker the red, the better things go for the hitter.

456 BBE · 2023–2026 · 85.8 mph avg EV · 4.8% barrels
406080100-60-3030600EXIT VELOCITY (MPH)LAUNCH ANGLE (°)BARRELZONE
LEAGUE xwOBA0.02.0
BATTED BALLS11025+

The field — league-average xwOBA (what a batted ball is typically worth: 0.0 is a sure out, ~2.0 a sure home run) for every exit-velocity × launch-angle combination, measured from 1.3 million regular-season balls in play since 2015. The dark ridge — balls hit 105+ mph at 25–30° — is the barrel zone, where contact becomes near-automatic extra bases.

The dots — this hitter’s career regular-season balls in play, grouped to a fine grid; a bigger dot means more batted balls at that exact combination. Dots piled onto the red ridge are damage; dots low on the pale field are weak or mishit contact. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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