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Player

Nick Kurtz

ATH1BBats LThrows LActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

1,884

Chase%

23.3%

Zone swing%

66.4%

Whiff%

33.4%

xwOBA

0.374

Barrel%

18.0%

Hard-hit%

57.3%

Avg EV

93.1 mph

Swing Decision Value

72

Decision

72

Contact

71

Damage

36

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball55829.6%33.5%17.9%0.430
Sinker32717.4%20.7%30.7%0.331
Slider26514.1%37.4%24.2%0.387
Changeup23312.4%33.3%19.3%0.301
Sweeper1407.4%41.2%14.3%0.365
Cutter1296.8%34.4%31.3%0.409
Splitter965.1%54.3%32.4%0.323
Curveball673.6%42.9%28.9%0.180
Unknown392.1%50.0%
Knuckle Curve241.3%16.7%26.7%
Slurve30.2%
Forkball20.1%
Slow Curve10.1%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.