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Player

Nick Loftin

KC3BBats RThrows RActive

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

1,524

Chase%

25.2%

Zone swing%

57.0%

Whiff%

16.7%

xwOBA

0.290

Barrel%

4.2%

Hard-hit%

27.7%

Avg EV

85.3 mph

Swing Decision Value

66

Decision

69

Contact

86

Damage

15

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 Fastball42027.6%6.3%26.6%0.324
Sinker27317.9%5.1%18.9%0.286
Slider22114.5%26.1%27.2%0.245
Sweeper15510.2%31.0%23.2%0.280
Cutter1509.8%15.4%22.7%0.342
Changeup1479.6%25.4%27.3%0.250
Curveball905.9%41.4%37.3%0.239
Splitter281.8%28.6%35.7%0.202
Slurve171.1%0.0%
Knuckle Curve161.0%40.0%12.5%
Unknown40.3%
Eephus30.2%0.0%
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.