Nick Loftin

Nick Loftin

25-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Kansas City Royals AAA
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Loftin hit a productive, if unspectacular, 14 home runs with a .788 OPS at Triple-A last season. He then hit .323 with an .803 OPS over 68 plate appearances in his first big-league audition. His MLB numbers, especially fueled by a .392 BABIP, likely won't last over a longer sample. Loftin has played all around the infield in his minor-league career, so he could win a utility role with the Royals this spring. He has had low strikeout rates (13.1% K% at Triple-A) with strong walk rates (9.7% BB% at Triple-A), so he could maintain an above-average batting average. Read Past Outlooks
RANKS
Rest of Season
From Preseason
#371
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in February of 2024.
Returns to Triple-A
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
September 1, 2024
The Royals optioned Loftin to Triple-A Omaha on Sunday.
ANALYSIS
The 25-year-old was called up by the Royals on Thursday but won't stick in the majors long following the additions of veterans Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman and Yuli Gurriel. Loftin hasn't done much while up in the big leagues this season and has a .518 OPS in 57 games.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
3
3
13
5
7
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
1
2
3
2
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+38%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+23%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+62%
OPS vs LHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .743 76 12 1 13 1 .281 .368 .375
Since 2022vs Right .538 163 13 0 11 2 .205 .278 .260
2024vs Left .597 52 6 1 7 0 .222 .308 .289
2024vs Right .485 119 9 0 7 1 .175 .271 .214
2023vs Left 1.079 24 6 0 6 1 .421 .500 .579
2023vs Right .668 44 4 0 4 1 .279 .295 .372
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+21%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+2%
OPS on Road
2023
 
 
+65%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .656 127 14 0 10 3 .252 .357 .299
Since 2022Away .541 112 11 1 14 0 .204 .250 .291
2024Home .512 89 8 0 5 1 .178 .307 .205
2024Away .523 82 7 1 9 0 .200 .256 .267
2023Home .974 38 6 0 5 2 .412 .474 .500
2023Away .590 30 4 0 5 0 .214 .233 .357
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Nick Loftin compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.79
 
BB Rate
11.1%
 
K Rate
14.0%
 
BABIP
.216
 
ISO
.047
 
AVG
.189
 
OBP
.282
 
SLG
.236
 
OPS
.519
 
wOBA
.244
 
Exit Velocity
83.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
17.3%
 
Barrels/PA
2.3%
 
Expected BA
.228
 
Expected SLG
.312
 
Sprint Speed
23.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
46.8%
 
Line Drive %
16.7%
 
Fly Ball %
36.5%
 
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Joining big-league club
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
August 30, 2024
The Royals recalled Loftin from Triple-A Omaha on Friday.
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Sent to Triple-A
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
July 30, 2024
The Royals optioned Loftin to Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.
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Sitting again Sunday
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
July 7, 2024
Loftin is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.
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On bench Saturday
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
July 6, 2024
Loftin is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rockies.
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Not in Tuesday's lineup
1BKansas City Royals  AAA
July 2, 2024
Loftin is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rays.
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