Nick Fortes
Tampa Bay Rays · No. 40 · C

Nick Fortes

5' 11", 198 lbs·Age 29·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL6 games
Hitter archetype· CONTEXTUAL
Contact / SprayElite bat-to-ball who sprays line drives to all fields with modest power.2021–2026 · 1,051 batted balls
2026 · 53 G
.260
AVG
.624
OPS
2
HR
14
RBI
47
H
4
BB
28
SO
0
SB
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Career Highs
.696
Best OPS · 2022
9
Most HR · 2022
29
Most RBI · 2024
.254
Best AVG · 2026
Career Arc · OPS
8 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateABHHRRBIBBSOAVG
Jul 18410102.254
Jul 17200000.255
Jul 11410001.257
Jul 9310010.257
Jul 8310001.256
Jul 6300000.255
Jul 3321200.260
Jun 30520201.257
Jun 28310001.253
Jun 24310000.247

Career · Batting

8 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20211431471.030
202272217924
2023108294626
2024110308429
202559129210
20253889311
202597218521
202674213220
Career572149935148
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.

1,049 BBE · 2021–2026 · 85.7 mph avg EV · 3.8% 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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