Nick Fortes

Bats R Throws R5'11" 198 lbBorn 1996 DeLand, USADebut 2021Team TBDraft 2018 R4 #117 Miami Marlins, Ole MissContract 1 y/$2.535M (26) 2026: $2,535,000

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 102.2FIELD+ 99.3 at CTotal 0.89 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	203	182	41	8	0	4	14	35	2	0.227	0.292	0.346	0.638	0.119	0.283	17.5	6.7	74.5	-0.00
2027	256	232	54	10	1	6	14	41	1	0.232	0.290	0.351	0.640	0.119	0.283	16.1	5.7	75.8	0.04

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 28

His ten closest age-28 comparables averaged 59 HIT+ the next season; 8 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tom Needham	1907	69.1	94.0	115
2	Martin Maldonado	2015	67.3	80.4	253
3	Gabby Street	1911	69.7	34.7	98
4	Doc Edwards	1965	62.6	did not play
5	Joel Skinner	1989	56.4	74.0	146
6	J. P. Arencibia	2014	73.1	146.3	73
7	Roxy Walters	1921	55.2	18.6	109
8	Bill Atwood	1940	61.2	did not play
9	Otto Miller	1917	67.1	31.8	241
10	Mickey O'Neil	1926	63.0	-8.5	49

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			256		54	10	1	6		1	14	41	0.232	0.290	0.351	0.640	75.8
2026*	TBA	91	275	28	68	14	0	4		0	9	34	0.268	0.312	0.370	0.683	92.5
2025	TB	97	242	19	50	9	1	5	21	1	14	47	0.229	0.296	0.349	0.644	79.9
2024	MIA	110	335	28	70	16	0	4	29	0	11	41	0.227	0.259	0.318	0.577	53.8
2023	MIA	108	323	33	60	10	0	6	26	4	17	59	0.204	0.263	0.299	0.562	51.7
2022	MIA	72	240	41	50	6	1	9	24	5	18	45	0.230	0.304	0.392	0.696	97.8
2021	MIA	14	34	6	9	0	0	4	7	1	3	8	0.290	0.353	0.677	1.030	171.5
Career		401	1174	127	239	41	2	28	107	11	63	200	0.224	0.280	0.345	0.624	71.0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	274	85.2	7.6	2.3	35.0	17.0	37.9	0.255	0.344	0.287	26.9
2025	242	87.5	13.4	4.6	37.9	18.9	30.8	0.215	0.322	0.270	26.8
2024	335	84.3	15.4	1.4	22.6	13.2	31.3	0.224	0.291	0.246	26.7
2023	323	88.2	13.9	3.8	35.0	17.1	25.6	0.208	0.329	0.264	27.6
2022	240	89.3	15.4	7.1	37.8	22.9	25.4	0.249	0.418	0.325	27.8
2021	34	91.3	24.0	21.7	52.2	19.3	25.0	0.249	0.545	0.366	26.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	TB	C	91	586	576	27	7	3	0.989	+2.3
2024	MIA	C	109	864	831	38	9	3	0.990	+1.2
2023	MIA	C	104	774	826	36	12	2	0.986	+7.3
2022	MIA	C	59	441	464	19	0	3	1.000	+1.6
2022	MIA	1B	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
2021	MIA	C	7	44	50	5	1	1	0.982	-0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2022	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	120	3 HR, 1 SB	0.257	0.723
2021	AAA	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	Bat	152	4 HR, 0 SB	0.237	0.700
2021	AA	Pensacola Blue Wahoos	Bat	226	3 HR, 5 SB	0.251	0.697
2019	A+	Jupiter Hammerheads	Bat	297	3 HR, 1 SB	0.217	0.601
2018	A	Greensboro Grasshoppers	Bat	20	0 HR, 0 SB	0.118	0.368
2018	Rk	GCL Marlins	Bat	45	0 HR, 0 SB	0.200	0.568

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.306	0.313	0.288	0.333
2025	0.278	0.325	0.310	0.297
2024	0.254	0.267	0.276	0.249
2023	0.368	0.229	0.298	0.231
2022	0.297	0.321	0.364	0.265
2021	0.346	0.481	0.760	0.168

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Career	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000