Nick Loftin

Bats R Throws R5'11" 180 lbBorn 1998 Corpus Christi, USADebut 2023Team KCDraft 2020 RCB-A #32 Kansas City Royals, BaylorContract 1 y/$786,750 (26) 2026: $747,734

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 93.1FIELD+ 101.5 at 3BTotal 0.75 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	212	187	45	9	1	4	20	34	3	0.243	0.321	0.372	0.693	0.129	0.308	16.0	9.3	91.1	0.43
2027	330	289	68	14	1	7	31	52	3	0.236	0.317	0.362	0.680	0.127	0.303	15.8	9.3	91.2	0.67

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 26

His ten closest age-26 comparables averaged 76 HIT+ the next season; 9 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	Vinny Castilla	1994	70.0	106.7	571
2	Dolly Stark	1911	71.0	13.7	25
3	Eddie Bressoud	1958	72.9	88.3	350
4	Joe Strain	1980	72.9	24.2	80
5	Wally Gerber	1918	68.2	66.5	544
6	Greg Litton	1991	74.4	85.9	154
7	Floyd Rayford	1984	71.3	131.8	372
8	Junior Moore	1979	74.0	71.2	130
9	Brendan Ryan	2008	78.4	96.3	429
10	Ralph LaPointe	1948	64.8	did not play

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			330		68	14	1	7		3	31	52	0.236	0.317	0.362	0.680	91.2
2026*	KCA	89	315	33	62	20	1	5		2	32	49	0.230	0.322	0.368	0.690	98.8
2025	KC	67	188	17	35	9	2	4	20	1	14	27	0.208	0.278	0.357	0.635	76.4
2024	KC	57	171	15	28	4	0	1	14	1	19	24	0.189	0.282	0.236	0.519	52.7
2023	KC	19	68	10	20	5	1	0	10	2	4	12	0.323	0.368	0.435	0.803	120.7
Career		143	427	42	83	18	3	5	44	4	37	63	0.220	0.294	0.323	0.617	74.0

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2024	KC	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0
Career		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	0	0	0

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	315	86.9	14.3	3.9	27.6	16.2	24.5	0.231	0.335	0.299	28.1
2025	188	88.2	14.0	6.3	34.0	19.0	24.9	0.232	0.366	0.294	28.4
2024	171	83.6	9.9	3.1	26.0	15.3	21.2	0.224	0.307	0.286	27.7
2023	68	86.3	10.8	7.8	35.3	21.4	23.0	0.252	0.367	0.309	27.2

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	OF	38	208	34	0	0	0	1.000
2025	KC	2B	16	91	15	22	0	5	1.000	-0.8
2025	KC	3B	14	87	13	24	1	4	0.974	+5.0
2025	KC	1B	5	16	17	2	0	1	1.000	+0.5
2024	KC	2B	28	191	35	65	2	15	0.980	+5.7
2024	KC	3B	17	118	15	23	1	5	0.974	+2.1
2024	KC	1B	7	22	17	1	1	1	0.947	-1.6
2024	KC	OF	4	9	0	0	0	0
2024	KC	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		+0.0
2023	KC	1B	8	40	33	3	0	2	1.000	-0.6
2023	KC	2B	7	52	8	12	0	6	1.000	-1.4
2023	KC	3B	4	31	1	11	0	2	1.000	+1.8

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

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	39	0 HR, 1 SB	0.303	0.840
2025	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	197	4 HR, 12 SB	0.303	0.908
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	254	7 HR, 4 SB	0.302	0.871
2023	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	358	14 HR, 6 SB	0.270	0.788
2023	Rk	ACL Royals	Bat	26	1 HR, 1 SB	0.471	1.321
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	168	5 HR, 5 SB	0.216	0.639
2022	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	425	12 HR, 24 SB	0.270	0.775
2021	A+	Quad Cities River Bandits	Bat	410	10 HR, 11 SB	0.289	0.836

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.325	0.304	0.294	0.328
2025	0.274	0.278	0.331	0.211
2024	0.327	0.232	0.273	0.249
2023	0.460	0.314	0.457	0.250

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