Nicholas

Fortes

CAge : 29Bats : R

#40

Nick Fortes

#40CTampa Bay Rays

Height : 5' 11" · Weight : 90 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2021-09-18

Born in : Miami, FL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026	Tampa Bay Rays	109	298	77	6	35	.258	.680
2025		97	218	50	5	21	.229	.645
2025	Tampa Bay Rays	38	89	19	3	11	.213	.655
2025	Miami Marlins	59	129	31	2	10	.240	.637
2024	Miami Marlins	110	308	70	4	29	.227	.577
2023	Miami Marlins	108	294	60	6	26	.204	.562
2022	Miami Marlins	72	217	50	9	24	.230	.696
2021	Miami Marlins	14	31	9	4	7	.290	1.030
Career totals		510	1366	316	34	142	.231	.636

ContractTampa Bay Rays payroll →

Type: Arbitration
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 2.5 M$
AAV: 2.54 M$

2026
2.54 M$
Guaranteed
2027
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Arb 3
2028
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Arb 4

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.301

xwOBA

.273

OPS

.680

AVG

.258

OBP

.304

RBI

323

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.0

Home runs

2026 WAR

1.2

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (-2)

20230.6 WAR · 1.1 per full season
20240.6 WAR · 1.1 per full season
20251.0 WAR · 2.5 per full season
20261.2 WAR · 2.2 per full season

Outlook, age included

-2 · 29 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 74
POW: Power; 60
EYE: Eye; 62
SPD: Speed; 69
FLD: Fielding; 72
DUR: Durability; 70
EX: Experience; 66

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.2

#168 of 267 regular hitters

PAL Rating

19 / 100

#216 of 267 regular hitters

Value Rating

44 / 100

Surplus $9.2M · salary $2.5M

PAL: dimensions

Offense19

Power11

Discipline35

Speed31

Defense72

WAR, in runs

Batting-3.6

Baserunning-1.3

Fielding-1.0

Positional+6.1

Replacement+9.8

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

85.4 mi/h

5th percentile

Max exit velocity

112.7 mi/h

75th percentile

Barrels

2.3 %

5th percentile

Hard-hit

35.4 %

26th percentile

xBA

.239

34th percentile

Bat speed

72.7 mi/h

59th percentile

Sprint speed

26.9 pi/s

37th percentile

Outs above average

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Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TB	1.2	19	44	85.4	112.7	2.3	35.4	.239
2025	TB	1.0	17	54	87.5	111.3	4.6	37.9	.215
2024	MIA	0.6	4	60	84.3	109.2	1.4	22.6	.224
2023	MIA	0.6	10	62	88.2	108.5	3.8	35.0	.208
2022	MIA	1.3	62	77	89.3	108.4	7.0	37.8	.249

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ PHI	4	0	0	0	0	2	.258
Sep 25	@ PHI	4	1	1	1	0	2	.262
Sep 24	@ NYY	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Sep 23	@ NYY	2	0	0	0	0	1	.262
Sep 22	@ NYY	4	1	0	0	0	0	.264
Sep 20	vs BOS	3	0	0	0	0	2	.264
Sep 19	vs BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Sep 18	vs BOS	1	1	0	0	1	0	.267
Sep 16	vs ATH	2	1	0	1	0	0	.264
Sep 15	vs ATH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263