Nick Fortes#40

Tampa Bay Rays·BBRef

RSFree agentFLBFree agent

Pos: C, 1B

B/T: R / R

Born: Nov 11, 1996 (29)

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 198 lbs

Owned: 1.8%

From: Miami, FL

Drafted: 2018

Nick Fortes

#40

Tampa Bay Rays BBRef

RSFree agentFLBFree agent

Position: C, 1B

Bats/Throws: R / R

Born: Nov 11, 1996 (29)

Height: 5' 11"

Weight: 198 lbs

Owned: 1.76%

From: Miami, FL

Drafted: 2018

G	AB	H	HR	RBI	R	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	K%	BB%
103	281	75	5	34	32	0	.267	.315	.381	.696	12.4%	3.9%

Fortes will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Tigers, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.

3w agoRotowire

With lefty Framber Valdez on the hill for the Tigers, the Rays will send the left-handed-hitting Liam Hicks to the bench to open up a start for Fortes behind the plate. So long as Hicks is healthy, Fortes is likely to see the bulk of his playing time versus lefties, against whom he's slashing .254/.321/.339 across 133 plate appearances on the season.

Fortes went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored as the Rays beat the Guardians by a final score of 11-3 on Friday.

Jul 25Rotowire

Fortes recorded his second four-hit game of the season Friday, with the other coming June 10 against Boston. The catcher knocked an RBI single in the fourth to extend Tampa Bay's lead to 5-1 and recorded an RBI double in the seventh to pad the lead even further. Over his last seven games, the 29-year-old has been red hot, slashing .500/.522/.818 with two homers, eight RBI and five runs scored in 22 plate appearances.

Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 12-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Jul 22Rotowire

Fortes launched a three-run shot in the fifth inning before adding an RBI single in the ninth. The home run was the 29-year-old's second in as many games, and he's now driven in six runs while hitting safely in three straight contests. On the season, he's slashing .266/.308/.369 with four homers, 25 RBI and 27 runs scored across 239 plate appearances.

Fortes went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Monday's 7-1 win over Toronto.

Jul 21Rotowire

Fortes put the exclamation mark on the Rays' convincing win with a solo home run off Brendon Little in the ninth inning. It was just the third home run of the season for Fortes, who is slashing .258/.302/.350 with 21 RBI across 234 plate appearances.

Fortes went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double and an additional RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over Houston.

Jul 4Rotowire

Despite seeing limited action behind the plate, Fortes is making the most out of his playing time recently. Over his last seven games (17 at-bats), the 29-year-old backstop is hitting .412 with the aforementioned two extra-base hits, five RBI, five runs scored and a walk. Fortes should continue battling with Hunter Feduccia for reps behind the dish moving forward.

Poor

Below Avg

Average

Above Avg

Elite

Batting

xwOBA

.278

xBA

.244

xSLG

.329

Avg Exit Velo

85.3 mph

Barrel %

2.0%

Hard-Hit %

35.2%

LA Sweet-Spot %

24.6%

Bat Speed

72.6 mph

Squared-Up %

25.4%

Chase %

36.8%

Whiff %

17.1%

K %

12.4%

BB %

3.9%

Fielding

Range (OAA)

Arm Strength

Running

Sprint Speed

26.9 ft/s

Year by Year

Year	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021MIA	14	34	31	9	0	0	4	7	1	3	8	.290	.353	.677	1.030
2022MIA	72	240	217	50	6	1	9	24	5	18	45	.230	.304	.392	.696
2023MIA	108	323	294	60	10	0	6	26	4	17	59	.204	.263	.299	.562
2024MIA	110	335	308	70	16	0	4	29	0	11	41	.227	.259	.318	.577
2025TOT ▼	97	242	218	50	9	1	5	21	1	14	47	.229	.296	.349	.645
2026TB	103	306	281	75	17	0	5	34	0	12	38	.267	.315	.381	.696
Career	504	1480	1349	314	58	2	33	141	11	75	238	0.233	0.287	0.352	0.639
Year	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS

Batting Splits

Statcast

Exit Velocity

Avg EV

85.3mph

Max EV

108.9mph

EV50

98.8mph

Hard Hit %

35.2%

Batted Ball

Launch Angle

8.8deg

Sweet Spot %

24.6%

Pull Air %

22.6%

Z-Contact %

88.7%

Barrels

Barrel %

2.0%

Sprint Speed

Speed

26.9ft/s

Bolts

HP to 1B

4.51sec

Expected Stats

Sell-High(+0.030)

AVG

0.267vs0.244

+0.023

SLG

0.381vs0.329

+0.052

wOBA

0.308vs0.278

+0.030

Green = below expected (unlucky, buy-low candidate) · Red = above expected (lucky, regression risk).

Splits

Season:

vs Pitchers: Left-Handed

LHP

154

AVG

.257

OBP

.325

SLG

.353

OPS

.678

wOBA

0.289

ISO

0.096

vs Pitchers: Right-Handed

RHP

152

AVG

.276

OBP

.305

SLG

.407

OPS

.712

wOBA

0.308

ISO

0.131

Rolling Performance

Season Average

103 games

AVG

.267

OPS

.696

RBI

Last 7 Days

AVG

0.500

OPS

1.600

Last 14 Days

AVG

0.333

OPS

1.389

Last 30 Days

12G

AVG

0.280

OPS

0.877

Nick Fortes#40

Nick Fortes

2026 Season

Player News

Fortes will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Tigers, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.

Fortes went 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored as the Rays beat the Guardians by a final score of 11-3 on Friday.

Fortes went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and an additional run scored in Tuesday's 12-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Fortes went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Monday's 7-1 win over Toronto.

Fortes went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double and an additional RBI in Friday's 3-1 win over Houston.

Percentile Rankings

Year by Year

Batting Splits

Statcast

Exit Velocity

Batted Ball

Sprint Speed

Expected Stats

Spray Chart

Splits

vs Pitchers: Left-Handed

vs Pitchers: Right-Handed

Rolling Performance

Season Average

Last 7 Days

Last 14 Days

Last 30 Days