Full name is Nicholas Fortes...As a junior in 2018, started all 65 games (46 at catcher, 16 at first base and three in right field)...Hit .319 with 11 home runs, 12 doubles, .519 slugging percentage, scored 56 runs and drove in 49...Had four multi-hit games in SEC Tournament, including 4-for-4 effort with two runs scored in Championship Game against LSU, becoming just the third player in history with four or more hits in the SEC Tournament Championship Game...Earned SEC Tournament MVP and All-Tournament Team honors...Attended Deland High School where he lettered for four years...Posted a .385 batting average with two homers and 32 RBI as a senior, collecting 2015 Second-Team All-American and First-Team All-Region honors by Perfect Game... two-time Bright House Networks Player of the Year and Florida Athletic Coaches Association (FACA) All-Star...Hit .512 as a junior with six home runs and 40 RBI, earning Perfect Game Underclass First Team All-American accolades...Named The Daytona Beach News-Journal Player of the Year and the FACA Player of the Year in 2014.
2023
Finished his third season with the Marlins batting .204 (60x294) with 33 runs, 10 doubles, six home runs, 26 RBI and a .562 OPS (.299 SLG/.263 OBP) in 108 games...Recorded career highs in hits (60), doubles (10), RBI (26) and games played (108)...Posted a 16% caught stealing percentage (14 CS, 72 SB) in 85 starts at catcher (108 G)...2023 vs. RHP: .165 AVG (36x218) and .460 OPS...vs. LHP: .316 AVG (24x76) and .854 OPS...Recorded a career-high four hits on Sept. 17 vs. ATL...Was one of eight Marlins to have a four-hit game this season...Also scored a career-high four runs in the same game...Had 12 multi-hit games...Held a career-high five-game hitting streak from April 27 - May 4...Went 6x16 (.375) during span with a .819 OPS...Recorded his second-career walk-off hit on May 31 vs. SD...Was part of a two-run ninth inning rally that began with a leadoff walk by INF Yuli Gurriel, followed by INF Joey Wendle’s sac-bunt and then INF Jean Segura’s RBI single to score Gurriel from first base...Made his first career Opening Day roster...Made postseason debut in Game 1 at Philadelphia in the Wild Card Series going 0x2 with a strikeout.
2022
Nicholas Fortes appeared in a career-high 72 games with Miami following opening the season with Triple-A Jacksonville and hit .230 with a .696 OPS...Posted .851 OPS in 37 home games with six home runs and 15 RBI compared to .532 OPS with three home runs and nine RBI in 35 road games...Was recalled May 27 and posted a .917 OPS in June, batting .263 with three home runs and eight RBI in 13 games...Recorded first career multi-home run game Aug. 16 vs. San Diego (two HR off Sean Manaea)...Hit first career walk-off home run June 26 vs. New York-NL off Adam Ottavino. Was Miami’s lone walk-off homer of 2022...Made 48 starts at catcher and 11 at designated hitter. Hit all nine of his home runs as catcher, going 47-for-170 (.277 avg.) and a .710 OPS...In 28 games with Triple-A Jacksonville, posted a .257 average, .342 on-base pct., and .381 slugging pct. with three home runs and 13 RBI.
2021
Played in 14 games for Miami in 2021. Hit .290 with four home runs and seven RBI...Made MLB debut Sept. 18 vs. Pittsburgh; became eighth player in club history to hit a home run in debut. Had a home run in each of first two career starts, becoming first player in club history to do so. Became first player in club history to hit a home run in three of first five Major League games...Opened 2021 season with Double-A Pensacola, batting .251 average with .697 OPS...Posted .237 average and .700 OPS, with four home runs and 21 RBI in 38 games with Triple-A Jacksonville.
2020
Did not play in 2020.
2019
Spent all of 2019 with Advanced-A Jupiter playing in 76 games. Hit .217 with three home runs and 29 RBI. Added 11 doubles and a pair of triples.
2018
Limited to just 19 total games across three levels in 2018. Played 11 games for the GCL Marlins, 3 games for Short Season-A Batavia and five games for Single-A Greensboro...Selected by the Marlins in the fourth round of the 2018 Draft out of the University of Mississippi...As a junior in 2018, started all 65 games (46 at catcher, 16 at first base and three in right field). Hit .319 with 11 home runs, 12 doubles, .519 slugging percentage, scored 56 runs and drove in 49...Stole 14 bases in 20 attempts...Had four multi-hit games in SEC Tournament, including 4-for-4 effort with two runs scored in Championship Game against LSU, becoming just the third player in history with four or more hits in the SEC Tournament Championship Game...Earned SEC Tournament MVP and All-Tournament Team honors.
