Jorge López
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 3" 200LBS | Age: 30

Draft: 2011 | Rd: 2, #70, Milwaukee Brewers | Caguas Military Academy (PR)

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 1 2 4.50 27 0 3 24.0 21 1.33
8 Seasons 17 40 5.40 196 58 27 445.0 390 1.48
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 27 1-2 4.50 24.0 21 1.33
8 Seasons 196 17-40 5.40 445.0 390 1.48

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 22 187 30 2 6.7 4.3 87.3 107.2 3.9 30.0 .267 .350 .382 .327 .362 36.7 21.7 10.9 5.40 4.46
2017 24 35 9 0 0.0 0.0 90.1 104.6 11.4 44.4 .454 .551 .456 .458 .432 33.3 0.0 10.0 4.50 10.63
2018 25 886 173 13 7.5 5.6 87.7 112.0 10.1 38.2 .268 .430 .330 .342 .374 37.6 16.2 9.4 5.03 5.06
2019 26 2060 387 46 11.9 8.4 90.4 115.6 10.2 34.1 .270 .512 .360 .361 .419 40.6 19.9 7.7 6.33 5.97
2020 27 635 131 12 9.2 6.9 92.8 115.5 9.1 30.5 .276 .492 .348 .359 .399 49.6 16.1 6.9 6.69 5.66
2021 28 2166 377 35 9.3 6.3 89.7 117.9 5.7 35.0 .275 .449 .369 .353 .400 43.5 20.2 10.1 6.07 5.44
2022 29 1161 188 9 4.8 3.0 87.3 110.8 1.7 29.8 .211 .323 .270 .284 .321 33.0 24.2 10.4 2.54 3.31
2023 30 384 73 7 9.6 6.4 91.3 109.9 9.0 37.0 .259 .450 .350 .349 .391 46.6 19.3 9.2 4.50 5.10
Player 7514 1368 124 9.1 6.3 89.7 117.9 7.5 34.1 .263 .448 .345 .344 .390 41.0 19.8 9.1
MLB 6.8 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.0 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Lopez relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(28.6%) ,
Slider
(21.2%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(17.8%) ,
Curveball
(16.7%) ,
Changeup
(15.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 56.7 6.7 33.3 3.3 36.7 50.0 13.3 6.7 40.0 16.7 30.0 0.0 6.7 4.3
2017 44.4 11.1 44.4 0.0 44.4 22.2 33.3 0.0 22.2 22.2 55.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
2018 45.1 22.0 28.3 4.6 38.7 35.8 25.4 3.5 35.3 20.8 24.3 8.1 7.5 5.6
2019 47.3 25.1 24.0 3.6 34.6 40.3 25.1 2.3 38.0 21.4 21.7 3.9 11.9 8.4
2020 51.1 19.1 22.9 6.9 34.4 35.1 30.5 3.1 38.9 18.3 20.6 8.4 9.2 6.9
2021 50.7 19.9 25.2 4.2 41.4 33.4 25.2 5.8 36.6 17.5 25.7 4.5 9.3 6.3
2022 58.5 17.6 20.7 3.2 37.2 38.3 24.5 6.9 45.7 16.5 20.7 4.3 4.8 3.0
2023 52.1 19.2 23.3 5.5 37.0 41.1 21.9 6.8 37.0 15.1 27.4 4.1 9.6 6.4
Player 50.3 20.8 24.6 4.2 37.6 37.2 25.2 4.5 38.3 18.9 23.6 5.0 9.1 6.3
MLB 44.8 23.2 24.9 7.1 36.8 37.6 25.4 3.9 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.8 6.8 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 4-Seamer MIN R 77 97.4 14.5 -1.4 -10 11.3 2.6 30
2023 Changeup MIN R 56 89.3 30.1 1.2 4 16.1 0.9 6
2023 Slider MIN R 79 88.9 31.9 0.0 0 5.3 1.4 36
2023 Sinker MIN R 106 97.2 19.6 -0.2 -1 16.6 1.1 7
2023 Curveball MIN R 66 84.1 49.7 2.3 5 8.3 1.3 19
2022 4-Seamer MIN R 52 97.3 13.7 -0.6 -4 10.3 2.3 29
2022 Changeup MIN R 181 90.0 30.8 2.6 9 15.8 1.1 7
2022 Slider MIN R 124 87.4 34.5 1.0 3 7.7 3.4 81
2022 Sinker MIN R 586 97.7 20.6 1.3 7 17.2 1.8 12
2022 Curveball MIN R 218 84.1 50.8 3.4 7 9.2 2.5 38
2021 Changeup BAL R 298 88.5 28.6 0.0 0 14.8 0.6 4
2021 4-Seamer BAL R 456 95.3 15.1 -0.8 -6 9.5 1.9 25
2021 Sinker BAL R 777 95.3 19.7 -0.3 -2 16.1 1.2 8
2021 Slider BAL R 122 85.9 31.9 -3.0 -9 1.6 -3.3 -68
2021 Curveball BAL R 513 81.9 52.0 1.5 3 7.9 -0.3 -4
2020 Changeup BAL R 59 86.1 31.3 1.3 4 14.7 1.3 10
2020 Sinker BAL R 243 93.5 20.9 -0.2 -1 15.9 1.3 9
2020 Curveball BAL R 196 81.1 53.1 2.2 4 7.2 -1.4 -16
2020 4-Seamer BAL R 137 94.0 16.4 -1.4 -10 9.4 2.1 28
2019 4-Seamer KC R 651 94.3 16.7 -1.5 -10 9.6 2.1 28
2019 Curveball KC R 659 81.7 53.0 1.6 3 7.1 -0.6 -8
2019 Changeup KC R 154 87.5 30.1 1.0 4 14.2 0.2 2
2019 Slider KC R 124 88.4 29.2 -2.8 -9 1.4 -2.0 -60
2019 Sinker KC R 461 93.8 22.2 0.7 3 16.2 1.5 10
2018 Changeup KC R 98 87.7 30.3 1.0 3 15.0 1.1 8
2018 4-Seamer KC R 184 93.9 17.0 -1.5 -10 8.7 1.3 18
2018 Curveball KC R 237 81.1 53.8 2.0 4 6.4 -1.6 -20
2018 Slider KC R 93 87.3 31.5 -1.3 -4 2.7 -1.0 -28
2018 Sinker KC R 272 93.5 22.3 0.9 4 16.2 1.6 11
2017 Sinker MIL R 4 95.0 15.7 -3.2 -17 13.2 -1.5 -10
2017 4-Seamer MIL R 22 94.4 13.5 0.2 1 8.0 0.0 1
2017 Curveball MIL R 2 79.4 49.0 -2.7 -5 6.4 -1.8 -22
2017 Changeup MIL R 7 87.9 23.8 -3.1 -12 15.1 1.0 7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Sinker 1.4 2 106 27.6 34 .250 .500 .374 10.6 8.8 16.7 .257 .442 .359 53.8
2023 Slider -2.2 -2 79 20.6 20 .167 .389 .243 29.5 20.0 14.3 .251 .447 .322 40.0
2023 4-Seamer 8.4 6 77 20.1 18 .462 .923 .614 15.4 11.1 8.3 .447 .921 .608 45.5
2023 Curveball -1.5 -1 66 17.2 18 .235 .412 .300 42.3 38.9 41.2 .188 .285 .231 60.0
2023 Changeup -0.7 0 56 14.6 16 .125 .313 .238 20.0 31.3 22.7 .193 .259 .197 27.3
2022 Sinker -0.5 -3 586 50.5 156 .228 .331 .325 16.5 18.6 18.2 .217 .349 .301 30.6
2022 Curveball -2.9 -6 218 18.8 42 .132 .132 .157 27.6 28.6 24.0 .183 .221 .217 25.9
2022 Changeup -1.1 -2 181 15.6 49 .205 .273 .244 36.4 30.6 18.5 .178 .206 .213 36.7
2022 Slider -0.9 -1 124 10.7 35 .188 .406 .287 37.7 40.0 26.4 .234 .412 .315 33.3
2022 4-Seamer -1.1 -1 52 4.5 11 .286 .286 .418 28.6 18.2 12.5 .329 .703 .532 100.0
2021 Sinker 0.9 7 777 35.9 226 .287 .456 .372 13.4 16.4 20.3 .275 .446 .362 43.7
2021 Curveball 1.1 6 513 23.7 103 .302 .490 .357 22.5 20.4 14.7 .283 .450 .335 47.4
2021 4-Seamer 0.6 3 456 21.1 113 .287 .596 .417 22.4 23.0 20.0 .254 .485 .368 47.1
2021 Changeup 2.3 7 298 13.8 78 .319 .478 .376 28.0 23.1 18.0 .285 .437 .348 36.5
2021 Slider -1.5 -2 122 5.6 33 .258 .323 .291 30.5 30.3 25.0 .296 .387 .319 33.3
2020 Sinker 1.3 3 243 38.3 78 .329 .471 .392 16.1 14.1 25.0 .283 .495 .363 58.3
2020 Curveball 1.0 2 196 30.9 42 .268 .317 .276 26.1 26.2 20.0 .185 .234 .193 30.0
2020 4-Seamer -0.2 0 137 21.6 35 .276 .655 .400 18.0 2.9 3.8 .394 .827 .546 53.3
2020 Changeup 5.0 3 59 9.3 18 .267 .467 .339 37.0 27.8 45.5 .252 .519 .347 45.5
2019 Curveball -0.2 -2 662 32.1 171 .225 .425 .294 32.5 32.2 23.6 .228 .432 .299 40.2
2019 4-Seamer 2.8 18 656 31.8 166 .313 .657 .467 12.8 11.4 14.7 .311 .634 .444 50.0
2019 Sinker 1.2 6 463 22.5 130 .314 .466 .371 10.7 16.9 17.9 .260 .447 .335 35.4
2019 Changeup 4.1 6 154 7.5 44 .333 .524 .384 25.6 15.9 17.9 .274 .495 .338 28.6
2019 Slider -0.9 -1 124 6.0 37 .314 .514 .354 33.3 16.2 28.6 .340 .661 .415 36.7
2018 Sinker -0.1 0 272 30.7 77 .261 .348 .311 12.2 7.8 14.0 .304 .462 .368 34.9
2018 Curveball -0.1 0 237 26.7 57 .255 .345 .282 27.1 28.1 18.2 .208 .293 .235 35.9
2018 4-Seamer 2.5 5 184 20.8 56 .326 .609 .437 15.1 16.1 13.4 .311 .607 .439 50.0
2018 Changeup 2.0 2 98 11.1 23 .273 .455 .328 21.7 17.4 13.3 .206 .305 .243 22.2
2018 Slider 1.4 1 93 10.5 20 .235 .412 .305 35.0 15.0 15.8 .272 .417 .398 40.0
2017 4-Seamer -1.1 0 22 62.9 8 .429 .571 .469 0.0 0.0 0.0 .426 .521 .441 42.9
2017 Changeup 4.3 0 7 20.0 -- -- -- 66.7 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2017 Sinker 17.3 1 4 11.4 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .551 .655 .531 0.0
2017 Curveball -2.3 0 2 5.7 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 58 86.1 99 16.3 2:15 2:30 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 133 94.0 97 17.0 1:15 1:15 0
2020 Knuckle Curve 193 81.1 70 15.8 7:30 7:00 30
2020 Sinker 235 93.5 96 19.2 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Changeup 298 88.5 98 16.7 2:00 2:30 -30
2021 4-Seam Fastball 456 95.3 97 17.6 1:15 1:15 0
2021 Knuckle Curve 512 81.9 73 15.9 7:30 7:00 30
2021 Sinker 766 95.3 95 19.4 1:15 2:00 -45
2021 Slider 122 85.9 24 5.5 9:45 11:15 -90
2022 Changeup 181 90.0 98 16.8 2:30 2:45 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 52 97.3 98 18.2 1:15 1:15 0
2022 Knuckle Curve 217 84.1 74 17.3 7:30 7:00 30
2022 Sinker 577 97.7 96 19.4 1:30 2:15 -45
2022 Slider 124 87.4 40 9.2 8:30 9:15 -45
2023 Changeup 53 89.2 99 17.2 2:15 2:45 -30
2023 4-Seam Fastball 74 97.3 98 18.0 1:30 1:15 15
2023 Knuckle Curve 63 84.1 68 15.8 7:30 7:00 30
2023 Sinker 101 97.2 97 19.5 1:30 2:15 -45
2023 Slider 74 88.9 28 6.4 8:30 9:30 -60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 46 187 -1 2 1 1 2
2018 233 884 -1 -2 6 4 7
2019 544 2,049 12 -12 18 10 28
2020 173 635 -1 1 3 4 8
2021 553 2,166 7 -17 18 11 20
2022 293 1,161 -14 -9 4 5 -13
2023 99 353 1 -4 4 2 4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 187 45.5 69.4 83.1 28.4 69.0 44.9 56.5 47.1 21.6 5.9 81.8
2017 35 42.9 93.3 85.7 25.0 100.0 31.4 60.0 54.3 10.5 0.0 --
2018 886 48.3 62.5 86.9 27.1 62.9 42.4 61.8 44.2 20.2 6.1 63.0
2019 2,060 47.7 63.2 86.2 27.7 61.6 43.3 59.1 44.8 21.4 7.1 74.7
2020 635 51.2 64.3 86.1 19.4 51.7 44.1 58.0 42.4 21.2 7.2 73.9
2021 2,166 51.2 62.5 85.1 24.0 62.2 41.5 56.6 43.7 20.6 8.4 71.3
2022 1,161 53.3 63.8 83.5 27.5 53.7 39.1 63.1 46.9 24.3 9.7 64.6
2023 384 49.6 65.4 89.6 31.4 54.1 37.7 61.3 48.4 22.0 6.8 92.3
Player 7,514 49.9 63.5 85.6 26.1 60.1 41.8 59.3 44.8 21.4 7.7 71.4
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.2 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2015 74 8 56
2018 15 13 24 38 14 60 28 68 31 11 31 16 37 66 6 37 73
2019 8 17 6 5 21 2 3 9 16 25 57 19 33 68 2 41 66
2020 15 16 13 16 28 13 23 1 3 11 72 15 4 62 1 25 58
2021 12 13 24 36 7 11 22 29 15 26 25 13 10 80 5 36 59
2022 71 80 85 84 41 82 88 77 86 61 16 39 26 95 7 43 53
2023 24 24 23 24 16 45 24 12 12 23 57 20 79 94 8 44 31
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 22.5 6 6.2 0 7 5 2 33.3
2019 23.6 27 29.9 -3 7 18 15 55.6
2020 23.0 7 7.3 0 3 6 2 28.6
2021 24.5 21 19.1 2 5 13 10 47.6
2022 23.1 4 5.3 -1 2 4 2 50.0
2023 22.2 6 5.1 1 1 6 0 0.0
Player 23.5 71 72.9 -2 25 52 31 43.7

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 6 9 3 9 6 6 6 8 6 4 5 10 6 4 6 7 6 6 4 9 6 6 12 7 4 4 6 7 6 4 3
2019 27 34 24 27 30 29 33 29 25 24 27 29 38 31 29 31 27 28 32 32 33 33 33 35 28 28 27 30 37 29 25
2020 7 7 7 10 7 7 8 6 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 7
2021 21 21 15 21 21 17 23 21 15 11 16 24 18 14 19 25 18 18 19 22 18 20 26 21 16 17 22 20 19 17 18
2022 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 5 3 5 4 4 6 6 5 6 6 6 5 4 6 7 6 7 5 6 6 6 6 5 5
2023 6 3 4 5 6 6 6 3 6 3 6 7 3 4 7 6 3 3 6 7 4 6 7 7 3 4 6 6 6 6 5
Player 71 78 58 77 75 70 82 72 61 53 65 82 78 66 74 82 67 68 73 81 74 79 94 84 63 65 74 77 82 69 63
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.5 93.7 -0.8 94.1 0.4 93.7 -0.4 95.3 1.6 97.6 2.3 97.4 -0.2
Offspeed Velocity 87.9 87.7 -0.2 87.5 -0.2 86.1 -1.4 88.5 2.4 90.0 1.5 89.3 -0.7
Breaking Velocity 79.4 82.9 3.5 82.8 -0.1 81.1 -1.7 82.7 1.6 85.3 2.6 87.0 1.7
Exit Velocity 90.1 87.7 -2.4 90.4 2.7 92.8 2.4 89.7 -3.1 87.3 -2.4 91.3 4.0
Launch Angle 11.4 10.1 -1.3 10.2 0.1 9.1 -1.1 5.7 -3.4 1.7 -4.0 8.3 6.6
Barrel % 0.0 7.5 7.5 11.9 4.4 9.2 -2.7 9.3 0.1 4.8 -4.5 9.9 5.1
Hard Hit % 33.3 37.6 4.3 40.6 3.0 49.6 9.0 43.5 -6.1 33.0 -10.5 46.5 13.5
Sweet Spot % 44.4 38.2 -6.2 34.1 -4.1 30.5 -3.6 35.0 4.5 29.8 -5.2 36.6 6.8
xBA .454 .268 -0.186 .270 0.002 .276 0.006 .275 -0.001 .211 -0.064 .268 0.057
BA .444 .273 -0.171 .286 0.013 .297 0.011 .293 -0.004 .206 -0.087 .239 0.033
xwOBA .458 .342 -0.116 .361 0.019 .359 -0.002 .353 -0.006 .284 -0.069 .348 0.064
wOBA .456 .330 -0.126 .360 0.030 .348 -0.012 .369 0.021 .270 -0.099 .332 0.062
xSLG .551 .430 -0.121 .512 0.082 .492 -0.020 .449 -0.043 .323 -0.126 .462 0.139
SLG .556 .421 -0.135 .513 0.092 .465 -0.048 .485 0.020 .300 -0.185 .466 0.166
K% 0.0 16.2 16.2 19.9 3.7 16.1 -3.8 20.2 4.1 24.2 4.0 18.6 -5.6
BB% 10.0 9.4 -0.6 7.7 -1.7 6.9 -0.8 10.1 3.2 10.4 0.3 7.8 -2.6
Swing % 54.3 44.2 -10.1 44.8 0.6 42.4 -2.4 43.7 1.3 46.9 3.2 49.3 2.4
Whiff% 10.5 20.2 9.7 21.4 1.2 21.2 -0.2 20.6 -0.6 24.3 3.7 21.8 -2.5
In Zone % 42.9 48.3 5.4 47.7 -0.6 51.2 3.5 51.2 0.0 53.3 2.1 50.8 -2.5
Out of Zone % 57.1 51.7 -5.4 52.3 0.6 48.8 -3.5 48.8 0.0 46.7 -2.1 49.2 2.5
Out of Zone Swing % 25.0 27.1 2.1 27.7 0.6 19.4 -8.3 24.0 4.6 27.5 3.5 31.6 4.1
First Pitch Swing % 60.0 26.2 -33.8 30.1 3.9 29.3 -0.8 23.8 -5.5 25.9 2.1 33.3 7.4
First Pitch Strike % 60.0 61.8 1.8 59.1 -2.7 58.0 -1.1 56.6 -1.4 63.1 6.5 60.6 -2.5
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2017 10 .456 5 0 0.0 5 1 20.0
2018 233 .330 94 14 14.9 139 44 31.7
2019 544 .360 274 40 14.6 270 99 36.7
2020 173 .348 88 34 38.6 85 37 43.5
2021 552 .370 317 29 9.1 235 138 58.7
2022 293 .270 174 30 17.2 119 57 47.9