Nicky Lopez
2B | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 11" 185LBS | Age: 29
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #163, Kansas City Royals | Creighton
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2022 480 436 51 99 0 13 .227 .281 .273 .554
2023 262 225 32 52 1 6 .231 .326 .307 .633
2024 445 398 40 96 1 5 .241 .312 .294 .606
6 Seasons 2,346 2,104 260 521 7 47 .248 .312 .314 .626
AVG HR SB OPS
2022 .227 0 13 .554
2023 .231 1 6 .633
2024 .241 1 5 .606
6 Seasons .248 7 47 .626
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Hits Spray Chart

Statcast Batting Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB%
2019 24 1519 332 4 1.2 1.0 85.0 105.4 3.0 22.3 .223 .282 .260 .242 .254 19.7 12.7 4.5
2020 25 749 131 2 1.5 1.0 84.9 104.6 1.4 30.5 .238 .308 .254 .287 .315 26.7 21.4 9.4
2021 26 2126 438 3 0.7 0.5 86.8 107.9 2.8 27.6 .239 .305 .329 .283 .281 26.9 13.1 8.7
2022 27 1762 384 6 1.6 1.3 84.9 106.7 4.9 31.3 .243 .312 .251 .273 .282 22.9 13.1 6.0
2023 28 1022 190 2 1.1 0.8 86.7 107.8 0.5 32.1 .234 .311 .288 .292 .285 23.7 15.3 9.9
2024 29 1628 337 5 1.5 1.1 85.0 106.5 5.6 30.0 .230 .295 .275 .271 .274 16.9 15.1 8.3
Player 8806 1812 22 1.2 0.9 85.6 107.9 3.5 28.5 .235 .301 .280 .273 .278 22.5 14.3 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.




Fastball: 4 Seam, 2 Seam, Cutter, Sinker. Offspeed: Split, Change, Fork, Screw. Breaking: Slider, Curve, Knuckle, Sweeper, Slurve, Other
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Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 63.6 15.1 17.5 3.9 28.3 41.9 29.8 4.5 53.6 19.0 18.4 0.9 1.2 1.0
2020 56.5 11.5 27.5 4.6 32.8 43.5 23.7 8.4 42.7 17.6 26.7 3.1 1.5 1.0
2021 58.0 16.9 22.1 3.0 24.9 46.1 29.0 7.1 44.7 19.4 24.0 3.9 0.7 0.5
2022 55.2 15.4 24.7 4.7 26.3 42.4 31.3 9.1 40.9 20.6 25.0 2.9 1.6 1.3
2023 57.9 13.2 27.9 1.1 30.0 42.6 27.4 4.7 47.9 16.3 24.2 5.3 1.1 0.8
2024 56.7 19.3 19.6 4.5 29.7 39.5 30.9 7.1 43.6 22.6 23.4 1.5 1.5 1.1
Player 58.1 15.9 22.4 3.7 27.8 42.8 29.4 6.9 45.5 19.7 23.3 2.8 1.2 0.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 2.1 11 529 32.5 124 .350 .450 .419 12.6 8.9 9.2 .308 .432 .384 22.8
2024 Sinker -1.7 -4 238 14.6 75 .269 .328 .328 11.5 9.3 12.7 .225 .296 .269 21.3
2024 Slider -1.7 -4 234 14.4 73 .183 .197 .197 28.0 17.8 16.5 .201 .238 .205 10.3
2024 Cutter 0.6 1 183 11.2 51 .283 .304 .351 20.6 17.6 21.4 .243 .288 .269 10.5
2024 Curveball -1.9 -3 154 9.5 40 .139 .194 .200 17.2 15.0 14.0 .163 .195 .211 10.0
2024 Changeup -0.6 -1 149 9.2 39 .229 .257 .285 25.0 12.8 9.6 .220 .252 .246 12.9
2024 Sweeper -4.9 -4 80 4.9 27 .074 .111 .080 34.1 40.7 31.4 .120 .161 .121 18.8
2024 Split-Finger -1.3 -1 57 3.5 16 .125 .188 .134 37.9 31.3 23.8 .221 .257 .207 27.3
2024 Slurve 3.3 0 4 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.7 -7 402 39.3 90 .189 .270 .289 22.2 20.0 17.3 .214 .294 .295 27.6
2023 Sinker -0.3 -1 153 15.0 42 .211 .263 .261 24.6 21.4 29.0 .224 .262 .259 27.6
2023 Changeup -0.9 -1 105 10.3 28 .231 .308 .252 17.6 14.3 13.8 .212 .283 .232 17.4
2023 Slider -1.9 -2 105 10.3 28 .167 .167 .204 30.8 21.4 13.3 .212 .289 .266 26.3
2023 Curveball 1.0 1 89 8.7 22 .235 .235 .305 12.5 4.5 2.9 .230 .301 .320 11.8
2023 Cutter 1.2 1 86 8.4 22 .444 .556 .486 26.1 0.0 0.0 .354 .429 .404 27.8
2023 Split-Finger 1.4 1 40 3.9 18 .188 .250 .297 20.0 11.1 14.3 .192 .228 .239 7.1
2023 Sweeper 1.7 1 33 3.2 9 .333 .444 .339 12.5 0.0 0.0 .356 .470 .357 22.2
2023 Slurve 3.6 0 3 0.3 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.0 -8 754 42.8 200 .278 .328 .321 10.5 6.5 7.0 .274 .375 .315 30.4
2022 Curveball 0.1 0 215 12.2 57 .208 .264 .269 26.4 21.1 15.8 .257 .307 .294 7.3
2022 Slider -0.9 -2 206 11.7 48 .238 .333 .272 28.4 14.6 10.6 .263 .326 .282 23.7
2022 Sinker -0.9 -2 203 11.5 67 .237 .254 .285 14.7 13.4 20.0 .226 .276 .257 26.4
2022 Changeup -4.5 -8 179 10.2 52 .104 .125 .154 23.9 21.2 18.3 .145 .164 .170 2.6
2022 Cutter -3.2 -4 126 7.2 35 .273 .333 .317 21.4 14.3 20.8 .251 .311 .270 25.0
2022 Sweeper -7.0 -4 51 2.9 13 .000 .000 .000 9.1 15.4 9.5 .217 .283 .215 9.1
2022 Split-Finger -6.3 -1 23 1.3 6 .000 .000 .000 55.6 50.0 37.5 .086 .087 .081 33.3
2022 Slurve -3.3 0 3 0.2 1 .000 .000 .000 50.0 100.0 100.0 -- -- .000 --
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 3 858 40.4 241 .327 .432 .385 10.1 10.4 11.2 .263 .348 .328 31.3
2021 Sinker 0.0 0 328 15.4 93 .337 .398 .361 7.6 4.3 5.3 .250 .298 .290 21.3
2021 Slider -0.4 -1 272 12.8 60 .268 .357 .291 23.4 15.0 10.7 .217 .265 .228 16.0
2021 Changeup -0.5 -1 213 10.0 54 .320 .320 .304 23.7 14.8 19.5 .228 .296 .248 31.8
2021 Curveball 1.0 2 203 9.5 48 .222 .289 .273 28.9 29.2 20.6 .200 .248 .229 16.1
2021 Cutter -0.6 -1 139 6.5 41 .237 .316 .274 18.5 22.0 19.6 .247 .299 .274 34.5
2021 Split-Finger -1.4 -1 56 2.6 15 .214 .214 .180 16.0 6.7 5.3 .203 .288 .213 50.0
2021 Sweeper -1.1 -1 49 2.3 10 .222 .333 .285 26.3 30.0 20.0 .078 .086 .137 0.0
2021 Slurve 7.2 1 7 0.3 2 .500 1.000 .625 20.0 50.0 16.7 .211 .254 .200 0.0
2020 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -4 264 35.2 60 .224 .306 .310 16.7 16.7 12.5 .249 .329 .326 32.5
2020 Sinker -2.3 -3 130 17.4 30 .269 .346 .314 15.7 10.0 11.5 .265 .340 .310 33.3
2020 Slider 0.3 0 122 16.3 31 .172 .310 .237 29.2 32.3 23.8 .219 .314 .262 26.3
2020 Changeup -3.5 -4 103 13.8 31 .138 .172 .155 24.5 29.0 25.7 .215 .285 .234 14.3
2020 Curveball -2.8 -2 56 7.5 16 .000 .000 .144 33.3 25.0 20.0 .155 .179 .219 0.0
2020 Cutter 0.7 0 52 6.9 17 .333 .333 .347 14.8 17.6 25.0 .244 .272 .286 33.3
2020 Split-Finger -3.1 0 13 1.7 5 .200 .200 .180 12.5 20.0 12.5 .362 .409 .343 25.0
2020 Sweeper 1.6 0 5 0.7 2 .500 .500 .450 66.7 50.0 100.0 .444 .515 .418 100.0
2020 Slurve 4.8 0 4 0.5 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2019 4-Seam Fastball -1.1 -7 656 43.2 157 .266 .350 .312 12.0 10.8 8.8 .243 .323 .280 25.0
2019 Curveball -2.2 -4 205 13.5 54 .241 .259 .227 19.4 14.8 11.1 .256 .299 .244 6.5
2019 Sinker 0.1 0 196 12.9 53 .340 .420 .355 11.5 13.2 13.5 .240 .271 .243 20.5
2019 Changeup -4.6 -9 195 12.8 59 .138 .241 .169 22.4 8.5 10.2 .192 .265 .205 18.9
2019 Slider -3.0 -5 167 11.0 48 .152 .217 .182 19.7 25.0 16.0 .169 .200 .186 20.6
2019 Cutter 0.8 1 70 4.6 24 .273 .409 .327 15.8 8.3 10.0 .172 .212 .211 15.0
2019 Split-Finger -5.9 -1 13 0.9 3 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .309 .382 .307 33.3
2019 Sweeper 9.3 1 9 0.6 2 .500 .500 .450 0.0 0.0 0.0 .108 .211 .138 0.0
2019 Slurve -5.0 0 1 0.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 400 1,512 -21 -16 7 5 -25
2020 192 749 -8 -12 6 3 -11
2021 565 2,126 -15 -12 19 8 1
2022 480 1,762 -16 -29 11 6 -29
2023 262 1,022 -11 -7 7 7 -4
2024 445 1,628 -15 -4 9 6 -4
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Swing % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 1,519 53.7 69.1 87.7 27.2 75.4 43.6 29.6 49.6 15.1 9.2 74.1
2020 749 49.7 64.2 82.4 25.2 67.4 43.1 27.6 44.6 21.0 6.5 63.3
2021 2,126 50.8 65.1 89.2 24.5 66.0 42.1 26.9 45.1 15.4 8.2 70.3
2022 1,762 50.5 67.8 86.2 30.0 70.2 44.3 32.3 49.1 17.3 7.3 79.7
2023 1,022 51.5 67.9 84.6 26.6 59.1 41.7 30.5 47.9 22.0 6.7 81.2
2024 1,628 50.5 68.6 86.0 27.9 64.9 42.8 32.8 48.5 19.4 8.7 73.0
Player 8,806 51.1 67.3 86.7 27.0 67.6 43.0 30.1 47.6 17.7 8.0 73.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Max EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
Speed OAA Arm
Strength
Bat
Speed
Squared-up
Rate
Swing
Length
2019 1 10 1 1 1 2 2 3 39 2 94 7 93 62 84 67
2020 13 34 4 2 40 4 4 4 22 6 54 55 76 60 72 99 42
2021 7 28 2 1 33 1 1 12 52 4 96 47 93 69 78 100 76
2022 6 43 3 1 23 2 2 2 27 1 93 20 88 44 59 98 38
2023 34 59 96 43
2024 3 18 1 1 24 1 1 3 23 1 88 55 79 54 42 88 39 1 95 94
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 20.7 2 1.9 0 2 2 1 50.0
2020 20.4 1 1.5 -1 0 2 0 0.0
2021 19.7 2 2.7 -1 5 3 0 0.0
2022 -- 0 0.7 -1 3 1 0 --
2023 24.2 1 1.1 0 2 0 1 100.0
2024 19.9 1 0.9 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 20.8 7 8.7 -2 14 9 2 28.6
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2019 2 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 3 3 2 1
2020 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1
2021 2 3 2 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 6 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 1
2022 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0
2023 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2024 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 7 10 10 14 8 6 9 9 6 5 4 14 13 6 7 12 7 6 9 7 8 8 16 9 7 5 10 11 11 8 5
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Exit Velocity 85.0 84.9 -0.1 86.8 1.9 84.9 -1.9 86.7 1.8 85.0 -1.7
Launch Angle 3.0 1.4 -1.6 2.8 1.4 4.9 2.1 0.5 -4.4 5.6 5.1
Barrel % 1.2 1.5 0.3 0.7 -0.8 1.6 0.9 1.1 -0.5 1.5 0.4
Hard Hit % 19.7 26.7 7.0 26.9 0.2 22.9 -4.0 23.7 0.8 16.9 -6.8
LA Sweet-Spot % 22.3 30.5 8.2 27.6 -2.9 31.3 3.7 32.1 0.8 30.0 -2.1
xBA .223 .238 0.015 .239 0.001 .243 0.004 .234 -0.009 .230 -0.004
BA .240 .201 -0.039 .300 0.099 .227 -0.073 .231 0.004 .241 0.010
xwOBA .242 .287 0.045 .283 -0.004 .273 -0.010 .292 0.019 .271 -0.021
wOBA .260 .254 -0.006 .329 0.075 .251 -0.078 .288 0.037 .275 -0.013
xSLG .282 .308 0.026 .305 -0.003 .312 0.007 .311 -0.001 .295 -0.016
SLG .325 .266 -0.059 .378 0.112 .273 -0.105 .307 0.034 .294 -0.013
K% 12.7 21.4 8.7 13.1 -8.3 13.1 0.0 15.3 2.2 15.1 -0.2
BB% 4.5 9.4 4.9 8.7 -0.7 6.0 -2.7 9.9 3.9 8.3 -1.6
Swing % 49.6 44.6 -5.0 45.1 0.5 49.1 4.0 47.9 -1.2 48.5 0.6
Whiff% 15.1 21.0 5.9 15.4 -5.6 17.3 1.9 22.0 4.7