Nicky Lopez
SS | Bats/Throws: L/R | 5' 10" 185LBS | Age: 30
Draft: 2016 | Rd: 5, #163, Kansas City Royals | Creighton
PA AB R H HR SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2023 262 225 32 52 1 6 .231 .326 .307 .633
2024 445 398 40 96 1 5 .241 .312 .294 .606
2025 22 18 2 1 0 0 .056 .227 .056 .283
7 Seasons 2,368 2,122 262 522 7 47 .246 .311 .312 .623
AVG HR SB OPS
2023 .231 1 6 .633
2024 .241 1 5 .606
2025 .056 0 0 .283
7 Seasons .246 7 47 .623
MLB Percentile Rankings
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 .227 .288 .275 .268 .270 16.9 15.1 8.3
2025 30 83 15 0 0.0 0.0 84.1 99.9 -2.3 13.3 .208 .245 .168 .289 .237 40.0 13.6 18.2
Player 8889 1827 22 1.2 0.9 85.6 107.9 3.4 28.4 .234 .299 .279 .273 .277 22.7 14.3 7.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.7 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

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2019 63.6 36.4 15.1 17.5 3.9 28.3 41.9 29.8 22.0 31.3 10.2 6.3 10.5 19.6
2020 56.5 43.5 11.5 27.5 4.6 32.8 43.5 23.7 22.9 27.5 6.1 9.9 16.0 17.6
2021 58.0 42.0 16.9 22.1 3.0 24.9 46.1 29.0 19.2 30.1 8.7 5.7 16.0 20.3
2022 55.2 44.8 15.4 24.7 4.7 26.3 42.4 31.3 20.3 27.1 7.8 6.0 15.4 23.4
2023 57.9 42.1 13.2 27.9 1.1 30.0 42.6 27.4 21.1 30.5 6.3 8.9 12.1 21.1
2024 56.7 43.3 19.3 19.6 4.5 29.7 39.5 30.9 23.1 24.9 8.6 6.5 14.5 22.3
2025 66.7 33.3 6.7 13.3 13.3 40.0 46.7 13.3 26.7 33.3 6.7 13.3 13.3 6.7
Player 58.1 41.9 15.8 22.3 3.8 27.9 42.8 29.3 21.2 28.6 8.3 6.7 14.2 21.0
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 4.5 53.6 19.0 18.4 0.9 1.2 1.0
2020 8.4 42.7 17.6 26.7 3.1 1.5 1.0
2021 7.1 44.7 19.4 24.0 3.9 0.7 0.5
2022 9.1 40.9 20.6 25.0 2.9 1.6 1.3
2023 4.7 47.9 16.3 24.2 5.3 1.1 0.8
2024 7.1 43.6 22.6 23.4 1.5 1.5 1.1
2025 6.7 53.3 20.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Player 6.9 45.6 19.7 23.3 2.7 1.2 0.9
MLB 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 %
2025 4-Seam Fastball -3.8 -1 31 37.3 8 .000 .000 .175 12.5 0.0 0.0 .223 .298 .343 66.7
2025 Sinker 3.0 1 19 22.9 4 .500 .500 .575 0.0 0.0 0.0 .192 .211 .437 0.0
2025 Curveball -0.8 0 12 14.5 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .177 .178 .159 0.0
2025 Slider -15.6 -1 6 7.2 4 .000 .000 .000 25.0 25.0 33.3 .266 .282 .246 0.0
2025 Changeup -4.4 0 6 7.2 2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 50.0 100.0 .194 .226 .180 100.0
2025 Cutter -5.0 0 3 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 .066 .077 .059 0.0
2025 Split-Finger -10.8 0 3 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 -- .330 .360 .301 100.0
2025 Sweeper -7.3 0 3 3.6 1 .000 .000 .000 100.0 100.0 50.0 -- -- .000 --
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.5 8 538 33.0 128 .346 .452 .415 12.4 8.6 9.2 .294 .405 .367 22.9
2024 Slider -2.6 -6 237 14.6 73 .169 .183 .184 28.1 17.8 16.5 .204 .237 .209 10.3
2024 Sinker -1.1 -3 229 14.1 71 .270 .317 .329 11.8 9.9 12.7 .228 .301 .275 21.1
2024 Cutter 0.5 1 178 10.9 50 .289 .311 .358 20.4 18.0 22.0 .238 .286 .267 10.8
2024 Curveball -1.5 -2 153 9.4 40 .139 .194 .200 17.5 15.0 14.3 .159 .192 .213 10.0
2024 Changeup -0.2 0 148 9.1 39 .229 .257 .285 25.0 12.8 9.6 .219 .249 .247 12.9
2024 Sweeper -5.1 -4 84 5.2 28 .107 .143 .109 32.6 39.3 29.7 .115 .151 .117 17.6
2024 Split-Finger -2.8 -2 58 3.6 16 .125 .188 .134 37.9 31.3 23.8 .217 .252 .205 27.3
2024 Slurve 3.7 0 3 0.2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Statcast Batting Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 400 1,512 -19 -19 9 5 -24
2020 192 749 -11 -10 6 3 -12
2021 565 2,126 -16 -12 18 8 -2
2022 480 1,762 -14 -24 12 5 -21
2023 262 1,022 -12 -10 8 6 -8
2024 445 1,628 -20 -7 11 8 -9
2025 22 83 -2 -2 1 0 -3
Player 2,366 8,882 -94 -83 64 -94 -78
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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 15.7 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
2025 83 50.6 73.8 87.1 12.2 80.0 47.0 40.9 43.4 11.1 6.0 60.0
Player 8,889 51.1 67.3 86.7 26.9 67.7 43.0 30.2 47.5 17.7 7.9 73.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.7 42.6 30.0 47.2 25.0 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 41 4 4 4 22 6 54 55 76 60 72 98 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 17 1 1 23 1 1 3 23 1 88 55 79 54 42 88 39 1 95 94
2025 6 57
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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 0.8 0 2 1 0 0.0
Player 20.8 7 8.6 -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 1 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 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Player 7 10 9 14 8 6 9 9 6 5 4 14 13 6 7 12 7 6 9 7 7 8 16 9 6 5 10 11 11 8 5
Note: xHR tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Exit Velocity 85.0 -0.1 84.9 1.9 86.8 -1.9 84.9 1.8 86.7 -1.7 85.0 -0.9 84.1
Launch Angle 3.0 -1.6 1.4 1.4 2.8 2.1 4.9 -4.4 0.5 5.1 5.6 -7.9 -2.3
Barrel % 1.2 0.3 1.5 -0.8 0.7 0.9 1.6 -0.5 1.1 0.4 1.5 -1.5 0.0
Hard Hit % 19.7 7.0 26.7 0.2 26.9 -4.0 22.9 0.8 23.7 -6.8 16.9 23.1 40.0
LA Sweet-Spot % 22.3 8.2 30.5 -2.9 27.6 3.7 31.3 0.8 32.1 -2.1 30.0 -16.7 13.3
xBA .223 0.015 .238 0.001 .239 0.004 .243 -0.009 .234 -0.007 .227 -0.019 .208
BA .240 -0.039 .201 0.099 .300 -0.073 .227 0.004 .231 0.010 .241 -0.185 .056
xwOBA .242 0.045 .287 -0.004 .283 -0.010 .273 0.019 .292 -0.024 .268 0.021 .289
wOBA .260 -0.006 .254 0.075 .329 -0.078 .251 0.037 .288 -0.013 .275 -0.107 .168
xSLG .282 0.026 .308 -0.003 .305 0.007 .312 -0.001 .311 -0.023 .288 -0.043 .245
SLG .325 -0.059 .266 0.112 .378 -0.105 .273 0.034 .307 -0.013 .294 -0.238 .056
K% 12.7 8.7 21.4 -8.3 13.1 0.0 13.1 2.2 15.3 -0.2 15.1 -1.5 13.6
BB% 4.5 4.9 9.4 -0.7 8.7 -2.7 6.0 3.9 9.9 -1.6 8.3 9.9 18.2
Swing % 49.6 -5.0 44.6 0.5 45.1 4.0 49.1 -1.2 47.9 0.6 48.5 -5.1 43.4
Whiff% 15.1 5.9 21.0 -5.3 15.7 1.6 17.3 4.7 22.0 -2.6 19.4 -8.3 11.1
In Zone % 53.7 -4.0 49.7 1.1 50.8 -0.3 50.5 1.0 51.5 -1.0 50.5 0.1 50.6
Out of Zone % 46.3 4.0 50.3 -1.1 49.2 0.3 49.5 -1.0 48.5 1.0 49.5 -0.1 49.4
Out of Zone Swing % 27.2 -2.0 25.2 -0.7 24.5 5.5 30.0 -3.4 26.6 1.3 27.9 -15.7 12.2
First Pitch Swing % 29.6 -2.0 27.6 -0.7 26.9 5.4 32.3 -1.8 30.5 2.3 32.8 8.1 40.9
First Pitch Strike % 62.7 -0.2 62.5 -0.6 61.9 0.2 62.1 -4.1 58.0 5.1 63.1 5.1 68.2
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

wOBA
SeasonAlignment TypeBat SidePAShifts/Shades%No Shift/ShadeShift/Shade
2019 Shifts L 398 1 0.3 .256 .000
2020 Shifts L 192 0 0.0 .254
2021 Shifts L 560 33 5.9 .328 .361
2022 Shifts L 480 11 2.3 .253 .143
2023 Shades L 262 40 15.3 .308 .180
2024 Shades L 445 87 19.6 .273 .284
2025 Shades L 22 4 18.2 .205 .000
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 484 18.0 21.5% 1.2% 192 24.1 0.0% 10.9%
2020 238 18.1 15.5% 0.8% 118 24.5 0.0% 17.8%
2021 661 18.7 11.5% 2.4% 346 25.3 0.3% 21.1%
2022 471 18.8 13.8% 3.4% 314 24.4 0.3% 16.9%
2023 303 15.3 45.2% 0.3% 141 18.8 6.4% 2.1%
2024 531 15.5 42.6% 1.1% 205 18.6 5.4% 2.4%
2025 26 15.6 38.5% 7.7% 15 18.5 0.0% 6.7%
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