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 .227 .288 .275 .268 .270 16.9 15.1 8.3
Player 8806 1812 22 1.2 0.9 85.6 107.9 3.5 28.5 .234 .300 .280 .273 .277 22.5 14.3 7.5
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 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 .299 .411 .374 22.8
2024 Sinker -1.7 -4 238 14.6 75 .269 .328 .328 11.5 9.3 12.7 .225 .298 .270 21.3
2024 Slider -1.8 -4 236 14.5 73 .183 .197 .197 27.8 17.8 16.5 .198 .230 .204 10.3
2024 Cutter 0.7 1 181 11.1 51 .283 .304 .351 20.8 17.6 21.4 .243 .291 .270 10.5
2024 Curveball -1.9 -3 154 9.5 40 .139 .194 .200 17.2 15.0 14.0 .159 .192 .213 10.0
2024 Changeup -0.6 -1 149 9.2 39 .229 .257 .285 25.0 12.8 9.6 .219 .249 .247 12.9
2024 Sweeper -4.9 -4 80 4.9 27 .074 .111 .080 34.1 40.7 31.4 .117 .155 .119 18.8
2024 Split-Finger -1.3 -1 57 3.5 16 .125 .188 .134 37.9 31.3 23.8 .217 .252 .205 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 Slider -1.9 -2 105 10.3 28 .167 .167 .204 30.8 21.4 13.3 .212 .289 .266 26.3
2023 Changeup -0.9 -1 105 10.3 28 .231 .308 .252 17.6 14.3 13.8 .212 .283 .232 17.4
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 -- -- -- --
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 15.7 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
Player 8,806 51.1 67.3 86.7 27.0 67.6 43.0 30.1 47.6 17.8 8.0 73.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 29.9 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 40 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
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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 1 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 8 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 +/-  
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 .227 -0.007
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 .268 -0.024
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 .288 -0.023
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 15.7 -5.3