MLB · 2B · Texas Rangers
Nicky Lopez
B/T L/R · 5' 10" · 186 lb · born Naperville, IL, USA · age 31 · draft 2016 rd 5 · MLB debut 2019-05-14
Scout’s note
Lopez, a 2016 fifth-round pick out of Naperville, IL, owns a career .249 average with 8 home runs across 732 big-league games. By our park-adjusted read, the results are outrunning the contact — that's the fade signal, arithmetic rather than opinion.
The line
Last 14 days: 12 G · .333 AVG · 0 HR · 6 RBI · .765 OPS
| Year | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals | MLB | 103 | 379 | 44 | 91 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 51 | .240 | .601 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Royals | MLB | 56 | 169 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 41 | .201 | .552 |
| 2021 | Kansas City Royals | MLB | 151 | 497 | 78 | 149 | 2 | 43 | 22 | 49 | 74 | .300 | .743 |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals | MLB | 142 | 436 | 51 | 99 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 29 | 63 | .227 | .554 |
| 2023 | Kansas City Royals | MLB | 68 | 160 | 19 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 30 | .213 | .604 |
| 2023 | Atlanta Braves | MLB | 26 | 65 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .277 | .702 |
| 2023 | Total | MLB | 94 | 225 | 32 | 52 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 26 | 40 | .231 | .633 |
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox | MLB | 124 | 398 | 40 | 96 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 37 | 67 | .241 | .606 |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels | MLB | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs | MLB | 14 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .056 | .283 |
| 2025 | Total | MLB | 19 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .042 | .221 |
| 2026 | Chicago Cubs | MLB | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers | MLB | 39 | 111 | 13 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 16 | .324 | .737 |
| 2026 | Total | MLB | 43 | 116 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 18 | .310 | .706 |
| MLB CAREER | 732 | 2244 | 276 | 558 | 8 | 165 | 51 | 185 | 358 | .249 | .626 | ||
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Current signals
The read: Lopez's results are outrunning his contact by more than 99% of the 306 qualified MLB hitters we track — an EV95 of 99.5 (league median 106.1) doesn't usually buy this stat line. Gaps like his tend to close from above; No. 4 of 15 on the fade board.
- EV95 (mph)
- 99.5
- Luck gap (park-adj)
- 0.077
- Overlay score
- -0.8961
- Age
- 31
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