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Player

Nicky Lopez

TEX2BBats LThrows RActive

Season 2026 · as of 2026-09-14. Daily buckets for rates and trends; EV×LA, Decision / Contact / Damage, and 2023+ bat tracking are season grain. Zone heatmaps stay on Location.

Pitches faced

902

Chase%

33.5%

Zone swing%

70.0%

Whiff%

16.4%

xwOBA

0.257

Barrel%

0.0%

Hard-hit%

21.6%

Avg EV

80.6 mph

Swing Decision Value

68

Decision

70

Contact

86

Damage

9

Pitches faced
Share of pitches by type.
Plate discipline
Chase (out of zone) vs swing in the zone.
Pitch types faced
Compact rates for the filtered window.
PitchPitchesUsageWhiff%Chase%xwOBA
Four-seam Fastball30734.0%14.7%31.5%0.236
Sinker13615.1%9.4%28.8%0.339
Slider13114.5%24.6%30.3%0.270
Changeup10711.9%21.6%30.2%0.178
Cutter748.2%11.4%44.7%0.344
Sweeper596.5%12.1%43.8%0.173
Curveball525.8%29.2%41.4%0.252
Splitter232.5%14.3%45.5%0.188
Knuckle Curve111.2%25.0%25.0%
Slow Curve10.1%
Slurve10.1%
Batted-ball mix
Ground ball, line drive, fly ball, popup.
Contact quality
Exit velo × launch angle (season). Dashed outline is the approximate barrel region.
Exit velo (mph)Launch angle (deg)5012050-30
Bat speed by pitch type
2023+ bat tracking. Mean bat speed on swings with a measured reading. Combined with the pitch types this hitter actually faced — not a miss-distance table.
Attack angle vs chase
Attack angle from bat-tracking cubes against chase% from pitches faced. Location behavior stays on Location; this is the pitch-type overlay.
Chase trend
Out-of-zone swing rate by game date.
Exit velo trend
Average exit velocity by game date.