Nicky Lopez

Bats L Throws R5'11" 180 lbBorn 1995 Naperville, USADebut 2019Team TEXDraft 2016 R5 #163 Kansas City Royals, CreightonContract 1 y (26) 2026: $663,102

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 73.7FIELD+ 98.8 at 2BTotal -0.01 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	97	86	20	3	1	0	8	16	2	0.236	0.306	0.298	0.604	0.062	0.275	16.5	8.3	72.0	-0.03
2027	168	150	36	5	1	1	12	27	3	0.240	0.303	0.301	0.603	0.061	0.274	16.0	7.2	68.6	-0.12

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 64 HIT+ the next season; 7 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Jace Peterson	2020	78.6	97.1	302
2	Gene Robertson	1930	82.1	did not play
3	Chris Getz	2014	66.0	did not play
4	Ryan Flaherty	2017	72.3	56.2	182
5	Steve Lyons	1990	78.9	64.8	227
6	Tom Foley	1990	80.4	49.6	187
7	Craig Reynolds	1983	78.3	87.3	571
8	Alex Cora	2006	73.6	70.9	232
9	Bobby Young	1955	69.7	did not play
10	Jeff Branson	1997	75.9	22.4	105

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			168		36	5	1	1		3	12	27	0.240	0.303	0.301	0.603	68.6
2026*	TEX	73	219	19	52	3	1	1		5	9	37	0.263	0.303	0.303	0.606	84.8
2025	CHC	19	28	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	0.042	0.179	0.042	0.220	-19.7
2024	CWS	124	445	40	96	12	3	1	21	5	37	67	0.241	0.312	0.294	0.606	77.1
2023	ATL	94	262	32	52	8	3	1	25	6	26	40	0.231	0.326	0.307	0.632	80.1
2022	KC	142	480	51	99	12	4	0	20	13	29	63	0.227	0.281	0.273	0.554	56.7
2021	KC	151	565	78	149	21	6	2	43	22	49	74	0.300	0.365	0.378	0.744	103.7
2020	KC	56	192	15	34	8	0	1	13	0	18	41	0.201	0.286	0.266	0.552	55.3
2019	KC	103	402	44	91	22	2	2	30	1	18	51	0.240	0.276	0.325	0.601	56.8
Career		689	2374	262	522	83	18	7	153	47	181	340	0.245	0.310	0.311	0.621	73.3

Pitching

Year	Team	ERA	G	IP	BF	HR	BB
2025	LAA	0.00	1	0.3	2	0	1
2023	ATL	7.71	2	2.3	13	1	2
2022	KC	18.00	1	1.0	6	2	0
Career		9.82	4	3.7	21	3	3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	219	84.4	2.1	0.0	21.2	18.7	33.3	0.234	0.281	0.251	27.7
2025	28	84.8	-5.5	0.0	40.0	8.7	12.0	0.176	0.199	0.240	27.3
2024	445	85.0	5.6	1.5	16.9	19.4	28.0	0.227	0.291	0.273	27.1
2023	262	86.7	0.5	1.1	23.7	22.0	26.7	0.233	0.314	0.294	27.7
2022	480	84.9	4.9	1.6	22.9	17.3	30.1	0.246	0.325	0.279	27.7
2021	565	86.8	2.8	0.7	26.9	15.7	24.5	0.238	0.311	0.286	28.2
2020	192	84.9	1.4	1.5	26.7	21.0	25.3	0.238	0.308	0.287	27.7
2019	402	85.0	3.0	1.4	19.7	15.1	27.3	0.223	0.282	0.242	28.5

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CHC	3B	14	56	4	14	0	2	1.000	-0.6
2025	CHC	SS	3	11	1	2	1	1	0.750	-0.4
2025	CHC	2B	1	1	0	0	0	0
2025	LAA	OF	1	2	0	0	0	0
2025	LAA	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2024	CWS	2B	83	640	100	180	3	33	0.989	-2.0
2024	CWS	SS	45	345	61	92	1	24	0.994	-8.0
2023	ATL	2B	49	309	58	98	1	23	0.994	+1.8
2023	ATL	3B	29	208	15	52	0	4	1.000	+1.6
2023	ATL	SS	11	75	15	25	1	6	0.976	+1.4
2023	ATL	1B	4	18	12	2	0	1	1.000	+0.4
2023	KC	OF	2	15	3	1	0	0	1.000
2023	ATL	P	2	2	0	0	0	0		-0.1
2022	KC	2B	68	537	122	152	3	41	0.989	-11.1
2022	KC	SS	52	406	62	153	4	42	0.982	-1.2
2022	KC	3B	30	176	17	36	0	2	1.000	-0.1
2022	KC	P	1	1	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2021	KC	SS	148	1234	156	371	7	77	0.987	-14.3
2021	KC	2B	4	27	9	11	0	3	1.000	+1.1
2020	KC	2B	53	424	74	135	2	34	0.991	-0.1
2020	KC	SS	4	20	2	8	0	1	1.000	-1.7
2020	KC	3B	2	3	0	0	0	0		-0.0
2019	KC	2B	76	623	116	195	3	46	0.990	+0.8
2019	KC	SS	33	261	37	86	1	22	0.992	-6.7

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Bat	62	1 HR, 2 SB	0.333	0.906
2025	AAA	Reno Aces	Bat	109	0 HR, 1 SB	0.267	0.620
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Bat	65	0 HR, 4 SB	0.263	0.671
2025	AAA	Iowa Cubs	Bat	127	0 HR, 2 SB	0.270	0.752
2025	AAA	nan	Bat	301	0 HR, 7 SB	0.267	0.685
2019	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	138	3 HR, 9 SB	0.353	0.957
2018	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Bat	256	7 HR, 6 SB	0.278	0.781
2018	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	325	2 HR, 9 SB	0.331	0.813
2017	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Bat	253	0 HR, 7 SB	0.259	0.605
2017	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Bat	324	2 HR, 14 SB	0.295	0.783
2016	Rk	Burlington Royals	Bat	283	6 HR, 24 SB	0.281	0.822

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.249	0.290	0.314	0.251
2025	0.000	0.177	0.208	0.131
2024	0.230	0.307	0.277	0.314
2023	0.291	0.302	0.298	0.302
2022	0.242	0.283	0.287	0.259
2021	0.316	0.346	0.348	0.328
2020	0.214	0.278	0.251	0.274
2019	0.280	0.265	0.287	0.251

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2023	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0