Nicholas

Lopez

2BAge : 31Bats : L

#33

Nicky Lopez

#332BTexas Rangers

Height : 5' 10" · Weight : 84 kg · Bats : L · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2019-05-14

Born in : Naperville, IL, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	AB	H	HR	PP	MOY	OPS
2026		100	237	64	1	24	.270	.634
2026	Texas Rangers	96	232	64	1	24	.276	.647
2026	Chicago Cubs	4	5	0	0	0	.000	.000
2025		19	24	1	0	1	.042	.221
2025	Chicago Cubs	14	18	1	0	1	.056	.283
2025	Los Angeles Angels	5	6	0	0	0	.000	.000
2024	Chicago White Sox	124	398	96	1	21	.241	.606
2023		94	225	52	1	25	.231	.633
2023	Atlanta Braves	26	65	18	1	12	.277	.702
2023	Kansas City Royals	68	160	34	0	13	.213	.604
2022	Kansas City Royals	142	436	99	0	20	.227	.554
2021	Kansas City Royals	151	497	149	2	43	.300	.743
2020	Kansas City Royals	56	169	34	1	13	.201	.552
2019	Kansas City Royals	103	379	91	2	30	.240	.601
Career totals		789	2365	586	8	177	.248	.622

ContractTexas Rangers payroll →

Type: Free Agent
Length: 1 yr · 2026–2026
Total value: 0.7 M$
AAV: 0.73 M$

2026
0.73 M$
Guaranteed

Advanced stats, 2026HitterMLB stats →

wRC+

wOBA

.286

xwOBA

.270

OPS

.634

AVG

.270

OBP

.322

RBI

270

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2027 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

0.4

Home runs

2026 WAR

0.7

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

→ Stable (0)

20220.9 WAR · 1.1 per full season
20231.2 WAR · 2.7 per full season
20240.9 WAR · 1.2 per full season
20260.7 WAR · 1.6 per full season

Outlook, age included

0 · 31 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2026All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Replacement or prospect

CON: Contact; 79
POW: Power; 42
EYE: Eye; 72
SPD: Speed; 76
FLD: Fielding; 80
DUR: Durability; 35
EX: Experience; 75

Why these ratings?

CON — Contact : Strikeouts avoided, xBA, squared-up contact
POW — Power : Barrels, exit velocity, home runs, xSLG
EYE — Eye : Walks and strikeouts
SPD — Speed : Sprint speed (Statcast), baserunning
FLD — Fielding : Outs above average, WAR fielding runs
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2026How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

0.7

PAL Rating

10 / 100

Value Rating

38 / 100

Surplus $6.1M · salary $0.7M

PAL: dimensions

Offense14

Power1

Discipline33

Speed63

Defense64

WAR, in runs

Batting-5.4

Baserunning+0.8

Fielding+0.6

Positional+1.6

Replacement+8.2

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2026 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Avg exit velocity

84.7 mi/h

3th percentile

Max exit velocity

104.7 mi/h

1th percentile

Barrels

0.0 %

0th percentile

Hard-hit

22.2 %

2th percentile

xBA

.248

51th percentile

Bat speed

66.4 mi/h

1th percentile

Sprint speed

27.6 pi/s

54th percentile

Outs above average

66th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Avg exit velocity	Max exit velocity	Barrels	Hard-hit	xBA
2026	TEX	0.7	10	58	84.7	104.7	0.0	22.2	.248
2024	CWS	0.9	11	74	85.0	106.5	1.5	16.9	.227
2023	ATL	1.2	45	77	86.7	107.8	1.1	23.7	.233
2022	KC	0.9	19	78	84.9	106.7	1.6	22.9	.246
2021	KC	5.5	86	80	86.8	107.9	0.7	26.9	.238

Game log, 2026

Date	Opponent	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG
Sep 27	@ MIN	2	1	0	0	.270
Sep 26	@ MIN	2	1	0	0	.268
Sep 25	@ MIN	3	0	0	1	.266
Sep 24	vs NYM	0	0	0	0	.270
Sep 23	vs NYM	3	1	0	1	.270
Sep 22	vs NYM	0	0	0	0	.269
Sep 20	vs TOR	2	0	0	0	.269
Sep 19	vs TOR	1	0	1	0	.271
Sep 18	vs TOR	5	2	0	1	.272
Sep 17	vs BOS	1	0	1	1	.269