Jacob was a monumental figure in the Bible. He struggled with an angel and eventually was named Israel. He is called a Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions. Jacob Lopez Of the athletics is on the other side of the spectrum. He was selected in the 26th round of the MLB design of 2018 and was traded twice in his career. But because the Jacob van de Bible was cunning and lived with a traditional and ingenious humor, this season, the Jacob van de Athletics has involved opposite batters with deception. Let’s bury.
Lopez is 27 years old, 6 ′ 4 ″, 220 pounds and throws from the left. He is a soft-dosing lefty that has an average of 90 km / h on the Fastball.
During his career of the Minor League, despite the lack of fastball speed, Lopez often placed a strikeout percentage above 30%, with two seasons about 40%! He kept the ball in the garden and showed good control. That is, until he hit Triple-A, where the running speed was up to 14% after he was around six percent for most of his career of the Minor League.
Lopez made his MLB debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2023. He threw 12.1 innings and placed a 4.38 ERA, but the FIP was much lower at 2.93. The strikeout percentage was only 14.8%, but the running speed was a miniscule 3.7% and he did not allow home run. In 2024 he only threw 10.1 innings and the results were completely different. The ERA was 5.23, but the FIP was much higher at 6.75. The strikeout percentage was 17.4%, but the running speed was no less than 15.2%.
Small monster sizes alert! That said, those two starts illuminated the wide range of results for Lopez.
Lopez was traded to athletics prior to the 2025 season. He threw 27 innings in Triple-A and dominated. The strikeout percentage was 36.5%, while the running speed was 7.7%. He only allowed two home runs. The ERA was 2.33 while the FIP was 2.99.
Lopez was at the big club in April, but as a Reliever. After three performances from De Bullpen, he received his first start on April 29, but only went 2.2 innings. In his next start, he went to the Philadelphia Phillies at home, he walked one, eliminated eight and one earned point allowed three hits. In the next outing he was illuminated for seven earned points of the Blue Jays in 1.2 innings in Toronto. I didn’t make a joke when I wrote a wide range of results before.
The yo -yo went on. Then, in July, Lopez had a rack of four games in which he allowed three, two and five points earned. Then I noticed that Rudy’s Bot began to argue for Lopez for the weekly pitcher planner.
By the way, the weekly pitching planner is such a great tool and is one of my staples for both batter and pitcher information. I strongly recommend it. Back to our regularly planned programming.
I picked up Lopez for the start against the Arizona Diamondbacks at home in an RCL. Lopez went five innings, ran two and threw five out without allowing a deserved point in five innings. I stopped that Roster from incompetence and forgetfulness, but I was certainly happy with the results. What is the expression? It is better to be lucky than good.
In the next two starts, Lopez went 7.2 innings and slammed 10 without giving a walk or allowing a deserved point to three hits. He then went seven innings and threw out nine without giving a walk or allowing a deserved point at four hits. In his most recent outing, he went six innings, walked one and threw eight while he allowed two points earned on four hits.
Lopez has been a popular Pick -Up Recentl, Y and I wanted to bury to see if it is sustainable.
During the season, the Strikeout percentage is 29.1%, while the running speed is 8.1%. As mentioned earlier, he has demonstrated the tendency to have both raised strikeout speeds with excellent control.
Where Lopez really has shown, limiting hard contact is. The average exit speed is 86.4%, the barrel percentage is 6.1%and the hard goal is 32%. The average exit speed is the fourth lowest in MLB. The barrel speed is 10th lowest. The hard goal is in the third way!
The Flyball percentage is 49.6%, which is scary, but the ability to limit hard contact and barrels reduces the fear somewhat.
The chase percentage is not robust at 27%, but the swinging battle percentage is 12%.
We know the 90 MPH Fastball, which throws Lopez 37.1% of the time. Lopez throws a switch 13.6% of the time, a cutter 14.5%, but the bread and butter is the slider, which he throws 30.5% of the time and has the highest run value in his arsenal.
Despite the limited speed, the expansion of Lopez of 7.2 inches in the 95th percentile is what explains why the Fastball is so effective.
Lopez is really a good pitcher, but I am worried in the future. He has shown that in the past he has a wide range of results and as he throws more, opposing batters will feel more at ease with his things, and a book will be written. That said, that can only happen next season.
Careful optimism.
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