Jacob Lopez

Jacob Lopez

27-Year-Old PitcherRP
Sacramento Athletics AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
If you squint really hard, you can see some shades of Ryan Yarbrough in Lopez. Both pitchers are soft-tossing lefties with unique arm angles relying on extension and guile in their efforts to be successful against opposing batters. Lopez has been able to use that skill rather effectively as a minor-leaguer with a 30.6 percent strikeout rate, but has been more hittable as a swingman in two different stints with the Rays over a short 22.2 inning sample size. Lopez has value to a club in a swingman type role or as a bulk pitcher if the rotation is impacted by injuries. He's likely to begin the season in a relief role but should have a clearer path to a starting job after being traded to the Athletics. Read Past Outlooks
$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2025.
Sent back to minors
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 30, 2025
The Athletics optioned Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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While making a spot start Tuesday against the Rangers, Lopez was touched up for three runs on six hits and four walks in 2.2 innings. He wasn't going to be available for a few days, so the Athletics will replace him on the 26-man active roster with a fresh bullpen arm in Carlos Duran, who was called up from Triple-A.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
43
Last 10 Games
43
Last 5 Games
54
How many pitches does Jacob Lopez generally throw?
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
 
1-10
 
11-20
 
21-30
 
31-40
 
41-50
 
51-60
 
61-70
 
71-80
 
81-90
 
91-100
 
101-110
 
111-120
 
121+
What part of the game does Jacob Lopez generally pitch?
 
 
 
1st
 
 
 
2nd
 
 
 
3rd
 
 
 
4th
 
 
 
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8th
 
 
 
9th
 
Extra
 
 
 
1st
 
 
 
2nd
 
 
 
3rd
 
 
 
4th
 
 
 
5th
 
 
 
6th
 
 
 
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8th
 
 
 
9th
 
Extra
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-19%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-36%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-64%
BAA vs RHP
2023
 
 
-7%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .294 41 7 4 10 2 0 0
Since 2023vs Right .238 99 18 12 20 4 1 2
2025vs Left .500 8 2 1 3 1 0 0
2025vs Right .320 32 7 6 8 0 0 0
2024vs Left .231 17 4 3 3 1 0 0
2024vs Right .083 29 4 4 2 0 0 2
2023vs Left .267 16 1 0 4 0 0 0
2023vs Right .286 38 7 2 10 4 1 0
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
2025
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
2024
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
2023
 
 
-100%
ERA at Home
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 0.00 1.33 6.0 0 0 0 9.0 7.5 0.0
Since 2023Away 5.70 1.61 23.2 1 1 1 7.2 4.2 0.8
2025Home 0.00 2.40 1.2 0 0 0 21.6 16.2 0.0
2025Away 5.06 2.63 5.1 0 1 0 8.4 6.8 0.0
2024Home 0.00 1.50 1.1 0 0 0 6.8 13.5 0.0
2024Away 6.00 1.11 9.0 0 0 0 7.0 5.0 2.0
2023Home 0.00 0.67 3.0 0 0 0 3.0 0.0 0.0
2023Away 5.79 1.50 9.1 1 0 1 6.8 1.9 0.0
Minor League Left/Right Pitching Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
-14%
BAA vs LHP
2025
 
 
-29%
BAA vs LHP
2024
 
 
-17%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-6%
BAA vs LHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .191 236 64 23 39 4 1 4
Since 2023vs Right .221 539 151 74 101 21 2 16
2025vs Left .158 19 10 0 3 1 1 0
2025vs Right .222 41 12 5 8 1 0 1
2024vs Left .194 148 35 17 24 1 0 3
2024vs Right .234 232 71 28 47 6 0 9
2023vs Left .197 69 19 6 12 2 0 1
2023vs Right .210 266 68 41 46 14 2 6
Stat Review
How does Jacob Lopez compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
1.29
 
K/9
11.6
 
BB/9
9.0
 
HR/9
0.0
 
Fastball
90.4 mph
 
ERA
3.86
 
WHIP
2.57
 
BABIP
.506
 
GB/FB
0.63
 
Left On Base
72.2%
 
Exit Velocity
73.7 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
0.0%
 
Spin Rate
2210 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
13.8%
 
Swinging Strike
7.6%
 
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Lopez began the season at Double-A Montgomery and finished it with four games on the big-league roster, which is a rarity for the Tampa Bay organization as it rarely promotes starting pitchers multiple levels in the same season. These actions were more based on necessity than merit given the season-ending injuries to 60 percent of the club's starting staff and the attrition of arms on the 40-man roster. Lopez climbed to Triple-A early in the 2023 season while striking out a bevy of lower-level hitters, mainly with a low-arm-slot slider. Experienced hitters in Triple-A were not as easily fooled nor were the major-league hitters as the strikeout rate cooled and the walk rate escalated. He still managed 96 strikeouts in 92 innings but best profiles as a swingman out of the bullpen, replacing the role Ryan Yarbrough and Josh Fleming held on the roster before him.
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Labors in loss Tuesday
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 29, 2025
Lopez (0-1) took the loss Tuesday against the Rangers after allowing three runs on six hits and four walks in 2.2 innings. He struck out four.
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Slated to start Tuesday
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 28, 2025
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said that Lopez will start Tuesday's game against the Rangers, Jessica Kleinschmidt of Baseball America reports.
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Back in majors
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 26, 2025
The Athletics recalled Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday.
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Optioned to Vegas
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 23, 2025
The Athletics optioned Lopez to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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Recalled from Triple-A
PSacramento Athletics  AAA
April 18, 2025
The Athletics recalled Lopez from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday.
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