Pablo López Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 225 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 3/7/1996 (27)
- Experience
- 2
- College
- None
Pablo López Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Pablo López News
Minnesota Twins left-hander Pablo Lopez threw 5 1/3 innings of shutout ball in a 2-0 Opening Day win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday. Lopez struck out eight, walked three, and picked up the win in his first start for the Twins. The veteran southpaw proved to be difficult for the Royals to make contact against as he finished with 17 swinging strikes on 85 total pitches. Minnesota has to be pleased with the early returns after they acquired Lopez from the Miami Marlins for Luis Arraez in the offseason. Lopez could finish as a top fantasy starting pitcher if he is able to stay healthy this season.
The Minnesota Twins acquired right-hander Pablo Lopez and prospects Jose Salas and Byron Chourio from the Miami Marlins on Friday in exchange for All-Star second baseman Luiz Arraez, according to sources. Lopez went 10-10 with a 3.75 ERA (3.71 FIP), 1.17 WHIP and 23.6 percent strikeout rate in 180 innings over a career-high 32 starts in his fifth MLB season with the Marlins. The 26-year-old will be under Twins control for the next two seasons and heads to another favorite pitcher's park in a rather weak division as well. Neither Salas nor Chourio were listed on Miami's list of top-30 prospects, per MLB Pipeline. Salas is the more intriguing of the two. The 19-year-old switch-hitting shortstop only made it to High-A in 2022, but he could rise quickly in Minnesota's system.
The St. Louis Cardinals rank near the top of the list of teams that could benefit from a trade for Miami Marlins right-hander Pablo Lopez. Current Cardinals starters Adam Wainwright, Miles Mikolas, Jack Flaherty and Jordan Montgomery will reach free agency after 2023, while Lopez is under team control for two more years and is only 26. St. Louis could have a surplus of outfielders in 2023, so players like Lars Nootbaar, Dylan Carlson and Tyler O'Neill could be trade candidates. According to sources, the two teams have engaged in at least preliminary trade talks. Lopez recently signed a one-year, $5.45 million deal with the Fish to avoid salary arbitration after he went 10-10 with a 3.75 ERA (3.71 FIP), 1.17 WHIP and 23.6% strikeout rate in a career-high 32 starts over 180 innings in 2022.
Batting Order
| 1 | Max Kepler |
| 2 | Carlos Correa |
| 3 | Byron Buxton |
| 4 | Trevor Larnach |
| 5 | Jose Miranda |
| 6 | Nick Gordon |
| 7 | Joey Gallo |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez |
| 9 | Michael A. Taylor |
Pablo López Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Max Kepler |
| 2 | Carlos Correa |
| 3 | Byron Buxton |
| 4 | Trevor Larnach |
| 5 | Jose Miranda |
| 6 | Nick Gordon |
| 7 | Joey Gallo |
| 8 | Christian Vázquez |
| 9 | Michael A. Taylor |
Miami Marlins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez had a fantastic 2021 season, posting a 3.07 ERA and a 27.5% strikeout rate. But he hit the injured list on July 17 with a rotator cuff strain that virtually ended his season, besides a brief appearance in the final game of the year. Fantasy managers were hoping Lopez would head into 2022 with the same dominance, but that wasn't the case. His ERA rose to 3.75, and his strikeout rate fell to 23.6% while posting 10 wins with a 1.17 WHIP. Although, there are positive signs. Lopez started 32 games for the Marlins, the first time he's eclipsed the 21-game mark over five seasons in the majors. He increased his whiff rate from 25.7% in 2021 to a career-best 28.1% this year and generated a 70th-percentile chase rate. The 26-year-old did it with virtually a two-pitch mix; his fastball that he threw 39% of the time and had the most spin of his career, and a changeup that he threw 35.3% of the time and had 2.8 and 1.8 inches above average horizontal and vertical break, respectively. The only real blemish was Lopez's barrel rate which reached 9.0%, the highest of his career. But his .378 xSLG is similar to the .373 xSLG from 2021, and he produced above-average exit velocity for the fifth consecutive season. A likely drop in barrels and an increase in strikeouts means a better season is on the way. Further, Lopez's name has come up as a trade candidate, and moving to a competitive team would probably equate to more than 10 victories. There's a good chance he outplays what his 165 ADP suggests.
