2026 Stats
W-L
4-2
ERA
5.73
WHIP
1.77
K
35
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Lopez's 2025 season truly came out of nowhere. Originally drafted by the Giants in the 26th round, he was flipped to the Rays in 2019 for Joe McCarthy. Lopez worked in the Rays system rather successfully at all three levels but struggled in spot starts in 2023 and 2024. Lopez was included with Jeffrey Springs in the trade to acquire Joe Boyle, and Lopez made the most of his new opportunity. He survived pitching in Las Vegas with three wins and a 2.67 ERA with 38 strikeouts and just two homers in 27 innings of work. That earned him the promotion to Sacramento, where he worked in 21 games and pitched to an AL-Only serviceable 4.08 ERA and 1.27 WHIP with 113 strikeouts in 92.2 innings. The weird thing about Lopez was he was much more effective pitching at Sutter Field than he was on the road. He held the opposition to a .212/.297/.358 line with a 2.64 ERA and 1.13 WHIP at home but a .246/.335/.444 with a 5.40 ERA and 1.41 WHIP on the road. Which is more likely in 2026: regression at home or on the road? Either way, he is more useful in AL-Only leagues unless you want to use him as a mixed streamer and somehow figure out this weirdness in his splits. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2026.
Earns fourth win in bulk relief
Lopez (4-2) earned the win Sunday against the Padres. He allowed one run on six hits and a walk while striking out three over 4.2 innings.
Analysis
After Luis Medina recorded four outs as the opener, Lopez entered in the second inning and was able to work through traffic to limit the Padres' scoring efforts en route to the win. The southpaw has struggled with homers this season but managed to keep the ball in the yard Sunday after allowing at least one long ball in each of his previous four appearances. It remains to be seen whether the Athletics will continue deploying Lopez behind an opener, though he'll carry a 5.73 ERA, 1.77 WHIP and 35:31 K:BB across 48.2 innings (11 games) into his next outing, which is tentatively scheduled for Saturday against the Yankees.
After Luis Medina recorded four outs as the opener, Lopez entered in the second inning and was able to work through traffic to limit the Padres' scoring efforts en route to the win. The southpaw has struggled with homers this season but managed to keep the ball in the yard Sunday after allowing at least one long ball in each of his previous four appearances. It remains to be seen whether the Athletics will continue deploying Lopez behind an opener, though he'll carry a 5.73 ERA, 1.77 WHIP and 35:31 K:BB across 48.2 innings (11 games) into his next outing, which is tentatively scheduled for Saturday against the Yankees.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
84
Last 10 Games
89
Last 5 Games
87
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+
What part of the game does Jacob Lopez generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-8%
BAA vs LHP
2026
-18%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .228 | 38 | 19 | 31 | 3 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .247 | 118 | 56 | 110 | 25 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .245 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 2 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .299 | 26 | 21 | 43 | 9 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .216 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .234 | 88 | 31 | 65 | 14 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .231 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .083 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-35%
ERA at Home
2026
-6%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 3.58 | 1.27 | 65.1 | 11.2 | 4.1 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 5.53 | 1.54 | 86.1 | 7.8 | 4.7 | ||||
| 2026Home | 5.95 | 1.58 | 19.2 | 8.2 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2026Away | 5.59 | 1.90 | 29.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.64 | 1.13 | 44.1 | 12.6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 5.40 | 1.41 | 48.1 | 9.5 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2024Home | 0.00 | 1.50 | 1.1 | 6.8 | 13.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.00 | 1.11 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Jacob Lopez compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 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 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.13K/9
6.5BB/9
5.7HR/9
2.0Fastball
90.4 mphERA
5.73WHIP
1.77BABIP
.301GB/FB
0.65Left On Base
76.5%Exit Velocity
78.8 mphBarrels/BBE
2.2%Spin Rate
2236 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.5%Swinging Strike
7.9%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
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.
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Can't capitalize on big lead
Lopez pitched 3.2 innings against the Angels on Tuesday, allowing four runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out two batters in a no-decision.
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Fades late in no-decision
Lopez did not factor into the decision Thursday against the Cardinals, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out two over five innings.
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Fans five in third win
Lopez (3-2) picked up the win Friday, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks over 5.1 innings in a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. He struck out five.
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Steamrolled by Cleveland
Lopez (2-2) took the loss Saturday as the Athletics were routed 14-6 by the Guardians, coughing up six runs on eight hits and a walk over 5.1 innings. He struck out five batters in the start.
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Allows one run in relief outing
Lopez allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks over one-plus inning out of the bullpen in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Rangers. He struck out one.
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