Kauffman Stadium is where Nicky Lopez and the Kansas City Royals will take on starter Joe Ryan and the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, April 2 at 2:10 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Lopez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -149 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -110 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +102 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -116 |
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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins
- Ryan will make his first start of the season for the Twins.
- The last time the 26-year-old pitched was on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals. The righty threw zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen in that matchup.
- He finished last season with a 3.55 ERA and a 1.102 WHIP in 27 games, finishing with a 13-8 record.
- The Twins averaged the 20th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league last season.
- Twins pitchers had a combined ERA of 3.99 last year, which ranked 19th in MLB.
- The Twins had a combined WHIP of 1.248 as a pitching staff, which ranked 13th in MLB.
- The Twins ranked 21st in long balls given up last season with 184 home runs against them.
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Nicky Lopez Stats vs. the Twins
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/2023 | Sonny Gray | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 3/30/2023 | Pablo Lopez | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/22/2022 | Josh Winder | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/20/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 0-for-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/15/2022 | Dylan Bundy | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 9/13/2022 | Joe Ryan | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 8/16/2022 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 8/15/2022 | Joe Ryan | 2-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/29/2022 | Sonny Gray | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 5/28/2022 | Chris Archer | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
Lopez Stats and Trends
- Lopez picked up at least one hit 72 times last season in 142 games played (50.7%), including multiple hits on 23 occasions (16.2%).
- Including all 142 games he appeared in a season ago, he did not hit a home run.
- In 33.8% of his games last year (48 of 142), he touched home plate at least one time, and in three (2.1%) he scored two or more runs.
- Lopez picked up an RBI in 19 of 142 games last season (13.4%), including one game with multiple RBIs.
- He struck out at least once 52 times last season in 142 games (36.6%), including 10 multi-strikeout games (7.0%).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 70 | GP | 72 |
| 36 (51.4%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 36 (50.0%) |
| 13 (18.6%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 10 (13.9%) |
| 25 (35.7%) | Games w/1+ Run | 23 (31.9%) |
| 0 (0.0%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 10 (14.3%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 9 (12.5%) |
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