At 7:40 PM ET on Tuesday, April 4, Nicky Lopez and the Kansas City Royals will take the diamond against the Toronto Blue Jays and starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi at Kauffman Stadium.
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Player Prop Odds for Lopez
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -152 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -111 |
| RBI | 0.5 | +101 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -118 |
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Stats and Trends for the Toronto Blue Jays
- Kikuchi will make his first start of the season for the Blue Jays.
- The 31-year-old lefty last pitched Monday against the Kansas City Royals, tossing zero scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
- He finished last season with a 5.19 ERA and a 1.5 WHIP in 32 games, finishing with a 6-7 record.
- The Blue Jays struck out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 12th in MLB.
- Blue Jays pitchers had a combined ERA of 3.90 last year, which ranked 15th in MLB.
- Blue Jays pitchers had a 1.239 WHIP last season, 11th in the majors.
- With 180 homers allowed, the Blue Jays ranked 20th in the league at preventing long balls.
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Nicky Lopez Stats vs. the Blue Jays
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/3/2023 | José Berríos | 1-for-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0/2 | 1 |
| 7/17/2022 | José Berríos | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/16/2022 | Maximo Castillo | 1-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 7/15/2022 | Alek Manoah | 1-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 |
| 7/14/2022 | Kevin Gausman | 2-for-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/8/2022 | Yusei Kikuchi | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 6/7/2022 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/6/2022 | Ross Stripling | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/1/2021 | José Berríos | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 7/31/2021 | Alek Manoah | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
Lopez Stats and Trends
- Lopez got a hit in 50.7% of his 142 games last year, with multiple hits in 16.2% of those contests.
- Including all 142 games he appeared in a season ago, he did not hit a home run.
- He came around to score 48 times in 142 games (33.8%) last season, including three occasions when he scored more than once (2.1%).
- In 19 of 142 games last year, Lopez drove in a run, and he had one game with more than one RBI.
- In 36.6% of his 142 games last season, he was set down on strikes at least once (52 games). He also had 10 games with multiple strikeouts in 2022 (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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