Tampa Bay Rays
Jacob Lopez has thrown 3,294 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2023 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (90mph) and Slider (77mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph) and Cutter (87mph).
In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has heavy sinking action, has essentially average velo and has slight armside run. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, has short glove-side cut and has some two-plane movement. Their change generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, has slight armside fade and has some natural sink to it. Their cutter generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' cutters, results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' cutters and has some natural sink.