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Nicky Lopez for Santiago Espinal (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - LAD  | Nicky Lopez 2B,3B - TEX  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 1309 | # 1306 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 5 | 7 |
| Home Runs | 1 | 0 |
| RBI | 4 | 5 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Batting Average | .247 | .223 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | - |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 397 | ‐ |
| Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - LAD | Nicky Lopez 2B,3B - TEX | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 43 | 18 |
| Runs | 4 | 2 |
| Hits | 9 | 3 |
| Singles | 5 | 2 |
| Doubles | 3 | 0 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 1 | 1 |
| RBI | 5 | 3 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 1 | 1 |
| Strikeouts | 6 | 4 |
| Batting Average | .209 | .167 |
| On Base Pct | .222 | .211 |
| Slugging Pct | .349 | .333 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .571 | .544 |
| Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - LAD | Nicky Lopez 2B,3B - TEX | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 45 | 58 |
| Runs | 5 | 7 |
| Hits | 11 | 13 |
| Singles | 8 | 10 |
| Doubles | 2 | 2 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 1 | 0 |
| RBI | 4 | 5 |
| Stolen Bases | 1 | 1 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 3 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 7 | 11 |
| Batting Average | .247 | .223 |
| On Base Pct | .298 | .298 |
| Slugging Pct | .337 | .291 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .635 | .589 |
| Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - LAD | Nicky Lopez 2B,3B - TEX | |
| News | ||
| Santiago Espinal was called back up to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 29th | The Rangers signed Nicky Lopez to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, May 27th | |
| The Dodgers sent INF Santiago Espinal outright to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th | The Cubs sent INF Nicky Lopez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th | |
| The Dodgers designated INF Santiago Espinal for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | The Cubs designated INF Nicky Lopez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd | |
| Santiago Espinal went 1-for-3 in a win over the Giants with a home run, a run scored and an RBI. Chase Davis Thu, May 14th | The Cubs selected the contract of INF Nicky Lopez from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th | |
| Espinal signed a minor-league contract with an invitation to camp in February. Tommy Edman and Enrique Hernandez are both slated to begin the season on the injured list with ankle and elbow issues respectively. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 5th | The Rockies traded Nicky Lopez to the Cubs for cash considerations. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Santiago Espinal 2B,3B,LF,RF - LAD | Nicky Lopez 2B,3B - TEX | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | @ BAL | Zach Eflin (0-0) | |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #37 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #165 | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #424 | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #12 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs MIA | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ DET | Tyler Holton (0-4) | #147 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | @ NYY | Elmer Rodriguez (0-1) | #272 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #208 | @ NYY | Will Warren (6-1) | #60 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ NYY | Paul Blackburn (2-1) | #226 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | vs ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 | vs CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-2) | #161 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs SF | Adrian Houser (2-5) | #189 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ SD | Griffin Canning (0-3) | #141 | @ COL | Sammy Peralta | #397 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 | @ COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #57 | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (2-1) | #77 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #191 | @ LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 | @ LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs COL | Tanner Gordon (0-0) | #325 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #152 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs COL | Kyle Freeland (1-6) | #395 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #333 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ PIT | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ CWS | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs TB | vs MIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs TB | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs BAL | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs BAL | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs BAL | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ MIN | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ SD | @ TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ ATH | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ ATH | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ ATH | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs SD | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs COL | vs LAA | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs LAA | |||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs ARI | vs HOU | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs ARI | vs HOU | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs ARI | vs HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ NYY | @ ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ NYY | @ ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ NYY | @ ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ PHI | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ NYM | vs SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ NYM | vs SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ NYM | vs SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs SEA | |||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs SEA | @ TB | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs SEA | @ TB | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs SEA | @ TB | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs BOS | @ HOU | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs BOS | @ HOU | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs BOS | @ HOU | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ CHC | vs SF | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ CHC | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ CHC | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ ARI | vs BAL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs KC | @ LAA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs MIL | @ LAA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ COL | vs WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | @ DET | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs ATH | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs STL | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs STL | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs STL | vs TB | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs WSH | vs TB | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs CIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs CIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ SEA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIA | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIA | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ CIN | vs BOS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs SF | vs TOR | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs SD | vs NYM | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ SF | @ MIN | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | @ COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ HOU | Steven Okert | ||||
| Thu, May 14th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs TB | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs SD | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs COL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | @ COL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | vs CIN | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ CIN | |||||
