Joseph
Lopez

Joseph Lopez, Bishop Miege (KS), 2021
Positional Profile: C Left-handed hitting catcher with a smooth, line drive oriented swing.
Body: 6-foot-0, 170-pounds. Strong, well-proportioned build.
Defense: 2.08-2.19 pop times. Clean exchange, works in line with target, adept blocker, quiet receiver, some accuracy on throws.
Arm: RH. C - 71 mph.   Short arm action, over-the-top slot.
Hit: LHH. Athletic setup, wide base, simple load, slight leg lift trigger, short stride, drives lower half, maintains balance through contact.  Loose swing, quick hands, level path through the zone, line drive approach at the plate, confident at the plate.
Power: 82 mph exit velocity from the tee.
Run: 7.72 runner in the 60.

Lopez has is a slender 6-foot, 170-pound, left-handed hitting catcher and outfielder in Kansas’ 2021 class. At the event, Lopez ran a 7.27 second 60 and 4.70 home-to-first. At the plate, he posted an exit velocity of 79 mph, simple weight shift load, in line stride, quiet hands, repeatable swing, showed gap-to-gap and pull side contact during round. Behind the plate, Lopez has clean transfers, over the top quarter release, clean arm action, mostly accurate throws with a positional velo of 71 mph, pop times between 2.08-2.29 seconds. In the outfield, attacks the baseball, clean transfers, fluid footwork, positional velo of 77 mph with mostly accurate throws.

Lopez is a 6-foot 170-pound left-handed hitting catcher in Kansas’ 2021 class.  He ran a 7.33 60 and a 4.84 home to first.  He has an 84 mph exit velocity. At the plate, tall and slightly open set up, minimal movement in hands with quiet load, lands slightly closed with stride, some lift to bat path, mostly middle of the field line drives during hitting evals.  Behind the plate, shoulder-length set up in base, square, quick transfer with fluid footwork, over the top arm slot, mostly accurate throws, 70 mph positional velocity, 2.10 to 2.30 pop times. In the outfield, active footwork to the ball, set up ready to throw working behind the ball, clean transfer and throw, high three quarters arm slot, 75 mph positional velocity.

Lopez has a slender build at 5-foot-11, 165 pounds. He is a left-handed hitting catcher and outfielder in Kansas’ 2021 class. At the event he ran a 7.22 second 60 and posted an exit velocity of 78 mph. During hitting evaluations, simple load, in line stride, minimal head movement, flat bat path, gap-to-gap approach during round. Behind the plate, Lopez has a balanced set up, clean transfers, longer arm action, over the top release, positional velo of 69 mph (at the event), mostly accurate throws, pop times between 2.13 and 2.40 seconds (at the event). In the outfield, Lopez attacks the baseball, shows clean transfers, high three-quarter release, positional velo of 74 mph, mostly accurate throws.

2/16/19 - Lopez is a 5-foot-11, 140-pound left-handed hitting catcher and outfield prospect in Kansas’ 2021 class. At the event, he ran a 7.60 60 and posted an exit velocity of 82 mph. During hitting evaluations, Lopez shows an athletic set up, in line stride, some rhythm with hands, quick bat, level bat path, solid approach to the middle of the field. Defensively behind the plate, he has a balanced set up, clean transfers, over the top arm slot, mostly accurate throws, positional velo of 70 mph, pop times between 2.08 and 2.21 seconds. In the outfield, Lopez has an aggressive approach to the baseball, quick arm action, mostly accurate throws, showed a positional velo of 74 mph.