It's taken a few years for Lopez to put it together, but he finally seems to be figuring it out in Atlanta. Lopez spent the previous 10 years with four teams and had control problems, but his latest stop appears to have brought out the best version of himself.
Although Lopez hadn't started a game since 2022, there hasn't been too much of a drop-off from a swing-and-miss perspective. He still has a 25% strikeout rate, and the good news is he should be clear to throw roughly 100 pitches.
Lopez's stuff is good enough to push his five-K projection at worst. He cleared this number in each of his three starts, including games against the Astros and Mets, who have better strikeout rates against right-handed pitchers than the Marlins do.
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