López, Torkelson, Grissom, O'Hoppe, Schneider

Has Lopez turned himself into a frontline starter?... An offseason trade to the Twins seemed to help bring out the best in Pablo López (RHP, MIN) in 2023, as he set new career highs in IP, strikeouts, and rotisserie value. Did his skills show similar improvement?

Year	IP	ERA	xERA	BB%	K%	K-BB%	xBB%	SwK	GB/LD/FB	H%/S%	HR/F	xHR/F
2019	111	5.09	4.22	6%	20%	14%	7%	10.6%	48/21/31	30/61	15%	16%
2020	57	3.61	3.78	8%	25%	17%	6%	12.6%	52/19/29	31/70	6%	12%
2021	103	3.07	3.32	6%	28%	21%	6%	12.6%	47/22/31	31/77	13%	13%
2022	180	3.75	3.56	7%	24%	16%	7%	13.2%	46/21/33	29/71	13%	12%
2023	194	3.66	3.37	6%	29%	23%	5%	15.0%	45/18/36	33/73	13%	10%

Indeed they did:

• In addition to the new surface stat marks, Lopez also set new career bests in K%, xBB%, SwK, and xHR/F, while also raising his fastball velocity to a new high of 94.8...

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