Otto Lopez 2026 Fantasy Baseball Outlook: Potential Solid All-Around Contributor Available Late
Miami Marlins infielder Otto Lopez is coming off a solid 15/15 campaign in which he also drove in 77 runs and scored 66 times in 143 games played. The real drawback here for a guy who had an 83.0 percent contact rate and a low 13.8 percent strikeout rate was that he registered just a .246 batting average after posting a .270 average in 117 games the year before. While some of that could be attributed to the fact that he does not hit the ball all that hard, a very low BABIP of .264 indicates perhaps there was some bad luck involved, too. The Dominican's .269 expected batting average (xBA) also suggests things should have gone better in that regard. With an 81st percentile sprint speed, another 15 steals should be attainable in 2026, and a 7.1 barrel rate should get him back to 10-plus home runs. If the 27-year-old can bat closer to .270 with similar RBI and run production to last year, he'd be a decent bat to come off of fantasy managers' benches when needed. Eligibility at both 2B and SS adds to his appeal, and he won't cost much with an NFBC ADP around 218 overall, which is right around his RotoBaller rank of 214 overall.
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