Lopez has gone 11-for-35 (.314 average) at the plate with three stolen bases in Cactus League play entering Thursday's game against the Rangers.

Lopez was invited to the Royals' major-league camp Tuesday.

Lopez was promoted to Triple-A Omaha on Friday, Rustin Dodd of The Athletic Kansas City reports.

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Kansas City Royals prospect Nicky Lopez became the second player in history to hit for the cycle while playing for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Kansas City's Double-A affiliate. Lopez is a shortstop prospect that is putting a fine season together as a contact hitter who is constantly getting on base, and he's probably going to be competing for a major league spot in 2019. So far this year, Lopez is hitting .332 with a .398 on-base percentage and nine stolen bases. While he's only got two home runs so far, he's racked up five triples and walks more than he strikes out. Expect the 23-year-old to see some time at Triple-A this year and possibly a cup of coffee with the big league club in September.

Lopez will play in this year's Arizona Fall League, Max Rieper of SB Nation reports.

Lopez is hitting .299 with 14 stolen bases in 22 attempts for High-A Wilmington this season.