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Lopez

Lopez fortifies Colorado’s infield depth and will compete for a bench role as a defensive specialist in spring training after spending most of last season at the Triple-A level, hitting .267/.303/.317 with zero homers and seven steals across 70 games. The light-hitting 30-year-old got into 18 games between the Cubs and Angels this past season, going just 1-for-24 at the dish. He’s merely emergency organizational depth at this stage of his career.

Lopez heads back to Chicago after he left the Cubs in May. The 30-year-old infielder also has spent time with the Diamondbacks and Yankees organizations in 2025. He’s unlikely to be more than a minor-league depth piece.

Lopez signed with the Yankees back on July 3, and the infielder didn’t get the promotion to the active roster. He’ll likely be looking at another minor-league contract, but with a team that may have a need for his services over the final two months at the highest level.

The 30-year-old infielder opted out of his minor league deal with the Diamondbacks a few days ago in search of greener pastures. He has appeared in 18 games at the big league level this season, slashing a dreadful .042/.179/.042 with zero homers, one RBI and a 4/4 K/BB ratio in 28 plate appearances between the Cubs and Angels. He’ll add infield depth for the Bombers.

Lopez provides Arizona with some emergency infield depth after both Garrett Hampson and Ildemaro Vargas left the organization in recent days. The 30-year-old defensive wizard got into 18 games earlier this season between the Angels and Cubs.

Lopez will remain with the Cubs as extra organizational infield depth after being removed from the club’s 40-man roster earlier this week. The 30-year-old defensive specialist went 1-for-18 in a 14-game stint with Chicago.

Lopez went 1-for-18 with an RBI and four walks in his four weeks with the Cubs. He’s also spent time with the Angels this season, though he went 0-for-6 in four games for that club before being DFA’d.

Lopez elected free agency after being designated for assignment and rejecting an outright assignment to Triple-A by the Angels. Lopez will be a helper with his glove at multiple positions, but he doesn’t have nearly enough offensive upside to suggest as a fantasy option.

Lopez went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment earlier this week once Zach Neto returned from the injured list. The 30-year-old defensive specialist should be able to latch on somewhere as emergency infield depth.

The Angels needed to clear a spot on their active roster for the return of Zach Neto on Friday and Lopez was unfortunately the odd man out this time around. There’s a chance that the veteran infielder could generate some interest on waivers from a team in need of quality infield depth.