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Otto Ariel Lopez (born October 1, 1998) is a Dominican-Canadian professional baseball infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2021.

Otto Lopez
Toronto Blue Jays – No. 51
Infielder / Outfielder
Born: (1998-10-01) October 1, 1998 (age 24)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 17, 2021, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.600
Home runs0
Runs batted in3
Teams
  • Toronto Blue Jays (2021–present)

Professional career


Lopez signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 4, 2016.[1] In 2017, he appeared in 51 games for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and recorded a .275 batting average, one home run, and 15 runs batted in (RBI).[2] Lopez played the 2018 season with the Rookie Advanced Bluefield Blue Jays and the Short Season-A Vancouver Canadians. He played in 58 total games and hit a combined .308 with three home runs, 28 RBI, and 14 stolen bases.[2]

Lopez played his first full season of minor-league baseball in 2019, appearing in 108 games for the Class-A Lansing Lugnuts and batted .324 with five home runs, 50 RBI, and 20 stolen bases.[2] In the offseason, Lopez played 13 games for the Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The 2020 minor-league season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He returned to the Leones during the 2020–21 offseason, appearing in 18 games and batting .254.[2]

On November 20, 2020, Lopez was added to the Blue Jays' 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[3] He split time during the 2021 season with the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats and Triple-A Buffalo Bisons, batting a combined .315 in 113 games.[1] On August 17, 2021, Lopez made his major-league debut against the Washington Nationals, striking out in his only at bat.[4] During the 2021–22 offseason he again played in LIDOM, batting .231 in 17 games for Gigantes del Cibao.[2]

Lopez spent most of the 2022 season with Buffalo.[1] He collected his first major-league hit on October 1, 2022, his 24th birthday, against the Boston Red Sox.[5]


Personal


Lopez was born in the Dominican Republic. He was raised in Montreal for many years after his family moved to Canada, where he acquired Canadian citizenship, when he was a young age due to his father getting a teaching job.[6]


References


  1. "Otto Lopez States, Fantasy & News". MiLB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  2. "Otto Lopez Minor & Winter League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  3. Adams, Steve (November 20, 2020). "Blue Jays Add 5 Players To 40-Man Roster". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  4. "Otto Lopez 2021 Batting Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. @BlueJays (October 1, 2022). "The kid has his first career @MLB hit!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 1, 2022 – via Twitter.
  6. "The Blue Jays have recalled Otto Lopez from Triple-A". bluejaysnation.com. August 17, 2021.




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