Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Otto Lopez was born on October 1, 1998, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is an infielder in the MLB.

López signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent on July 4, 2016. 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). López 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. He 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. In the offseason, López played 13 games for the Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Professional Baseball League. The 2020 minor league season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On November 20, 2020, López was added to the Blue Jays 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He returned to the Leones during the offseason, appearing in 18 games and batting .254.