Snake Bytes: 01/11 - Diversity
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“Basically I saw myself with one foot out of professional baseball. I was at home watching games on TV. But reaching the big leagues was an important moment in my career, because I not only changed the organization’s view of me but I did this with the help of my trainers and the support of my family.”
Part of his success in the Majors so far is attributed by Lopez to Cuban League pitcher Maels Rodríguez: “Working with Maels helped refine me as a pitcher. This off-season we worked plenty on working the count and on situational pitching. We worked some on proper mechanics, but the majority of things we worked on were more physiological than physical. “