End of 2020 NL Central Transaction Update
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Earlier in the month, I ran a series on each of the other clubs and the transactions they made after the end of the 2020 season. In this article, I will give you an update on the moves the clubs have made since that series.
. 40-man at 37.
Lopes has basically been with the Mariners organization his entire career. Drafted by that club in the 6th round of the 2012 draft out of high school, he was flipped to the Blue Jays on September 30th, 2016 as the player to be named later in an August trade for Pat Venditte. After two seasons, the Mariners brought him back on a minor league deal for 2019 after he was declared an automatic Rule 55 minor league free agent. For all practical purposes, Lopes was a 2nd baseman and 3rd baseman who slapped some singles. In 2019, the Mariners decided to play the Tommy Edman game with him. After a misleading .302/.362/.472 line over 420 PA with AAA Tacoma in