Career
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays selected Lopes in the seventh round of the 2011 MLB draft. [5] He split the 2012 season between the Bluefield Blue Jays and the Vancouver Canadians,hitting a combined .278/.339/.462 with four home runs and 33 RBI. He played for the Lansing Lugnuts in 2013,hitting .245/.308/.336 with five home runs and 66 RBI. He spent the 2014 season with the Dunedin Blue Jays,hitting .243/.329/.350 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI. He split the 2015 season between Dunedin and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats,hitting a combined .260/.339/.325 with two home runs and 38 RBI. In 2016,he again split the season between Dunedin and New Hampshire,hitting .283/.353/.402 with six home runs and 56 RBI. [6] In 2017,he split the season between the Gulf Goast League Blue Jays,Dunedin,and the Buffalo Bisons of the Triple–A International League, [7] hitting a combined .269/.357/.421 with seven home runs and 46 RBI. Lopes elected free agency following the season on November 6,2017. [8]
Miami Marlins
On December 18,2019,Lopes signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins. [12] Lopes did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] He was released by the team on September 1,2020.
Arizona Diamondbacks
On October 14,2020,Lopes signed a minor league deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Lopes spent the 2021 season with the Triple-A Reno Aces. Lopes played in 66 games,hitting .271 with nine home runs and 34 RBI. He became a free agent following the 2021 season.
Oakland Athletics
On March 11,2022,Lopes signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics. [14] He began the season with the Las Vegas Aviators. On April 18,Lopes was added to the Athletics roster as a COVID-19 related substitute. [15] He made his MLB debut on April 20. Lopes went hitless in nine at-bats with a walk for Oakland before he was removed from the 40-man roster and returned to Triple-A on April 27. [16] He was released by the Athletics organization on August 2.
In October 2022,he joined the Brazil national team for 2023 World Baseball Classic qualifiers. [17]
On July 19,2023,Lopes announced on his Instagram that he was retired from professional baseball and had become a real estate agent. [18]
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