Aquilino Lopez?
While looking through the PCL scoreboard this morning, I saw the name Aquilino Lopez show up as the winning pitcher for Portland in their 7-4 win over Colorado Springs.
Lopez was a member iof the 2000 Timber Rattlers. He was 6-1 with a complete game shutout and 17 saves that season. He appeared in 39 games and made five starts that season.
He made his way through the Mariner system and got to Tacoma in 2002. Then, in the 2002 Major League Rule V Draft, the Toronto Blue Jays selected Lopez. In 2003, he appeared in 72 games and had 14 saves for the Jays.
The next season Lopez split time between Toronto and their Triple-A team in Syracuse.
After 2004, he was granted free agent status and signed with the Dodgers organization.
In 2005, he started the season with Las Vegas, the Dodgers PCL affiliate. LA let him go in June and Lopez signed with Colorado, where he made it back to the majors for one game. But, the Rockies waived him shotrly after that and the Phillies picked him up and he made it up for ten games with Philadelphia.
In the past off-season, Lopez signed with the Padres and he is 2-0 with a pair of saves for the Beavers.
The Padres love former Mariner farm hands. Joining Lopez on that team are Justin Leone (WI '00) and Termel Sledge (WI '01).
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