Gustavo Lopez Signs With Bulls
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Lopez was signed as an undrafted amateur free agent by the Florida Marlins' organization in 1996. His best season in professional baseball was in 2002 with the Juniper Hammerheads of the Florida State League where he went 8-3 with a 2.33 ERA in 18 games (17 starts, 88.2 innings). He walked 24 batters and struck out 73 of them. Last year, Lopez played with Aguilas of the Mexican League (AAA) where he had a 2.70 ERA in 6 games (6.2 innings).
The Bulls removed Maximo Repolado off the 25-man roster in order to add Lopez. Repolado had a 0.00 ERA in three games (1.2 innings). He had one save.
Meanwhile, the Brother Elephants have moved Japanese native Hisanori Yokota to the 25-man roster removing the struggling Gomez Martinez. Yokota struggled in his first start as he took the loss in giving up five runs, four of the them earned, on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Martinez had a 4.29 ERA in six games, five of them starts (35.2 innings).