{"id":654269,"date":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/654269\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T11:29:17","slug":"jorge-lopez-austin-adams-sign-with-mexican-league-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/654269\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge L\u00f3pez, Austin Adams Sign With Mexican League Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pair of longtime MLB relievers recently joined teams in the Mexican League. The Saraperos de Saltillo <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClubSaraperos\/status\/2036182494525956429\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> a deal with former All-Star closer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lopezjo02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jorge L\u00f3pez<\/a> last week. Meanwhile, righty\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adamsau02.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Adams<\/a> \u2014 a veteran of parts of eight MLB seasons \u2014 recently <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LaredosTecos\/status\/2036828968565813565\" rel=\"nofollow\">signed<\/a> with the Tecos de los Dos Laredos. Mexican League contracts typically come with an out clause that allows the player to sign a minor league deal if they perform well enough to attract interest from an affiliated club.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez was pitching in the big leagues as recently as last season. The 33-year-old righty signed a $3MM free agent contract with the Nationals going into the \u201925 campaign. He made 26 appearances but was rocked for a 6.57 earned run average with a career-low 16% strikeout rate. It was a marked dip from a sub-3.00 ERA with a 23% strikeout percentage between the Mets and Cubs a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Washington designated L\u00f3pez for assignment at the end of May. He was released a few days later and remained unsigned for the rest of the year. L\u00f3pez returned to the mound in his native Puerto Rico over the winter. He also made an appearance for his home country during the World Baseball Classic, recording one out while allowing two hits.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, 35 in May, most recently pitched in the majors with the Athletics in 2024. He had a decent year, allowing just under four earned runs per nine while striking out 28% of batters faced across 41 1\/3 frames. He signed a minor league deal with the Red Sox for the \u201925 campaign. He couldn\u2019t find the strike zone, walking 21 batters and hitting three more in 23 2\/3 Triple-A innings. Boston released him at the end of July. A slider specialist, Adams has always missed bats but has struggled with his control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pair of longtime MLB relievers recently joined teams in the Mexican League. The Saraperos de Saltillo announced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":654270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[62623,5,1903],"class_list":["post-654269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-austin-adams","tag-baseball","tag-jorge-lopez"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116323560189443131","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/654270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}