AZ Snake Pit · Nov 28, 2019
2019 Arizona Diamondbacks Review: #20, Yoan Lopez
Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Rating: 6.01
Age: 26
2019 stats: 3.41 ERA, 70 games, 60.2 IP, 5.03 FIP, 131 ERA+, 0.6 WAR
2019 salary: $556,900
2020 status: Pre-Arb 2 (League Minimum)
Introduction
The cost to sign Yoan Lopez as an amateur free agent cost more than money, but even that cost was outrageous. The D-backs signed him to a then-record $8.26 million bonus, far exceeding their total amount allowed at $2.36 million, and incurring a 100% penalty tax on the overage, on top of not being able to sign any one player to a contract worth more than $300,000 for the next two seasons. To put it lightly, it was a disaster and that was before Lopez put on a uniform.