Cubs make low-risk reunion with familiar player before playoffs

Chicago White Sox v Chicago Cubs | Matt Dirksen/GettyImagesNicky Lopez is the legend on the 2025 Chicago Cubs that simply won't go away. After a stop with the Cubs during spring training and returning to the Major League team for a brief stint during the opening months of the campaign, Lopez has found his way back once again. Veteran Iowa Cubs' beat reporter Tommy Birch reports that the Cubs have brought back Lopez on a minor-league deal, and he was in the starting lineup for the Iowa Cubs

Lopez was the odd man out for the Cubs at the end of spring training, but as the team was sifting through third base options earlier this season, when Matt Shaw was optioned to Triple-A Iowa, Lopez was…