Christian Lopes


Christian M. Lopes is an American professional baseball infielder in the Miami Marlins organization.

Amateur career

In 2006, Lopes was named the Under-13 National Baseball Player of the Year by Baseball America. He played for the United States national baseball team in the 2010 World Junior Baseball Championship. Lopes attended Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California, for two years. As a sophomore, Lopes batted.453 with 15 home runs and 33 runs batted in. He was named the Santa Clarita Valley Player of the Year and the Foothill League's most valuable player. His family moved and he transferred to Edison High School in Huntington Beach, California. He committed to attend the University of Southern California.

Career

Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Lopes in the seventh round of the 2011 MLB draft. He split the 2012 season between the Bluefield Blue Jays and the Vancouver Canadians, hitting a combined.278/.339/.462/.801 with 4 home runs and 33 RBI. He played for the Lansing Lugnuts in 2013, hitting.245/.308/.336/.644 with 5 home runs and 66 RBI. He spent the 2014 season with the Dunedin Blue Jays, hitting.243/.329/.350/.679 with 3 home runs and 33 RBI. He split the 2015 season between Dunedin and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, hitting a combined.260/.339/.325/.664 with 2 home runs and 38 RBI. In 2016, he again split the season between Dunedin and New Hampshire, hitting.283/.353/.402/.755 with 6 home runs and 56 RBI. In 2017, he split the season between the GCL Blue Jays, Dunedin, and the Buffalo Bisons of the Class AAA International League, hitting a combined.269/.357/.421/.778 with 7 home runs and 46 RBI.

Texas Rangers

After the 2017 season, Lopes signed a minor league contract with the Rangers. He played for the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League in 2018, hitting.261/.365/.408/.773 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI. He split the 2019 season between the Frisco RoughRiders and the Nashville Sounds, hitting a combined.265/.356/.422/.778 with 13 home runs and 65 RBI. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.

Miami Marlins

On December 18, 2019, Lopes signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins.

Personal life

His brother, Tim, is also a baseball player for the Seattle Mariners.