He had a 4.10 ERA in nine starts in 2021 while moving between the White Sox bullpen and rotation, and López’s fastball has increased from an average of 95.8 mph as a starter/reliever in 2021 to 97.1 mph in 2022 and 98.2 mph in 2023.
Reynaldo Starling López Kely (born January 4, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Washington Nationals in 2016, and has also played for the Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, and Cleveland Guardians.
López signed with the Washington Nationals as an international free agent in June 2012. His signing bonus of just $17,000 was relatively tiny compared to most other contemporaneous Latin American prospects that would reach his same level of success in the minor leagues.[1] The lower signing bonus may have been because Lopez took several years off of baseball to finish his high school degree, and signed at age 18.
He made his professional debut that season with the Dominican Summer League Nationals, where he pitched to a 1–1 win–loss record and 3.38 earned run average (ERA) in 10+2⁄3 innings pitched. López started one game each for both the Auburn Doubledays and Hagerstown Suns in 2013.[2] He pitched for the same two teams in 2014, starting 16 games and finishing with a 7–3 record and 1.08 ERA.[3] In 2015, he pitched for the Potomac Nationals where he was 6–7 with a 4.09 ERA in 19 starts.
