Former All-Star DFA'd By Nationals For Disciplinary Reasons

May 31, 2025

The Washington Nationals have pulled off a mysterious move on Saturday, DFA'ing former All-Star Jorge Lopez

The Washington Nationals have pulled off a mysterious move on Saturday, designating for assignment a former All-Star who has one of the most bizarre stat lines in the major leagues this season. Reliever Jorge Lopez has a 6-0 record, but also has a very ugly 6.57 ERA. 

Regardless of how he got that very strange combination of numbers, Lopez has been DFA'd. But what makes this transaction even stranger is that the Nationals told Talk Nats that the move "was not about performance."  

When the fan site further enquired, the Nationals refused to talk about it.

Federal Baseball calls Lopez's two-month tenure with the Nationals a "tumultuous" one, explaining, amongst other things, that he was suspended for three games back in mid-April for intentionally throwing at Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen. Manager Dave Martinez was also hit with a one-gamer over the incident.

But wait, there's more: "There have also been plenty of moments where the right-hander has had some erratic body language on the mound. In his last outing, he had to be calmed down by Davey Martinez after getting into it with an umpire," writes Federal Baseball.

This is the second straight year that Lopez has been dumped by a team for his unacceptable behavior. Last season, the New York Mets cut him after a glove-throwing incident.  

But it wasn't just the glove-throwing. After the game, he called his team, the Mets, the "worst f-----n' team in the whole MLB." 

The attitude is unfortunate, as Lopez pitched well enough to be an All-Star as recently as 2022, when he recorded 23 saves for the Baltimore Orioles and Minnesota Twins.

Last season, he recovered after being released by the Mets to be picked up by the Cubs, and he finished the season with a combined 2.89 ERA in 53 innings. 

That was enough to earn him a $3 million contract from the Nats this past winter.

We'll see if Lopez can find another team to give him a chance. He's certainly running out of them. 

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