Off the field, Reynaldo Lopez wears black, horn-rimmed glasses, not unlike Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn in the movie Major League.
Aside from Lopez becoming established as the Sox’ closer — despite manager Pedro Grifol not yet identifying him as such while the team awaits the return of Liam Hendriks — the comparisons to Vaughn are limited. But Lopez did struggle with his command of a fastball in his first two ninth-inning assignments against the Astros in the opening series of the season. It’s a heater that often hits or tops 100 mph and averages 99.
