Felipe Lopez pulled for not hustling

Most of the time, when a player signs a Minor League deal, it means teams do not want to gamble a guaranteed contract on an individual for various reasons. This was the case for Felipe Lopez who was one season removed from posting a 310 avg. He found himself a free-agent this offseason and was forced to chose between numerous Minor League deals. Lopez eventually signed a deal with the Rays in February and failed to make the club out of the gate. Though he was quickly promoted when Evan Longoria went down with an injury. Lopez has been a serviceable fill-in this season as he has hit .260 with 13 hits, two of those being home runs. But it is the other things that have gotten Lopez into trouble and into manager Joe Maddon's dog house. On April 9th, Lopez flung his bat at White Sox pitcher Chris Sale after hitting a home run. Maddon didn't care for his actions as he said, “That's not how we play. … We don't do that here.” Lopez continued his head scr...