Yoan López Leyva (born January 2, 1993) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League.
In his final season in Cuba, he had a 3.12 earned run average (ERA) with 28 strikeouts in 49 innings pitched.
He spent 2017 with the Visalia Rawhide of the High–A California League and posted a 2–0 record with a 0.88 ERA along with 56 strikeouts in 30+2⁄3 innings.
[8] López faced the Atlanta Braves six days later in his major league debut, giving up 2 home runs and a triple in his first 8 pitches.
[11] On May 22, 2021, López was traded to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Deivi Estrada and was assigned to the Triple-A Gwinnett Stripers.
[18] On May 2, López was suspended 3 games and fined following an incident in which he intentionally threw a pitch at Philadelphia Phillies batter Kyle Schwarber.