a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on December 16, 2011. He also received an invitation to spring training. On April 1, 2012, it was announced that López had made the major league roster as a reserve infielder. López was designated for assignment on May 1, 2012, to make room on the 40-man roster for Johnny Damon. After being subsequently outrighted to Triple-A Columbus, López's contract was purchased by the Indians again on May 12, 2012. López was designated for assignment on August 7, 2012. He was released from the Indians August 12. Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox signed López to a minor league contract on August 14, 2012. López was assigned to the Triple-A Charlotte Knights of the International League. Yomiuri Giants On January 7, 2013, López signed with the Yomiuri Giants of the NPB. López finished with a .303 average, 18 home runs and 55 RBI in 121 games for Yomiuri. Besides, he posted a .993 fielding percentage while playing 136 games at first base and was honored with the Golden Glove Award. He had a subpar season in 2014, hitting .243 with 22 homers and 57 RBI in 134 games. Yokohama DeNA BayStars On December 12, 2014, López signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of the NPB. He made 140 game appearances In 2015, batting .291 with 25 home runs and 73 RBI. In the 2016 season, López hit .263 and slugged .534 in 123 games, while collecting career-best marks with 34 home runs and 95 RBI. In addition, he committed only two errors in 1,106 total chances at first base, leading NPB first basemen with a .998 fielding percentage and winning his second Golden Glove Award, becoming just the third Latin American player to add more than one Golden Glove in Japanese baseball history. His countryman Robert Marcano continues to lead the group with four awards and the also Venezuelan Roberto Petagine is in second place with three. In 2017, López was named most valuable player of the 2017 Central League Climax Series. The BayStars lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the 2017 Japan Series. In 2018, he was selected . On November 18, 2019, López signed a 1-year extension to remain with the BayStars. On October 31, 2020, López recorded his 1,000th hit in NPB and at the same time he became the first (non-Japanese) player in history to record more