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Chicago Cubs Online > News and Transactions > From the Wire: Anthony Rizzo Lands on DL, Cubs Add Efren Navarro to Roster

From the Wire: Anthony Rizzo Lands on DL, Cubs Add Efren Navarro to Roster

April 10, 2018 7:19 pm By Neil Leave a Comment

Anthony Rizzo placed on 10-Day DL … Cubs selected contract of INF/OF Efren Navarro from Triple-A Iowa

Prior to the home opener Tuesday, the Cubs officially placed Anthony Rizzo on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 6. Rizzo is eligible to be activated from the DL on Monday, April 16 when the Cubs open a three-game series at Wrigley against the Cardinals.

Efren Navarro will wear uniform number 50. And with the addition of Navarro, the Cubs 40-man roster stands at 39 players.

The 31-year-old Navarro has played parts of five major league seasons with the Los Angeles Angels (2011, 2013-16) and Detroit Tigers (2017), batting .243 (77-for-317) with 16 doubles, three home runs and 22 RBI in 153 career games. He has played 87 games at first base and 44 games in the outfield. He has played three games with Iowa this season, batting .250 (3-for-12) with three RBI, after seeing action in 21 spring training games as a non-roster invitee to big league camp.

Navarro split the 2017 campaign between Detroit and Triple-A Toledo, batting .230 (14-for-61) with two homers and two RBI with the Tigers and hitting .276 (132-for-479) with 10 homers and 61 RBI in 131 games with the Mud Hens. Overall, he is a career .295 hitter (1,347-for-4,571) with 282 doubles, 65 homers and 607 RBI in 1,245 games covering 12 minor league seasons.

The left-handed batter and thrower was originally selected by the Angels in the 50th round of the 2007 Draft out of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Navarro is a native of Lynwood, California.

The Cubs lost 8-5 to the Pirates on Tuesday and slipped to .500 on the young season (5-5).

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