Anthony Rizzo’s back started acting up in Cincinnati. He tried to play through it in the first game of the Brewers series, but then had to be placed on the 10-day disabled list.
This hasn’t been announced officially:
... but we already know it’s happening exactly the way the headline states, because the Iowa Cubs transaction page says Efren Navarro was added to the Iowa roster Monday. And, in fact, Navarro played in Iowa’s 7-4 loss to Memphis Monday and went 0-for-5.
Rizzo was off to a slow start, hitting just .