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Blue Jays: Dioner Navarro takes time off after almost losing his wife

Dioner Navarro joined Barry Davis on his “Outta The Park” podcast last night and openly spoke about almost losing his wife this offseason due to a stroke and the struggles he had to overcome during the 2016 season.

The catcher’s wife was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm last year while he was playing with the Chicago White Sox. She was scheduled for offseason surgery but suffered a massive stroke this December and was in a coma for three months.

Navarro’s wife came out of the coma only three weeks ago and the Navarro family finally returned home ten days ago.