The Washington Nationals purchased the contract of INF/3B Devin Ortiz, yesterday July 8th, who was recently released from the Chicago Cubs organization. He was assigned to AA and will wear # 10 for the Senators. Ortiz is a career .232 hitter with 16HR and 138 RBIs. He is in the midst of a tough year and was only hitting .120 in AA (the lowest of his career). He played in college for the University of Virginia. He last played on June 27th
To make room for Devin on the 28 man active roster (the AA limit) OF Leandro Pineda, whose 7th inning home run was huge in Tuesday night’s game, was placed on the Development List.
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