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By The Washington Nationals recalled infielder Andrés Chaparro from Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday and optioned infielder Nasim Nuñez to Triple-A Rochester on Sunday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Chaparro, 26, hit .304 (17-for-56) with three doubles, five home runs, 19 RBI, eight walks and eight runs scored in 15 games for the Red Wings this season. He was named International Player of the week on June 2 after he hit .444 (8-for-18), with five extra-base hits (two doubles, three home runs), nine RBI, five walks and five runs scored in five games from May 28-June 1.
Chaparro homered in twice and knocked in eight runs and in his final three games for Rochester before he was recalled.
The El Vigia, Venezuela native made his Major League debut in on August 13 of last year at Baltimore and doubled three times to tie the second-most extra-base hits in a Major League debut in MLB history. He went on to record seven doubles in his first 12 games, the most in Nationals history. In all, 16 (12 doubles, four homers) of his 26 hits last year went for extra bases.
Nuñez, 24, hit .186 with two doubles, five RBI, five walks, seven stolen bases and six runs scored in 23 games for Washington this season.
