The Cubs waiver claim of RHP Anthony Varvaro has been voided and he has been returned to the Boston Red Sox, where he will be placed on the BoSox MLB 60-day DL. Varvaro will undergo surgery to repair a torn elbow flexor tendon later this week.
The Cubs claimed Varvaro from Boston off Outright Assignment Waivers on May 3rd, and then almost immediately placed him back onto Outright Asignment Waivers. He was not claimed this second time, and the Cubs sent him outright to AAA Iowa.
The elbow njury was detected after he arrived in Iowa, at which point the Cubs requested through the MLB Comissioner's office that the waiver claim be voided and that Vavaro be returned to the Red Sox, because he had a pre-existing injury and therefore should not have been placed on Outright Assignmmt Waivers.