Twins place 1B Cron (thumb) on 10-day IL

The Minnesota Twins placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the 10-day injured list Monday due to right thumb inflammation. Cron, 29, is batting .263 with 18 homers and 55 RBIs in 83 games this season. The move is retroactive to Sunday.

The Twins also optioned right-hander Zack Littell to Triple-A Rochester and called up left-hander Lewis Thorpe and right-hander Cody Stashak, both from Rochester. Thorpe, 23, made his major league debut on June 30 against the Chicago White Sox, allowing two runs on five hits in five innings. He struck out seven and walked two.

Stashak, 25, is in line to make his debut. He was 5-0 with a 1.61 ERA in 12 games (two starts) with the Red Wings. Littell, 23, was 2-0 with a 4.91 ERA in 14 relief appearances with Minnesota.