Cubs Add Former Players Denorfia and Murton to Front Office

The Cubs added a couple familiar names to their front office Friday. Chris Denorfia has been named Special Assistant to the President/GM and Matt Murton has been named a Baseball Operations Assistant.

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Denorfia, 37, played in 103 games for the Cubs in 2015, his only season with the club. He also appeared in seven of the Cubs’ playoff games that year.

Murton, 36, was a part of the Cubs organization from 2004-08, appearing in 308 games at the MLB level from 2005-08. Murton also played for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan’s NPB from 2010-15, before re-joining the Cubs organization for the 2016 season (he played 76 games for AAA Iowa).