Francisco J. Lizarraga (born October 1, 1985 in Mazatlan, Mexico) is an infielder in Minor League Baseball who is on the Louisville Bats roster, the AAA team of the Cincinnati Reds. Lizarraga was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent out of the Instituto Cultural Sinaloa on July 2, 2002. He played for the Dodgers Dominican Summer League team in 2003 and 2004, the rookie level Gulf Coast Dodgers and Class-A Vero Beach Dodgers in 2006 and the Class-A Great Lakes Loons in 2007. He was named to the Midwest League All-Star team during the 2007 season when he hit .293 for the Loons. He began 2008 with the Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino but was promoted to play for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, and was later demoted back to the Great Lakes Loons. Francisco was drafted in the minor league Rule 5 draft at the 2008 winter meetings by the Cincinnati Reds and is on the Louisville Bats roster
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