Cubs close to deal with Marlon Byrd

by Eli Greenspan on Dec 31, 2009 1:35 PM EST Comment 1 comment

The Cubs are closing in on a three year deal with free agent outfielder Marlon Byrd, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. The deal is believed to be worth in the range of 15 million dollars.

Byrd is coming off a solid year in Texas, and will be looking to build on his past three years of success in Chicago, where his hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo for the past three years is now working.

	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG
2009 - Marlon Byrd	146	547	66	155	43	2	20	89	32	98	8	4	.283	.329	.479

The move pushes Kosuke Fukudome back to right field, and could mean outfielder Reed Johnson won't be with the team in 2010.

It's a pretty long contract to be dishing out for GM Jim Hendry, only because the three year deal he gave to Milton Bradley offseason failed miserably. Not only that, but Byrd is 32 years old and has only averaged 12 home runs per 162 games, with 106 strike outs to 44 walks.

Cubs fans will be happy with Byrd from the gate. He's replacing the most hated Cub since Todd Hundley, so fans will be on his side.

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Home Away splits

AVG OBP SLG OPS
.282 .336 .538 .873 (Home)
.285 .322 .419 .740 (Away)

3/15 for a .740 OPS AWAY from Texas? Ahahahaha, and that’s not looking at his OBP.

In football, the object is for the quarterback, otherwise known as the field general, to be on target with his aerial assault, riddling the defense by hitting his recievers with deadly accuracy in spite of the blitz, even if he has to use the shotgun. With short bullet passes and long bombs, he marches his troops into enemy territory, balancing this aerial assault with a sustained ground attack that punches holes in the forward wall of the enemy's defensive line.

In baseball the object is to go home! And to be safe! "I hope I'll be safe at home!"
-George Carlin (RIP)

by Taskmaster on Dec 31, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs