marlon byrd
Outfielder Marlon Byrd (FSY) agreed Thursday to a $15 million, three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Byrd hit .283 with 20 homers and 89 RBIs last season for the Texas Rangers. and will likely take over in center from Kosuke Fukudome (FSY), who would move to right field full-time after the trade of troubled Milton Bradley (FSY) to Seattle.
A career .279 hitter with 60 homers and 335 RBIs in 785 major league games with Philadelphia, Washington and Texas, Byrd will be reunited with former Texas and current Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. In three seasons working with Jaramillo in Texas, Byrd batted .295 with 40 homers and 212 RBIs.
Outfielder Marlon Byrd (FSY) agreed Thursday to a $15 million, three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
Byrd hit .283 with 20 homers and 89 RBIs last season for the Texas Rangers. and will likely take over in center from Kosuke Fukudome (FSY), who would move to right field full-time after the trade of troubled Milton Bradley (FSY) to Seattle.
A career .279 hitter with 60 homers and 335 RBIs in 785 major league games with Philadelphia, Washington and Texas, Byrd will be reunited with former Texas and current Cubs hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. In three seasons working with Jaramillo in Texas, Byrd batted .295 with 40 homers and 212 RBIs.
He has played all three outfield positions during his career and had a .991 fielding percentage last season with only three errors in 341 chances. He made 100 starts for the Rangers in center field, 35 in left and six in right.
The 32-year-old Byrd originally was selected by Philadelphia in the 10th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
