We now officially have Brendan Ryan; Medina DFA'd

[Tim]

So everyone do cartwheels of joy.

 

CHICAGO – The Chicago Cubs today acquired infielder Brendan Ryan from the New York Yankees as the player to be named in last week’s trade that sent infielder Starlin Castro to the Yankees for right-handed pitcher Adam Warren.

 

 

 

To make room for Ryan on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher Yoervis Medina has been designated for assignment.

 

 

 

Ryan, 33, is a career .234 hitter (603-for-2,578) with 116 doubles, 19 home runs and 203 RBI in 879 games with St. Louis (2007-10), Seattle (2011-13) and New York (2013-15). He batted .229 (22-for-96) with the Yankees last year after being limited to 47 games due to multiple stints on the disabled list.

 

 

 

The versatile Ryan has seen action at every position in his big league career except for center field and catcher, seeing his most playing time at shortstop (705 games), second base (104 games) and third base (45 games). He led his league in defensive WAR in 2009 (3.2) and 2012 (3.6). Ryan won a Fielding Bible Award in 2012 as the best shortstop in the majors.

 

 

 

Ryan was originally selected by St. Louis in the seventh round of the 2003 Draft.

 

 

 

Medina, 27, went 1-0 with a 4.71 ERA (11 ER/21.0 IP) in 17 relief appearances between Seattle and the Cubs last season.

[Schwarber Fan]

Well, at least Medina is gone.

[imb]

The versatile Ryan is below average at as many as seven positions

[UMFan83]

There is literally no reason why this guy should be in the majors.

 

In his prime he was 2-3 win defensive player but the last 2 years has a combined 0.2 defensive WAR. He's 33, so only expect that to get worse. He's a neutral base runner. And of course the hitting...he doesn't hit for average, he doesn't walk, he doesn't hit for power, he strikes out in 30% of his ABs.

 

For a team this good, a player like him is quasi-acceptable only if he does one thing well that happens to be a weak spot for an otherwise strong team. Other than the ability to not completely embarass himself at 6 positions, I don't see any reason he should be on a roster.

 

Anyways, this is likely a moot point and he won't be on the Cubs roster.