Ryan Freel

Ryan Freel is now a Chicago Cub after the Orioles traded him in exchange for fellow outfielder Joey Gathright. Ryan Freel is now a Chicago Cub after the Baltimore Orioles traded him in exchange for fellow outfielder Joey Gathright . Freel, who's been struggling with injury, was unhappy out the playing time he would recieve with the Orioles. From a report at foxsports.com: The deal is cash-neutral, according to one source. The Cubs will pay the balance of Gathright's $800,000 salary for 2009 with the O's paying the balance of Freel's — about $3.3 million. Freel, who recently completed an injury-rehabilitation assignment, was acquired ... Read Full Story

photo by timailius We all know that the team that you break camp with is not the same you’ll have at the end of the year. The Chicago Cubs make midseason trades and transactions just like every other MLB team. New players become available on other teams and players on your own team become available as the needs of a ballclub change. Certain players become expendable. There are positions where a team feels like it can improve. Rookies get called up from the minors. Players get hurt. All kind of things can happen, the only certainty is that the Chicago Cubs will make trades ... Read Full Story

In part nine of my almost 50 part series “Better Know An Oriole” (otherwise known as 2009 Orioles Retrospective), I take a look at gritty utility man Ryan Freel… THE FIGHTIN’ SCRAPSTER! Freel came over to the Orioles from the Cincinnati Reds in the off-season - along with Justin Turner and Brandon Waring - in return for catcher Ramon Hernandez. The O’s expected him to be a utility player, moving around the diamond as a back-up at second, third, and all three outfield positions. Before the season I projected Freel to hit .254/.327/.353 with 3 HR and a .321 wOBA, while playing a combined ... Read Full Story

Orioles disgruntled utility man Ryan Freel got his wish Friday as he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Joey Gathright, who cleared waivers and was assigned to Triple-A Norfolk. Read Full Story

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