MLB

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2009, file photo, Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd(notes) bats against the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a baseball doubleheader in Cleveland. Byrd has agreed to a three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2009. Byrd batted .283 with 20 homers and 89 RBIs last season for the Texas Rangers.