by Pat Lackey

Filed under: Cubs, NL Central, MLB Free Agency

Xavier Nady's long winter search for a new team and the Chicago Cubs' quest to add some outfield depth have come to mutual satisfaction today. The Cubs and the veteran outfielder have reached an agreement on a one-year deal, pending a physical (as reported by Yahoo's Tim Brown). With Nady coming off of his second Tommy John surgery and playing only seven games in 2009 that physical isn't a given, but as a position player that second TJ is much less of a concern.

The Cubs would appear to be well-set at the positions Nady is capable of playing with Alfonso Soriano in left, Kosuke Fukudome in right, and Derrek Lee at first base, but Nady adds some nice depth that allows them to give any of their streaky outfielders a night off (Marlon Byrd is in center, but Fukudome can fill in there in a pinch), or lets them rest Lee or Fukudome against lefties.

 

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