Sep 22, 2020; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Kyle Ryan (56) pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the seventh inning at PNC Park. Pittsburgh won 3-2. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
The Cubs activated left-handed reliever Kyle Ryan from the COVID-19-related injury list on Sunday and designated right-hander Robert Stock for assignment in the corresponding move.
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Ryan went 1-0 with a 5.17 ERA, 11 strikeouts and six walks in 15 2/3 innings out of the bullpen spanning 18 games in 2020. In a six-year career, he is 13-8 with a 3.87 ERA, 139 strikeouts and 79 walks in 204 2/3 innings in six seasons, spending the first four with the Detroit Tigers and the past two with the Cubs.
Ryan joined the Cubs for a workout on Saturday after missing the first couple of weeks of spring training with the coronavirus.
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He is expected to be a piece of a rebuilt bullpen that could include right-hander Ryan Tepera, who the Cubs signed this week, camp invitee and right-hander Pedro Strop, right-hander Brandon Workman and left-hander Andrew Chafin.
–Field Level Media