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Cubs reliever Kyle Ryan placed on COVID-19 list

The Cubs were the only MLB team to have no players test positive for COVID-19 after the intake process in 2020.

That won’t be the case this year:

Cubs reliever Kyle Ryan is being placed on the Covid list. His start to the spring will be delayed

— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) February 16, 2021

Ryan had a pretty good year for the Cubs in 2019 (73 appearances, 3.54 ERA, 1.377 WHIP, 1.2 bWAR) but wasn’t quite as good in 2020 (18 appearances, 5.17 ERA, 1.