According to Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs have traded infielder Andres Blanco to the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later. Wittenmyer said that Blanco had been out of options and “was out of time/chances to vie for job.”

Blanco, 26 in April, hit .252/.303/.341 in 53 games for the Cubs in 2009. Blanco will bring middle infield experience to the Rangers given his time at second base and shortstop. You can see see Blanco’s statistics here.