Should New York Take a Flyer on Ryan Ludwick?

The New York Yankees will need to replace both Chris Young and Ichiro Suzuki this season as the team searches for a fourth outfielder and a bench option, is that option Ryan Ludwick? The Cincinnati Reds recently declined the team option part of the contract of the right handed batter. Stats generally don't lie so let's look there.

Year	Age	Tm	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
2002	23	TEX	23	88	10	19	6	0	1	9	7	24	.235	.295	.346	.641	66
2003	24	TOT	47	175	17	40	8	1	7	26	12	48	.247	.299	.438	.737	93
2003	24	TEX	8	30	3	4	1	0	0	0	4	9	.154	.267	.192	.459	20
2003	24	CLE	39	145	14	36	7	1	7	26	8	39	.265	.306	.485	.791	108
2004	25	CLE	15	54	3	11	2	0	2	4	2	14	.220	.278	.380	.658	74
2005	26	CLE	19	48	8	9	0	0	4	5	7	13	.220	.333	.512	.846	125
2007	28	STL	120	339	42	81	22	0	14	52	26	72	.267	.339	.479	.818	110
2008 ★	29	STL	152	617	104	161	40	3	37	113	62	146	.299	.375	.591	.966	151
2009	30	STL	139	542	63	129	20	1	22	97	41	106	.265	.329	.447	.775	105
2010	31	TOT	136	553	63	123	27	2	17	69	48	121	.251	.325	.418	.743	104
2010	31	STL	77	314	44	79	20	2	11	43	24	64	.281	.343	.484	.827	123
2010	31	SDP	59	239	19	44	7	0	6	26	24	57	.211	.301	.330	.631	78
2011	32	TOT	139	558	56	116	23	0	13	75	51	124	.237	.310	.363	.674	90
2011	32	SDP	101	425	42	90	18	0	11	64	32	87	.238	.301	.373	.674	90
2011	32	PIT	38	133	14	26	5	0	2	11	19	37	.232	.341	.330	.671	90
2012	33	CIN	125	472	53	116	28	1	26	80	42	97	.275	.346	.531	.877	130
2013	34	CIN	38	140	7	31	5	0	2	12	10	29	.240	.293	.326	.618	71
2014	35	CIN	112	400	28	87	20	0	9	45	31	94	.244	.308	.375	.683	93
162 Game Avg.			162	606	69	140	31	1	23	89	52	135	.260	.330	.451	.781	110

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Ludwick is not a Plan A by any means but he is right handed bat in the outfield so he is an option nonetheless. This may all be a moot point anyway as he holds a club option for $9 million that he can exercise.