Cubs MLB Roster

Cubs Organizational Depth Chart
40-Man Roster Info

39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL and one player has been DESIGNATED FOR ASSIGNMENT (DFA)   

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and eight players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and two players is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-24-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Hector Neris 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

INFIELDERS: 7
* Michael Busch 
Nico Hoerner
Nick Madrigal
Christopher Morel
* Matt Mervis
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Pete Crow-Armstrong 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 8 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 2
* Cody Bellinger, OF  
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 3
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P

DFA: 1 
Garrett Cooper, 1B 
 




Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Nationals @ Cubs: Ross vs Hendricks (Game 27)

Submitted by CTSteve on

The Toothpick returns.
<--break->WAS (19-8): RHP Joe Ross (3-0, 0.79)
CHC (20-6): RHP Kyle Hendricks (1-2, 3.91)
First pitch: 7:05pmCST

Hendricks went 5 innings and allowed 1 run against Milwaukee last Tuesday but the offense came a little late, and he ended up with a no-decision. The Nationals are 4-32 (.125) against him. OF/supermodel Harper is 1-6 with a HR.

Ross has an excellent start to his sophomore campaign, winning in St. Louis (6 IP, 1 ER, 4 Ks, 2 BBs) his last time out. He has yet to give up a home run. He was 5-5 with a 3.64 in the 76.2 innings he pitched in his rookie year, mostly as a starter. His debut was a June 6 loss to the Cubs, when he allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, with 4 Ks and 0 BBs. The Cubs are 5-14 against him. Fowler and Rizzo are both 2-3.

Scherzer (3-1, 3.55) vs Lackey (3-1, 4.32) tomorrow at 7:05pmCST. We’ll miss Strasburg, by the way, which I don’t think anyone will complain about.

Go Cubs!

Tags
2016 Season Game Thread

Comments

[ ]

Submitted by johann on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:13 pm

Arietta I'm the man with the beard, names Arietta Pitches hitting harder than a Beretta I'm the modern day Bob Gibson, make hitters see crimson So all you listen, I'm on a mission to get us in the position To bring to Chicago something rarer than a black truffle When me and my crew do the World Series Shuffle Lester I'm the country boy with the pitches to win Lester's the name and my cutters the hitter killer with the nasty spin Gonna hunt the title like I hunt my deer Riding the wave of greatness like I ride my steer I might turn a bunt to the mound into a double But my pitches will still dominate on the way to doing the World Series Shuffle

[ ]

Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:03 pm

Addison Russell is the youngster with the hustle-- you couldn't make his game tighter if you cinched it in a bustle. For the pinch you got La Stella and little Matty Szczur, two real "gritty" fellas. And then there's the geezer, grandpa Rossy, for when you need a team leader or just a catch and throw guy, to keep the runners at first, or to nab them on a pick off; he's got 'em mic'd in the shitter, yeah, caught with their pants down [MIKE D and MCA]: Like my boy ROBERT DURST! And Rizzo would have to do his verse in the style of Snoop Dogg for reasons that should be obvious.

[ ]

Submitted by Brick on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:09 pm

Awesome! Also, dammit! I just finished a Russell verse! I’m Addison Russell, flashin’ leather and muscle Hit a grounder up the middle, damn right ya better hustle I don’t miss, you know this, my D is the dopest, I’m lovin’ it and glovin’ it and shovelin’ it to Zobrist Another twin killing, score it six-four-three If I keep this up they’ll name another street for me There ain’t no SS better than Russell And I’m just here to do the World Series Shuffle EDIT: Credit where it's due: Desipio tweeted something about naming a street after Addison Russell after Russell made that play (see photo above) against the Cards last year. So, I swiped it from there. Just drawing attention to my theft of intellectual property.

[ ]

Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:53 pm

Awww shit, it's Tony Rizzle, my nizzle, so hot at the plate that, you can damn near hear me sizzle. Len and JD been calling me the main ingredient and opposing pitchers know the IBB is just expedient. And if the ump is a chump and I find myself down 0-2 I'll choke up, still make the pitcher look a clown; got this lightning in my wrists, the pitch inside just can't 'cuff me, hitting longballs up until we do the World Series Shuffle.

[ ]

Submitted by Charlie on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:14 pm

They call me Schwarberino because I'm basically Ruth, and as long as we're rapping I'm gonna tell you the truth: This team would be even better if I wasn't laid up; we'd win the World Series, the Superbowl, and the Stanley Cup. As long as we're at it, I'm putting the Premier League on notice. Hell, if I were healthy, Epstein could run for POTUS. My busted knee's even sadder than this presidential kerfuffle, but my first rehab assignment will be the World Series Shuffle. I am avoiding grading papers.

Submitted by The E-Man on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:29 pm

Save this post for late September please. Let us not taunt the Gods of "Cubbery" please. They are waiting for us, and are apt to pounce at the slightest hint of positive projection.

Submitted by matthewcooksie on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:46 pm

E-man, you should stay away from the NY Times sports page today, based on your last comment

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:31 pm

With Heyward's injury/slow start, Soler's struggles, and injuries to Schwarber and Szczur -- it's a really good thing Fowler fell into the Cubs' lap. Like, a really, really good thing. I just really, really, really hope his name isn't one of the upcoming PED announcements.

[ ]

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:28 pm

speed leads...nothing ever changes. that's been a dusty thing since...forever.

holy shit, really? I made the comment because I had just discovered this novel trait that Dusty possesses.

btw, check out the leadoff hitter of the WS champion KC last year.

waaaat????? again with the knowledge dropping, I literally had no idea.

[ ]

Submitted by crunch on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:47 pm

so, what you're saying is you keep bringing up something over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over like you did with this issue for years back in the day...and obviously still into today... ...but that's fine if you do it. brb, forming my next dozen replies for why you should shut up and never say anything about it again...oh wait, no i'm not because i'm not hanging around looking to tell you to shut up about repeating the same thing over and over and over and over... btw, this doesn't matter...none of this matters. most people are capable of taking a comment like the one above and not treating it like i just took the lid off your sippy cup and dumped your juice in the sandbox.

[ ]

Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:01 pm

I definitely hang around here looking to reply to your comments as noticed by my nearly year long absence.

there's a fine line between posting something relevant, useful or at least humorous versus posting something irrelevant, useless or unfunny...actually it's rather quite a thick line and easy to see for most people not named crunch.

But with that I shall go back in the shadows, didn't mean to interrupt your strangehold of the comments....this started yesterday with a mere joke reply on my part on Lester's awesome performance so far this year and your unfortunate serious take on it.

I'll go back to keeping my jokes on twitter (@robgcubfan for those interested).

Peace. Love. Mahalo.

Submitted by billybucks on Thu, 05/05/2016 - 05:45 pm

Cubs are taking advantage of bad D by their opponents -- did it a few times in PIT and the Nats botched 2-out rundown leads to 3 Cub runs in the 8th. Which were nice to have. I hope Kyle had fun at the dance party -- he was terrific.

Submitted by Ryno on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:31 am

My favorite moment of Hendricks' performance last night was the last strikeout he rung up- the cajones it took to throw a high, 86MPH fastball to Zimmerman on a 0-2 count. And he swung the bat like it was a 96MPH heater. I literally laughed out loud.

Submitted by billybucks on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:22 am

Hendricks after 50 MLB starts: 17-11, 3.45 ERA, 1.12 WHIP. Not bad for a #5 starter. He may be a 6-inning max guy, but, if he can keep those stats up, I will gladly take it. Speaking of WHIP -- last year, he was tied for 11th in the NL. Tied with Hammel. Last year's NL rank in WHIP: Arrietta 2nd, Lester 9th, Haren 10th, Hammel T11th, Hendricks T11th. Wow.

[ ]

Submitted by Charlie on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 05:30 pm

I agree, but just wanted to point out that Hendricks didn't really have a significant difference between his first and second half like Hammel did. Instead he had alternating good and below average months last year, without much fluctuation in his peripherals except a BB-heavy August and some up-and-down in opp avg. Mostly the team just couldn't win games for him in the months he pitched well. His 16 starts in May, July, and Sep/Oct (in which he limited opponents to OPS+ of 88, 75, and 44) resulted in a 4-2 record. There's a lot of no-decisions in there, which I guess will happen when you get knocked around hard the third time through the lineup and your manager knows it.

Recent comments

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Honorable mention to Jim Bullinger via BleedCubbieBlue: 

    Bullinger, a converted shortstop, had pitched in three games before he came to the plate. He had entered the game to relieve starter Shawn Boskie after four innings, and came to the plate to lead off the fifth, and hit Rheal Cormier's first pitch over the left-field wall to give the Cubs a 1-0 lead; they eventually won the game 5-2 in 14 innings. Of the 129players to homer in their first MLB at-bat, Bullinger is one of just 32 to hit that blast on the first big-league pitch he saw (including Contreras) and one of just six pitchers to do so.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Most of this activity will lead nowhere, of course, but it is fantastic that they’re looking for talent in every nook and cranny. You never know where that can lead, and virtually nothing is lost if if leads nowhere, as long as no one of superior talent and potential is losing an opportunity.

  • First.Pitch.120 (view)

    Fun 1st Hit / HR Fact…


    Recent Cubs players to have HR as 1st MLB hit:

    PCA

    Morel

    Happ

    Contreras

    Baez

    Soler

    Castro

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Miguel Cruz walked six in 1.2 IP in his last start, so I guess he is improving. Wilme Mora also walked six in one of his appearances a week or two ago, and one or two others have walked five. I don't know what would be the most I have ever seen a pitcher throw in a game out here, because the manager / pitching coach usually gets the pitcher out of the game if it gets too ridiculous. 

    As for the attendance, probably about 20 of the 25 were early arrivals for the Savannah Bananas game who came over to Field # 1 to see what was going on, and once they saw all the bases on balls (12 walks by Cubs pitchers and four by Angels pitchers) they ran away screaming. I'm used to it so it didn't bother me that much. 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Jed has added Teheran, Tyranski, Kissaki, and now Straily and Nico Zeglin today.

    Zeglin is 24 yrs old. Pitched well at Long Beach St in '23 and well in some Indy Ball.

    They also added Reilly and Viets in late ST.

    Have to search for MiLB arm depth anywhere you can and at all times!!!

  • Childersb3 (view)

    25 in Attendance!!!

    Phil, is that a backfield record?

    Also, 6 BBs for Cruz in 2 IP. What's the most walks you've seen in one EXT ST outing that you can recall?

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    He has a pulse. Apparently that’s the only requirement at this point.

  • crunch (view)

    cubs sign dan straily...for some reason.  minor league deal.

    welcome back.

    zac rosscup is down in mexico trying to make it happen...maybe they could throw him a contract, too.  junior lake is his teammate.  shore up a bunch of holes with some washups.

  • fullykräusened (view)

    The great thing about going to live sports events is you don't know if you're going to see something historic. Today I went to the Cub game, after putting the liner back in my coat and fishing my Cubs knit hat out of the closet. I needed all that- my seats are in the upper deck, left, so the east wind was in my face. Both teams failed to capitalize on good situations, but both starters did a good job to accomplish this. So, we go to the bottom of the sixth inning. The Cubs tie it up, and then Pete Crow-Armstrong comes up. We all know he would still be in AAA if not for injuries, and future Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander absolutely carved up the young fellow up in his first two plate appearances. So this time he hits a fly ball. The wind was blowing in and had suppressed several strong fly balls- including a rocket off Altuve's bat that Canario hauled in (does he remind anybody else of Jorge Soler?) , but the ball kept carrying and carrying. 107mph, legit angle and carry. The crowd went nuts, the dugout went nuts. Maybe, just maybe, I saw the first homer from a long-term Cub.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Which was my original premise. They won the trades but lost their souls. They no longer employ the Cardinal way which had been so successful for so long.

Click HERE for the last 50 comments