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 nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, three players are on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 4-23-2024
 
* 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
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 9 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

10-DAY IL: 1 
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

Wood Kerrys On

Submitted by Arizona Phil on
For those of you not tired of reading about... Kerry Wood continued on his "Road to Wrigley" rehab odyssey this morning, throwing one inning (the top of the 1st) in the AZL Cubs versus the AZL Padres game at Fitch Park Field #3: 1.0 IP - 2 H - 1 R (1 ER) - 0 BB - 1 K - 1 WP 17 pitches (12 strikes, 5 balls) 1/1 GB/FB WOODY'S LOG: Jeudy Valdez batting Pitch 1: Ball One (fastball chin music high + inside) Pitch 2: Strike One - called Pitch 3: Strike Two - called Pitch 4: Strike Three - swinging foul tip One out Keoni Ruth batting Pitch 5: Strike One - foul Pitch 6: Strike Two - foul Pitch 7: Ball One (curve ball, low + outside) Pitch 8: Ball Two (curve ball, low + outside) Pitch 9: 6-3 ground out bouncer to shortstop Two outs Yefri Carvajal batting Pitch 10: Ball One (curve ball, high + inside) Pitch 11: Strike One - Foul Pitch 12: Long fly ball off left-centerfield fence. Double. Zachary Brown batting Pitch 13: Broken bat bloop single to CF, Carvajal scores from 2nd, throw home from CF cut-off by first-baseman. Edgar Garzon batting Pitch 14: Strike One - called Pitch 15: Strike Two - called Pitch 16: Ball One (curve in dirt) - WILD PITCH, Brown advances to 2nd Pitch 17: F-9 fly out to RF In his first rehab outing last Saturday, Woody threw 14 pitches while striking out the side. In both that outing and the one today, KW threw the ball free + easy with good velocity on his fastball. The only problem is he cannot seem to control his breaking ball.

Comments

Submitted by chifan3887 on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:08 pm

AZ Phil, Was Darwin Barney playing today and how good did he look or did look if he spent any time in Mesa? Also was Mitch Canham playing for the Padres today, he looked like a better catching prospect than Donaldson coming out of college.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:31 pm

aaronb — July 17, 2007 @ 3:07 pm How soon until he moves up and does his Minor league tour? ========================= AARON B: Since he only needs to be able to throw one inning (or maybe occasionally two), I would say he is ready to start moving up the ladder very soon. His pitch count is up to 17, and he probably only needs to get it up to about 35 (tops). He could accomplish that in about another week to ten days. Once he gets command of his breaking ball, he should be ready to go, because his fastball has some definite zip on it right now, and he's throwing strikes. I don't know how his arm feels, but he sure isn't pitching like he has a sore shoulder, that's for dang sure.

Submitted by Josh on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:32 pm

Barney got promoted to Peoria. There's was a big shakeup in the Cubs system yesterday.

Submitted by Rynox on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:34 pm

AZP: The only problem is he cannot seem to control his breaking ball. Wasn't that the problem in ST or am I thinking about MP?

Submitted by dave on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:37 pm

Wasn’t that the problem in ST or am I thinking about MP? That is a pretty normal problem to have when a pitcher hasn't pitched in weeks/months.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:44 pm

chifan3887 — July 17, 2007 @ 3:08 pm AZ Phil, Was Darwin Barney playing today and how good did he look or did look if he spent any time in Mesa? Also was Mitch Canham playing for the Padres today, he looked like a better catching prospect than Donaldson coming out of college. ============================= CHIFAN: Mitch Canham isn't with the AZL Padres, he's playing for Eugene (NWL). As you probably know, the Cubs could have selected Canham, but opted to take Josh Donaldson instead. It will be interesting to see which one turns out to be the better choice. Donaldson hit five HR in his first ten games at Boise, so maybe the Cubs had the right idea. As for Darwin Barney, he got promoted from AZL Mesa to Peoria yesterday, and Tony Thomas got promoted to Boise. Jeffrey Rea was promoted from Mesa to Daytona on Sunday. Leon Johnson has also disappeared from Fitch Park, so I imagine he might have gotten promoted to Boise, Peoria, or Daytona, too, but they haven't announced anything yet.

Submitted by cubswinthepennant on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:46 pm

tune in your internet radios: RYAN DEMPSTER starting tonight for IOWA. Scheduled to pitch one inning.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:53 pm

The first game going on for Iowa tonight is the suspended game from May 24th, which they are picking up in the 5th inning... This is interesting because several of these players that were in the game when it was suspended are no longer with the team... Fontenot and Hill are in the majors, and Chris Walker is in Tennessee, I guess as of yesterday... Anyone know how they deal with that?

Submitted by Dusty Baylor on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:54 pm

Az. Phil- Leon Johnson sure looked ready to be promoted. Just going by stats, he was definitely a man among boys there. .433/.525/.701 13 SB in 14 attempts...

Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:54 pm

How is that too much information? "Three people (dead or alive) I would like to have dinner with: Tiger Woods, Jessica Simpson and Jesus" That's need-to-know shit!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:57 pm

Jace — July 17, 2007 @ 3:53 pm The first game going on for Iowa tonight is the suspended game from May 24th, which they are picking up in the 5th inning… This is interesting because several of these players that were in the game when it was suspended are no longer with the team… Fontenot and Hill are in the majors, and Chris Walker is in Tennessee, I guess as of yesterday… Anyone know how they deal with that? ======================= JACE: The players who are still on the Iowa roster who were in the lineup when the game was suspended take their own slots in the lineup, and the departed players can be replaced by anybody currently on the I-Cubs roster who is not already in the lineup for that game. Anybody who was in the game but was replaced (like via a pitching change) cannot be used.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:57 pm

Chris Walker was on first base when the game was suspended.... Obviously, you replace him with a PR, but does that count against your bench? How does that work?

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:01 pm

Okay, thanks, Phil. So Cedeno probably replaces Fontenot, Kroeger probably takes Walker's spot and starts the game standing on first base, and, ummm... I don't klnow who replaces Hill... I can't even remember who the other catcher is in Iowa...

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:03 pm

Jace — July 17, 2007 @ 3:57 pm Chris Walker was on first base when the game was suspended…. Obviously, you replace him with a PR, but does that count against your bench? How does that work? ======================= JACE: Yes. A player on the I-Cubs bench (somebody not already in the lineup or previously used in the game) will have to PR for Walker. I would guess Jorge Cortes or Matt Murton will be the PR, probably Cortes.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:04 pm

Hill has 2 doubles in this game... and he's not even here. It will become an official game today, so he'll get 2 doubles, 2 RBI's today, and he's not even there... This is fun!

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:04 pm

Jace — July 17, 2007 @ 4:01 pm Okay, thanks, Phil. So Cedeno probably replaces Fontenot, Kroeger probably takes Walker’s spot and starts the game standing on first base, and, ummm… I don’t klnow who replaces Hill… I can’t even remember who the other catcher is in Iowa… ============================= JACE: Either Tony Richie or Chris Robinson can replace K. Hill.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:05 pm

Looks like they have put Bret Prinz as a PR for Walker, and Kroeger is PH for Webb...

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:07 pm

Kroeger GIDP's to kill the longest rally I can remember... nearly 2 months long! They scored 5 runs in the top of the 5th...

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:11 pm

JACE: Yes, that's really a long rally. I see they put 3rd stringer Mike Mahoney in as the catcher instead of Richie or Robinson.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:16 pm

OK. Here's evidence Geovany Soto is going down when Jason Kendall arrives. Chris Robinson has already been returned to AA. (INF Carlos Rojas gets promoted instead). "Hi, Chris! Welcome to Des Moines! Now go back to Tennessee."

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:19 pm

Matt Murton's favorite TV show is "The Fresh Prince". that's a tough one to stomach, you can rot in Iowa for all I care now.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:19 pm

Now, that has got to be demoralizing... You'd think they would at least let him play today...

Submitted by Scott de B. on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:20 pm

For those of you not tired of reading about… It's a lot easier when the Cubs have won 16 of the last 20.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:22 pm

Yeah, Rob... That is not the only thing that proved to be a little more information than I needed to know about him... Playing in Yankees Stadium??? He could have said literally anything else, and it would not have pissed (sorry E-man) me off more...

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:26 pm

what's wrong with wanting to play in Yankee Stadium? it's a "baseball cathedral" (name the movie).

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:29 pm

Gameday says that Cedeno is hitting .250, but his stats say he is hitting .364... Not sure what is going on there...

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:30 pm

Jace — July 17, 2007 @ 4:29 pm Gameday says that Cedeno is hitting .250, but his stats say he is hitting .364… Not sure what is going on there… =========================== JACE: Would he have been hitting .250 back when the game was suspended?

Submitted by Vegas Brian on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:36 pm

Hi, Chris! Welcome to Des Moines! Now go back to Tennessee.” -------------------------------------------- He'll be using DHL....

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:38 pm

Sorry, man. I love baseball, but I just despise all things Yankees... It really sticks in my craw when people talk about wanting to play there... Say Fenway... Say Wrigley (already done)... Say Olympic Stadium (yeah, right!)... just don't say f-ing Yankee's Stadium...

Submitted by Rob G. on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:40 pm

minor league standings: Iowa six games back of Nashville in the PCL American North (52-43) Tennessee a game back in the SL North (13-12) Daytona 3 games back in the FSL East (11-14) Peoria tied for first in the MID West (13-10) Boise in first in the NOR East (12-15) AZL Cubs 4 gmaes back (11-10) The Southern, Florida State and Midwest League have first and second half winners but no Cubs affiliates won their first halves.

Submitted by Jace on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:42 pm

Hard to believe the Hawks are in first with a 12-15 record... Now that they've been stocked a little more with 2007 draftees, they should be a bit better...

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:43 pm

Rob G. — July 17, 2007 @ 4:40 pm minor league standings: Iowa six games back of Nashville in the PCL American North (52-43) Tennessee a game back in the SL North (13-12) Daytona 3 games back in the FSL East (11-14) Peoria tied for first in the MID West (13-10) Boise in first in the NOR East (12-15) AZL Cubs 4 gmaes back (11-10) ===================== ROB G: I was at the AZL Cubs gmae today.

Submitted by Mister Whipple on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:44 pm

That he lists Jessica Simpson before Jesus in a list of who he'd like to have dinner with is pretty funny. Not that I have any interest in having dinner with Jesus unless he's talking about my Latino neighbor who seems like a pretty nice guy.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:53 pm

Weather looks okay right now... AccuWeather.com is saying 40-50% of chance of rain this evening. Radar looks like we could get some rain, but it is not definitive.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:55 pm

Rob G. — July 17, 2007 @ 4:43 pm here’s a list of most of the moves over the last few days in the minors… http://cubs.scout.com/2/659222.html ============================= ROB G: Darwin Barwin obviously replaces Jonathan Mota at SS at Peoria, but the replacements for LF Alfred Joseph and CF Matt Camp (who got promoted to Daytona with Mota and Clevenger) would likely be Ty Wright (LF) and either Jonathan Wyatt or Leon Johnson (CF)--with Johnson going to Boise only if Wyatt goes to Peoria. Also not mentioned in the article is that Daytona LF Jesus Valdez has been released. (Valdez was a member of the FSL All-Star team just last month!). Why? He's a corner OF without speed or HR power and he has a below-average arm so he can only play LF. Ergo, a Class "A:" All-Star with zero future.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:57 pm

The tricky thing about having dinner with Jesus is that he's likely to speak Hebrew or Latin... alll you could really do is watch out for shady characters trying to poor him some wine. If it were '3 people you would like to have dinner on?', Simpson wouldn't make my list, but she may be a top 20 candidate. I think the Nelly costume almost makes up for the Fresh Prince... except that he probably really wanted to be Nelly.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:01 pm

The Real Neal — July 17, 2007 @ 4:57 pm The tricky thing about having dinner with Jesus is that he’s likely to speak Hebrew or Latin… alll you could really do is watch out for shady characters trying to poor him some wine. =========================== NEAL: Maybe he meant Jesus Reyes or Jesus Valdez. A lot of the younger players eat together during Spring Training.

Submitted by dave on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:01 pm

The tricky thing about having dinner with Jesus is that he’s likely to speak Hebrew or Latin He almost assuredly did not speak Latin. And he probably also spoke Greek. Not that would help us too much.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:02 pm

|He’s a corner OF without speed or HR power and he has a below-average arm so he can only play LF. | I think you meant Matt Murton

Submitted by Vegas Brian on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:07 pm

Radar looks like we could get some rain, but it is not definitive. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I can hear Hughes now, "It's always nice to score early and have the lead in the 5th..."

Submitted by Wes on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:08 pm

Kendall at Wrigley and on the lineup card. Still don't know what # he's wearing. Theriot 6 Fontenot 4 Lee 3 Ramirez 5 Soriano 7 DeRosa 9 Kendall 2 Pagan 8 Marshall 1

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:08 pm

"The tricky thing about having dinner with Jesus is that he’s likely to speak Hebrew or Latin…" I"m pretty sure he spoke Aramaic. "Passion of the Christ"?

Submitted by jacos on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:10 pm

Kendall waived no trade clause to come here. Has anyone refused trade to come here since McGriff? Dusty said on ESPN that he consulted with Aaron about going through the "stigma of being a black Cubs manager" and the racism that goes with it because of what he went through chasing Ruth. Just go away.

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:10 pm

BTW, the outfielder Cubs Pacific Rim Scouting Coordinator Steve Wilson signed recently out of Taiwan (Chih-Hsiang Wen) who is now at AZL Mesa is probably one of the worst baseball players I have ever seen (and I am including every Little League team in my memory). He can't hit (he takes literally 95% of the pitches thrown to him, and whether they are balls or strikes, it doesn't matter), but he makes up for it by being unable to catch fly balls (he runs feverishly in circles, and then the ball drops twenty feet away in the opposite direction). If I didn't know better, I would say Steve Wilson has a really bizarre sense of humor.

Submitted by michaelweaselo on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:24 pm

Ill bet Jesus could speak English if he wanted. All those illegals can speak it if they want. They are just lazy.

Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:27 pm

Jesus Chad (again, no pun intended) do you not understand the difference between movies and reality? No don't answer, you've already proven that you don't. You probably think that Russian sub commanders speak English with a scottish accent. According to a web search, no one knows for sure what language Jesus spoke, but the the consensus is that he spoke Aramic, could understand Hebrew. He may have spoken Greek, but most likely understood Greek and Latin in a sort of merchants' lingo context. Either way, you're monkeys for arguing the point. If you want proof of the fact that Jesus was not the son of God, look no further than the fact that he couldn't master as many languages as the average Shawarma cook.

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:33 pm

Neal an Atheist. Why am I not shocked? Also you're telling me that "The Passion" wasn't real? I'm pretty sure it was a documentary shot in real time. Or was that "Highlander"?

Submitted by Chad on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:34 pm

Yeah Mr. WHip they do. And they are the biggest most muscular ducks you have ever seen.

Submitted by Dmac on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:21 pm

"Cubs Pacific Rim Scouting Coordinator Steve Wilson signed..." Is this the same Steve Wilson who pitched for the Cubs?

Submitted by The Joe on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:58 pm

Ok here's the Jesus deal... Jesus' everyday language would have been Aramaic, which is very similar to Hebrew (both Semitic languages). He may have also understood Hebrew. When he was on the cross he quoted an Aramaic translation of a Psalm..."Eli Eli Lema Sabachtani" which means "My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me". In the Hebrew it would be "Eli Eli Lema Azavtani". (my transliteration). So there, Jesus spoke Aramaic. The Passion of the the Christ, on the other hand, was not based off of the bible, but off of a Medieval Catholic mystic's VISIONS of the crucifixion.

Submitted by aaronb on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 07:37 pm

Dmac says: July 17th, 2007 at 6:21 pm “Cubs Pacific Rim Scouting Coordinator Steve Wilson signed…” Is this the same Steve Wilson who pitched for the Cubs? .................................................................................. Yes it is

Submitted by aaronb on Wed, 07/18/2007 - 07:38 am

Tom C says: July 17th, 2007 at 11:25 pm Jesus spoke Armenian… ........................................................................................ He also was rumored to have trouble hitting off-speed breaking pitches

Recent comments

  • Raisin101 (view)

    Thank you so much! I really appreciate not only all your posts but how eager you are to respond to our questions.

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Is it just me or does it seem that official scorers are becoming less likely to call a misplay an error? 

     

    Guess I've hit my cranky old-man phase in life.  "I remember back in the day when an error was an error.  Official scorers have gone soft.  Now where did I put my readers?!!??"

     

    Sidenote, maybe Bellinger should be a little more careful against the Astros.  That was the series last year that a play at wall put him on the IL.   

  • crunch (view)

    i hated the almonte pickup, but he's 9-10 out of 12 for good outings, following a great spring.  hope he can keep it up.

    i already miss cooper, but yeah...the thin OF roster backup the team seems to want to carry probably got wisdom preference over cooper.  i could live without seeing wisdom at 3rd unless it's a blowout, though.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Things I've been wrong about:

    -Tauchman is fine as a 4th OF. I knew that. I just want a better LH DH option and he was really the DH for us until Seiya got hurt. I'm glad Mervis is getting a chance at it. Caissie is coming for that job for sure. But Tauchman continues to be highly useful as a 4th OF with Seiya being hurt

    -I wanted Yency to go to get guys at Iowa a chance. Guys like Palencia and Sanders or RileyT. Maybe even Hodge! But Yency has been better the last two plus weeks. He did hit 96 the other day. He was 93 in Texas to open the season.

    -Leiter has his split working enough. It just needs to stay there

    -I was surprised Jed picked Wisdom over Cooper. I wonder if this happens if Seiya wasn't hurt. Wisdom has more power. Cooper is the better hitter. Jed picked Wisdom and Wisdom had an option left as well.

    -Palencia just doesn't miss enough bats. Similar to ManRod, just two yrs younger. ManRod is killing AAA for TB right now!

    Things I got right so far:

    -Hendricks. Sorry Kyle. You got paid though!

    Jed, you missed there.

    -Smyly. If Jed could've traded him before or during ST, then he should have and saved some cash.

    -Mastro.  Not a LH DH. Pinch runner. Defensive utility. Maybe he's better than Madrigal but didn't get a legit chance to prove it.

    -Luke Little is good. He's had one bad outing. That's it. Needs to get better entering with guys on base. But he needs to stay in MLB.

    -Oh yeah....Morel is doing fine at 3B! He'll get better as well!!

  • crunch (view)

    bellinger "right rib contusion"

  • Childersb3 (view)

    South Bend just lost the lead in the bottom of the 9th on the weirdest scenario, ever.

    It's absolutely pouring rain....men on 1st and 2nd, 1out....JPatterson asks for a new ball, but no time out was called....he throws the old ball toward the dugout (not sure if it rolled out of play).....the ump declares the runners get two bases each so one run scores. Then a single up the middle ties the game.

    The rain was coming down in buckets at this point.

    Just weird

  • crunch (view)

    ...and bellinger is gone in the 7th because of that 2nd blown chance and the wall he bounced off of...

    hopefully his rib cage/shoulder feels better tomorrow, we just got happ back.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil,

    Any thoughts on Y. Rojas' stuff and Y. Melendez's game (I believe I've asked about him before, sorry)?

  • crunch (view)

    wow, things are moving fast.  hopefully it continues.

  • crunch (view)

    morel with 4 clean plays in 4 innings...showed off his 100000000mph arm a couple times.

    cody bellinger not having a good 4th, though...5 run leads are handy when your CF is making your pitcher have a 5-out inning.  2nd blown chance was ruled a hit even though it went in/out of his glove...1st was lost in the lights, also ruled a hit.

Click HERE for the last 50 comments