Minor League Camp - Roster Update
The Cubs cut nine players this morning, optioning RHP Mitch Atkins to AAA Iowa and RHP David Patton to AA Tennessee, while sending pitchers Jeff Kennard and Vince Perkins, catchers Steve Clevenger and Blake Lalli, IF-OF Matt Camp, 3B Josh Vitters, and OF Brett Jackson to the Minor League Camp at Fitch Park.
So the Cubs Spring Training roster now stands at 51, including 14 Non-Roster Invitees (NRI). But there are also 150 players at Minor League Camp.
As a result of today's transactions, several players now assigned to Iowa and Tennessee will get moved to a minor league roster at a lower classification. Some might get released. (Usually about a dozen minor leaguers are released by the Cubs during the course of Minor League Camp). And as the Cubs option or send additional players to minor league camp, more minor league players will be released or will be moved downward.
Here are the Cubs minor league rosters at Fitch Park as they were this morning. All players listed were physically present. However, there will be downward movement with the arrival of the nine players cut by the Cubs this morning. For example, I did see pitchers Jeffry Antigua, Robert Hernandez, Josh Lansford, and Mike Perconte leave Field #3 (Tennessee squad) in the middle of PFP, so they probably got moved downward when Atkins, Patton, Kennard, and Perkins arrived. I don’t know who (if anyone) was cut from Iowa or Daytona, and I’m not even sure that Antigua, Hernandez, Lansford, and Perconte necessarily were demoted.
Here are the Cubs Minor League Camp rosters.
NOTE: Players at Minor League Camp are often initially placed one level (sometimes two) above where they will likely play that season, and then they either get released or demoted to a lower level once the Cubs start to make cuts and send players to Minor League Camp at Fitch Park from the big league camp at HoHoKam, with an accompanying downward cascade of players from Iowa to Tennessee, Tennessee to Daytona, etc.
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UPDATED 2010 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ROSTERS – SUNDAY MORNING 3/14:
IOWA (35):
PITCHERS (19):
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
Todd Blackford
David Cales
Chris Carpenter
Marco Carrillo
Hung-Wen Chen
Jay Jackson
* Casey Lambert (Limited Activity Only - TJS rehab)
Oswaldo Martinez
Alessandro Maestri
* Scott Maine (Limited Activity Only – elbow surgery rehab)
Trey McNutt
Craig Muschko
Jake Muyco
* Jeremy Papelbon
Gregory Reinhard
* Dustin Sasser
Brian Schlitter
* Chris Siegfried
CATCHERS (4)
Luis Flores
* Mark Johnson (Inactive – player/coach)
Mario Mercedes
* Mark Reed
INFIELDERS (7)
Russ Canzler
# David Macias
Jonathan Mota
* Jake Opitz
Nate Samson
Marquez Smith
Tony Thomas
OUTFIELDERS (5)
Smaily Borges
* Tony Campana
Jason Dubois
Brandon Guyer
Ty Wright
TENNESSEE (35):
PITCHERS (19)
* Jeffry Antigua
Chris Archer
* Ryan Buchter
Alberto Cabrera
Robert Hernandez
Kevin Kreier
Josh Lansford
* James Leverton
Corey Martin
Dan McDaniel
Mike Perconte
* Brooks Raley
Dae-Eun Rhee
* Chris Rusin
Ryan Searle
Aaron Shafer
* Luke Sommer
Josh Whitlock
Hank Williamson
CATCHERS (4)
Michael Brenly
John Contreras (ex-3B)
Garrett Maines
# Alvaro Sosa
INFIELDERS (8)
* Ryan Flaherty
# Marwin Gonzalez
Derek Helenihi
Junior Lake
D. J. LeMahieu
George Matheus
* Matt Spencer
* Ryne White
OUTFIELDERS (4)
* Kyler Burke
* Jason James
Kevin Soto
# Jose Valdez
DAYTONA (37):
PITCHERS (20)
* Jeffrey Beliveau
Justin Bristow
Rogelio Carmona
Eduardo Figueroa
Yohan Gonzalez
Steve Grife
Marcus Hatley (Limited Activity Only – TJS rehab)
Chris Huseby
Dylan Johnston (Limited Activity Only – injury rehab)
Su-Min Jung
Danny Keefe
Jordan Latham
Ronny Morla
Jon Nagel
Dionis Nunez
Julio Pena
Andres Quezada
Jose Rosario
Larry Suarez
Robert Whitenack
CATCHERS (3)
Jose Guevara
* Richard Jones
Jovan Rosa (ex-3B)
INFIELDERS (8)
* Matt Cerda
* Justin Bour
Dwayne Kemp
* Hak-Ju Lee
Jordan Petriaits
Rebel Ridling (Limited Activity – appendectomy rehab)
Greg Rohan
* Logan Watkins
OUTFIELDERS (6)
* Francisco Guzman
Jesus Morelli
* Nelson Perez
* Alvaro Ramirez
Cody Shields
Blair Springfield
PEORIA (36):
PITCHERS (20):
Frank Batista
Tim Clubb
Diego Encarnacion (Limited Activity Only – injury rehab)
Jesse Ginley
Gian Guzman
* Cody Hams
* Austin Kirk
Luis Liria
Toby Matchulat
* John Mincone
Tarlandus Mitchell
* Marcos Perez
Carlos Rojas
Melvin Rosa (Limited Activity Only – injury rehab)
* Drew Rundle (ex-OF)
Jake Schmidt
Adam Spencer
Nick Struck
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang
CATCHERS (4):
* Sergio Burruel
Jae-Hoon Ha (ex-OF)
Brandon May (ex-3B)
Carlos Romero
INFIELDERS (8):
# Arismendy Alcantara
# Robert Bautista
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
# Rafael Disla
D. J. Fitzgerald
Charles Thomas
* Bobby Wagner
OUTFIELDERS (4):
# Vismeldy Bieneme
Runey Davis (Limited Activity – injury rehab)
Dong-Yub Kim
* Kyung-Min Na
BOISE/MESA (EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING: The Boise/Mesa Spring Training roster is established prior to the start of Minor League Spring Training games (March 18th), and will consist of players moved down from Peoria and players who are rehabbing from injuries. This squad then becomes the Cubs Extended Spring Training (EXST) team at Fitch Park April-May-June.
BEYOND FITCH PARK
DSL CUBS (combined roster) - (59):
PITCHERS (36):
Jane Bremon
Darlin Castro
Miguel Corletto
* Welington Cruz
Antonio Encarnacion
Denis Estrada
* Carlos Galvez
Ramon Garcia
Enyel Gonzalez
Alvido Jimenez
Joel Lanfranco
* Richard Leyba
Eric Martinez
Hector Mayora
Pedro Medina (ex-OF)
Roneidy Mejia
Jadel Mendez
Loiger Padron
Amaury Paulino
Enyelberth Pena
Felix Pena
Junior Pena
Starlin Peralta
Roderik Pichardo
Francoris Pineda
Ramon Reyes
Albert Robles
Jhon Rodriguez
Santo Rodriguez
Braulio Rosario
* Abner Ruiz
Julio Sanchez
Yilver Sanchez
Deuris Severino
Jose Tineo
Francisco Turbi
CATCHERS (5):
Yonan Fuenmayor
Miguel Gonzalez
Yamel Liria
Ricardo Parra
# Hector Suarez
INFIELDERS (9):
Joel Altagracia
Yohan Astacio
Melvin Camarena
Carlos Figueroa
Gregori Gonzalez
* Carlos Henry
# Jose Montecino
Juan Pena
* Melido Perez
# Jesus Rodriguez
OUTFIELDERS (9):
Xavier Batista
Alejandro Damian
Dariyn Figueroa
* Eduardo Gonzalez
Jasly Gonzalez
Albert Hernandez
Manuel Pestana
# Gregorio Robles
Rander Valdez
NOTE: The two Cubs Dominican Summer League teams (DSL Cubs #1 and DSL Cubs #2) are formed prior to the start of the DSL regular season in May. In the meantime, the players are assigned to the Cubs Dominican Academy in Boca Chica, DR.
MLB AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY (2):
Jin-Yeong Kim, RHP
* Sean Williams, OF
RESTRICTED LIST:
Francisco Acosta, RHP
Wilson Contreras, C-3B
* Clark Hardman, OF
NOTE: Hardman was placed on the Restricted List in October 2008, F. Acosta was placed on the Restricted List in July 2009, and W. Contreras was placed on the Restricted List post-2009 after he was suspended by MLB for testing positive for a prohibited substance. Players can remain on the Restricted List for no more than two years before they have to be reinstated or released.
STATUS/WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN (BY ME):
Julio Castillo, RHP
Manolin DeLeon, RHP
# Matt Matulia, INF
Scott McClain, 3B
Arismendy Mota, RHP (AAA Rule 5)
NOTE: J. Castillo, DeLeon, and A. Mota might be delayed to due visa problems, or one of them might be on loan to Los Broncos de Reynosa (the former Tijuana franchise) in the Mexican League (as RHP Oswaldo Martinez was last year), and Matulia and McClain (like Mark Johnson) might be signed to minor league player contracts but are actually working as coaches. (The Cubs like to have one or two player-coach position-players with each of their four full-season minor league affiliates, available to temporarily replace any position-player who might go on the 7-day minor league DL during the course of the season. Last year, C Mark Johnson and INF Matt Matulia at Iowa, INF Jose Made at Tennessee, C-1B-3B John Contreras at Daytona, and C Mario Mercedes at Peoria, were the player-coaches).
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