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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

42 players are at MLB Spring Training 

31 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE at MLB Spring Training, and nine players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 
11 players are MLB Spring Training NON-ROSTER INVITEES (NRI) 

Last updated 3-17-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 17
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
Hayden Wesneski 
* Jordan Wicks

NRI PITCHERS: 5 
Colten Brewer 
Carl Edwards Jr 
* Edwin Escobar 
* Richard Lovelady 
* Thomas Pannone 

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

NRI CATCHERS: 2  
Jorge Alfaro 
Joe Hudson 

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

NRI INFIELDERS: 3 
David Bote 
Garrett Cooper
* Dominic Smith

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

NRI OUTFIELDERS: 1 
* David Peralta

OPTIONED:
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, RHP 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, RHP 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 

 



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Updated 2010 Cubs Extended Spring Training Stats - Through May 15th

Here are the unofficial statistics for EXST Cubs players through May 15th. (There is no Official Scorer at Cactus League Extended Spring Training games, so the stats are not official).

2010 EXST CUBS RECORD: 9-17-7 (33 GAMES PLAYED THRU 5/15)

* Bats or throws left
* Bats both

EXST CUBS BATTING:

CURRENT ROSTER:

Brandon May (3B-1B-2B) – 356/443/508 (21-59, 7 2B, 3B, 10 BB, 12 K, HBP, 16 R, 11 RBI, 2 GIDP, SF, 19 GAMES)

Jesus Morelli (RF-CF-LF) – 350/426/525 (14-40, 6 2B, 3B, 3BB, 7 K, 3 HBP, 7 R, 4 RBI, SF, 2 SB, 13 GAMES)

* Pin-Chieh Chen (2B-SS) – 333/400/351 (19-57, 2B, 7 BB, 8 K, 9 R, 7 RBI, SH, 4 SB, 2 CS, 18 GAMES)

Jae-Hoon Ha (C-RF) – 310/364/448 (9-29, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 5 K, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 GIDP, SF, CS, PO, 11 GAMES)

* Alvaro Ramirez (CF-LF) – 309/326/429 (13-42, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, 6 K, HBP, 2 R, 9 RBI, 2 SH, 3 SB, 2 CS, 13 GAMES)

Manuel Pestana (LF-CF) – 300/300/400 (3-10, 2B, 2 K, R, 2 RBI, 4 GAMES) - DISABLED LIST (shoulder)

# Rafael Disla (2B-SS-3B-LF) – 294/333/529 (10-34, 4 2B, 2 3B, 2 BB, 8 K, HBP, 10 R, 6 RBI, GIDP, 2 SH, 3 SB, CS, 14 GAMES)

Luis Flores (C) – 294/409/412 (5-17, 3B, 4 BB, 3 K, R, 2 RBI, SF, SB, 9 GAMES) - NOTE: Was reinstated from Suspended List on 4/26

* Sergio Burruel (C) – 250/333/321 (7-28, 2 2B, 3 BB, 10 K, HBP, 2 R, 6 RBI, 2 GIDP, SF, 13 GAMES)

* Bobby Wagner (1B-3B) – 234/302/467 (11-47, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 17 K, HBP, 6 R, 12 RBI, SF, 16 GAMES)

Runey Davis (LF-CF-RF) – 222/298/240 (11-50, 2B, 4 BB, 11 K, 2 HBP, 7 R, 3 RBI, GIDP, SF, 2 SB, 2 CS, 17 GAMES)

Albert Hernandez (LF-RF-1B) – 204/259/286 (10-49, 2 2B, 3B, 4 BB, 16 K, 4 R, 3 RBI, 4 GIDP, SF, SB, 2 CS, 18 GAMES)

Cody Shields (LF-CF) – 200/233/229 (7-35, 2B, 2 BB, 9 K, 4 R, 4 RBI, GIDP, SF, 3 SB, PO, 14 GAMES)

# Arismendy Alcantara (SS-2B) – 192/263/332 (13-68, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 5 BB, 13 K, 2 HBP, 15 R, 6 RBI, SF, 3 SB,. 2 CS, 22 GAMES)

* Wes Darvill (SS-2B) – 192/286/192 (9-47, 7 BB, 10 K, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 SH, SB, 2 CS, 18 GAMES)

Jose Guevara (C-1B) – 190/320/190 (4-21, 3 BB, 8 K, HBP, 2 R, RBI, 12 GAMES)

Xavier Batista (RF-CF) – 188/254/313 (9-48, 3 2B, HR, 4 BB, 24 K, HBP, 8 R, 6 RBI, 3 GIDP, SF, SH, 17 GAMES)

Blair Springfield (2B-LF) – 178/212/178 (8-45, 2 BB, 16 K, 3 R, 4 RBI, GIDP, SB, CS, 17 GAMES)

# Vismeldy Bieneme (3B-2B) – 172/287/172 (5-29, 5 BB, 12 K, 3 R, 2 RBI, SF, SB, 11 GAMES)

Carlos Romero (C-1B) – 160/276/200 (4-25, 2B, 2 BB, 8 K, 2 HBP, 3 R, 2 RBI, GIDP, 13 GAMES)

Melvin Camarena (1B-LF-RF) – 150/208/200 (3-20, 2B, 2 BB, 10 K, R, RBI, SB, SF, SH, 8 GAMES) - DISABLED LIST (unknown)

* Kyung-Min Na (CF-RF) – 133/186/133 (2-15, BB, 5 K, R, CS, 7 GAMES)

THE DEPARTED:

* Francisco Guzman (CF) – 471/500/588 (8-17, 3B, BB, K, 7 R, 5 RBI, 3 SB, CS, 5 GAMES) - MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

Jonathan Mota (C-2B) – 308/375/538 (3 2B, 2 BB, K, R, 4 RBI, SH, PO, 5 GAMES) - MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

Charles Thomas (3B-1B) – 303/342/348 (20-66, 3 2B, 5 BB, 8 K, 13 R, 8 RBI, SF, C-INT, 4 SB, PO, 19 GAMES) – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 5/12

Rebel Ridling (1B) – 286/286/333 (6-21, 2B, 4 K, R, RBI, 5 GAMES) - REHAB COMPLETED 4/23

D. J. Fitzgerald (LF-RF) – 267/354/400 (4-15, 2 2B, 2 BB, 7 K, 3 R, 4 RBI, 5 GAMES) – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/23

* Matt Spencer (1B) – 250/308/833 (3-12, 2B, HR, BB, K, 3 R, RBI, 2 GAMES) - REHAB COMPLETED 4/18

Jason Dubois (DH) – 214/267/357 (3-14, 2 2B, BB, 4 K, R, 2 RBI, GIDP, 4 GAMES) - REHAB COMPLETED 5/15

EXST CUBS PITCHERS:

CURRENT ROSTER:

Marcus Hatley: 0.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, .250 OBA – 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K, 2/1 GO/FO, 2 GAMES (2 GS) - REHAB (2009 TJS)

Corey Martin: 0.00 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, .231 OBA - 3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 4/4 GO/FO, 3 GAMES – REHAB (strained calf)

Alvaro Sosa: 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, .000 OBA – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/0 GO/FO, 1 G (1 GS) – NOTE: ex-catcher converted to RHP April 2010

* Marcos Perez: 1.27 ERA, 0.52 WHIP, .125 OBA – 21.1 IP, 9 H, 3 R (3 ER), 2 BB, 17 K, 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 26/20 GO/FO, 8 GAMES (3 GS)

Frank Batista: 2.29 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, .189 OBA – 15.2 IP, 11 H, 7 R (4 ER), 3 BB, 13K, 14/19 GO/FO, 5 GAMES (3 GS)

Luis Liria: 2.79 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, .259 OBA – 19.1 IP, 20 H, 7 R (6 ER), 8 BB, 19 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 18/15 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (3 GS)

* Drew Rundle: 2.84 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, .269 OBA – 6.1 IP, 7 H, 4 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 1 PO, 6/7 GO/FO, 5 GAMES – NOTE: Ex-OF converted to LHP September 2009

Jadel Mendez: 3.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, .286 OBA – 9.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R (3 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 2 GIDP, 1 PO, 12/6 GO/FO, 6 GAMES

Tarlandus Mitchell: 3.38 ERA, 1.68 WHIP, .261 OBA – 16.0 IP, 17 H, 6 R (6 ER), 10 BB, 14 K, 2 HBP, 2 WP, 14/14 GO/FO, 6 GAMES (5 GS)

* Austin Kirk: 3.98 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, .258 OBA – 16.2 IP, 17 H, 7 R (7 ER), 6 BB, 17 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 1 PO, 12/20 GO/FO, 6 GAMES (3 GS)

Rogelio Carmona: 4.05 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, .231 OBA – 13.1 IP, 12 H, 8 R (6 ER), 4 BB, 14 K, 1 WP, 11/12 GO/FO, 11 GAMES

* John Mincone: 4.12 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, .208 OBA – 19.2 IP, 15 H, 12 R (9 ER), 6 BB, 12 K, 2 GIDP, 1 WP, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 26/18 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (3 GS)

Jose Rosario: 4.50 ERA, 1.79 WHIP, .311 OBA – 14.0 IP, 18 H, 12 R (7 ER), 7 BB, 9 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 1 BALK, 2 GIDP, 1 PO, 22/9 GO/FO, 6 GAMES

Yao-Lin Wang: 5.06 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, .283 OBA, - 16.0 IP, 19 H, 9 R (9 ER), 3 BB, 16 K, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 1 BALK, 1 PO, 12/12 GO/FO, 5 GAMES (3 GS)

Alvido Jimenez: 5.63 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, .273 OBA – 8.0 IP, 9 H, 6 R (5 ER), 5 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 10/6 GO/FO, 6 GAMES

Danny Keefe: 5.65 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, .245 OBA – 14.1 IP, 14 H, 9 R (9 ER), 1 BB, 20 K, 1 HBP, 15/9 GO/FO, 10 GAMES

Jesse Ginley: 6.55 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, .304 OBA – 11.0 IP, 14 H, 8 R (8 ER), 6 BB, 3 K, 2 HR, 2 HBP, 1 GIDP, 13/15 GO/FO, 7 GAMES (1 GS)

Hector Mayora: 6.75 ERA, 2.25 WHIP, .200 OBA, 1.1 0.00 ERA, 27.00 WHIP, .000 OBA – 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 2 GAMES (1 GS)

Tzu-An Wang: 7.11 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, .269 OBA – 6.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R (5 ER), 3 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP, 4/9 GO/FO, 5 GAMES

Eduardo Figueroa: 7.82 ERA, 2.13 WHIP, .367 OBA – 12.2 IP, 22 H, 15 R (11 ER), 5 BB, 9 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 3 WP, 2 PO, 8/18 GO/FO, 5 GAMES (4 GS)

Carlos Rojas: 9.23 ERA, 1.82 WHIP, .321 OBA – 12.2 IP, 18 H, 16 R (13 ER), 5 BB, 12 K, 4 HR, 2 HBP, 1 WP, 13/12 GO/FO, 10 GAMES

Gian Guzman: 19.20 ERA, 3.43 WHIP, .333 OBA - 4.2 IP, 7 H, 10 R (10 ER), 9 BB, 0 K, 3 HR, 1 HBP, 4/8 GO/FO, 4 GAMES

* Cody Hams: 40.50 ERA, 6.75 WHIP, .600 OBA - 1.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R (6 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 2/0 GO/GO, 2 GAMES

Chris Huseby: INFINITE ERA, INFINITE WHIP, .000 OBA - 0.0 IP, 0 H, 4 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 0 K, 2 WP, 1 GAME

THE DEPARTED:

Esmailin Caridad: 0.00 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, .000 OBA - 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/2 GO/FO, 1 GAME – REHAB COMPLETED 5/2

Yohan Gonzalez: 0.82 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, .200 OBA - 11.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 14 K, 1 GIDP, 9/10 GO/FO, 7 GAMES – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 5/13

* James Leverton: 0.00 ERA, 0.00 WHIP, .000 OBA - 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 GAME – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/18

Larry Suarez: 3.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, .357 OBA - 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 2/3 GO/FO, 2 GAMES – MOVED UP TO PEORIA 4/18

Chris Carpenter: 5.40 ERA, 1.80 WHIP, .375 OBA - 1.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2/0 GO/FO, 1 GAME (1 GS) – REHAB COPMPLETED 4/18

David Patton: 9.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, .250 OBA - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GO/FO, 1 GAME – REHAB COMPLETED 4/15

EXST CUBS DEFENSE:

CATCHERS DEFENSE:
Sergio Burruel: 4-15 CS (27%), 3 PB, 1 PO, 1 E
Luis Flores: 4-10 CS (40%), 1 PB, 1 PO, 3 E
Jose Guevara: 1-1 CS (100%), 2 PB
Jae-Hoon Ha: 2-10 CS (20%), 6 PB, 3 E
Jonathan Mota: 1-5 CS (20%), 1 E (DEPARTED) 
Carlos Romero: 3-8 CS (38%), 2 E

ERRORS BY INFIELDERS:
Arismendy Alcantara – 8
Wes Darvill – 8
Rafael Disla – 5
Vismeldy Bieneme – 4
Pin-Chieh Chen – 3
Charles Thomas - 3 (DEPARTED)
Brandon May - 2
Blair Springfield – 2
Bobby Wagner - 1

OUTFIELD DEFENSE:
Xavier Batista: 1 E
Runey Davis: 1 ASSIST, 1 E
Francisco Guzman: 1 ASSIST, 1 E (DEPARTED)
Jesus Morelli: 1 E
Kyung-Min Na: 1 ASSIST
Manuel Pestana, 1 ASSIST
Blair Springfield: 1 ASSIST

EXST CUBS ERRORS BY PITCHERS:
Eduardo Figueroa – 2
Luis Liria – 2
Marcos Perez – 2
Carlos Rojas – 2
Chris Carpenter – 1 (DEPARTED)
Danny Keefe – 1

EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING ROSTER: (56)

MANAGER: Jody Davis

ASSISTANT MANAGER: Juan Cabreja

COACHES: Frank Castillo, Woong-Chun Cho, Jeff Fassero, Ricardo Medina, Min-Kyu Sung, Rick Tronerud, and Desi Wilson

* Bats or throws left
* Bats both

ACTIVE LIST (45):

PITCHERS (24):
Frank Batista
Rogelio Carmona
Eduardo Figueroa
Jesse Ginley
Marcus Hatley (ACTIVE REHAB)
Chris Huseby
Alvido Jimenez
Danny Keefe
* Austin Kirk
* Casey Lambert (ACTIVE REHAB)
Luis Liria
Corey Martin (ACTIVE REHAB)
Hector Mayora
Jadel Mendez
* John Mincone
Tarlandus Mitchell
* Marcos Perez
Andres Quezada
Carlos Rojas
Jose Rosario
* Drew Rundle (ex-OF)
Alvaro Sosa (ex-C)
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang

CATCHERS (5):
* Sergio Burruel
Luis Flores
Jose Guevara
Jae-Hoon Ha
Carlos Romero

INFIELDERS (8):
# Arismendy Alcantara
# Vismeldy Bieneme
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Wes Darvill
# Rafael Disla
George Matheus
Brandon May
* Bobby Wagner

OUTFIELDERS (8):
Xavier Batista
Runey Davis
Albert Hernandez
Jesus Morelli
* Kyung-Min Na
* Alvaro Ramirez
Cody Shields
Blair Springfield

FITCH PARK INJURY REHAB GROUP (11):
Justin Bristow, P (unknown)
Melvin Camarena, 1B-OF (unknown)
Manolin DeLeon, P (2010 knee surgery)
Angel Guzman, P (2010 shoulder surgery)
Gian Guzman, P (sore elbow)
* Cody Hams, P (back strain)
Dylan Johnston, P (2009 TJS)
Dong-Yub Kim, OF (unknown)
Manuel Pestana, OF (sprained shoulder)
Melvin Rosa, P (2010 TJS)
Adam Spencer, P (unknown)

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  • crunch (view)

    SF snags b.snell...2/62m

  • Cubster (view)

    AZ Phil: THAT is an awesome report worth multiple thanks. I’m sure it will be worth reposting in an “I told you so” in about 2-3 years.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The actual deadline to select a post-2023 Article XX-B MLB free agent signed to 2024 minor league contract (Cooper, Edwards, and Peralta) to the MLB 40-man roster is not MLB Opening Day, it is 12 PM (Eastern) this coming Sunday (3/24). 

    However, the Cubs could notify the player prior to the deadline that the player is not going to get added to the 40 on Sunday, which would allow the player to opt out early. Otherwise the player can opt out anytime after the Sunday deadline (if he was not added to the 40 by that time). 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Today is an off day for both the Cubs MLB players and the Cubs minor league players.  

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    For those of you keeping track, so far nine players have been called up to Mesa from the Cubs Dominican Academy for Minor League Camp and they will be playing in the ACL in 2024: 

    * bats or throws left 

    Angel Cepeda, INF 
    * Miguel Cruz, P
    Yidel Diaz, C 
    * Albert Gutierrez, 1B
    Fraiman Marte, P  
    Francis Reynoso, P (ex-1B) 
    Derniche Valdez, INF 
    Edward Vargas, OF 
    Jeral Vizcaino, P 

    And once again, despite what you might read at Baseball Reference and at milb.com, Albert Gutierrez is absolutely positively a left-handed hitter (only), NOT a right-handed hitter.

    Probably not too surprisingly, D. Valdez was the Cubs #1 prospect in the DSL last season, Cepeda was the DSL Cubs best all-around SS prospect not named Derniche Valdez, Gutierrez was the DSL Cubs top power hitting prospect not named Derniche Valdez, E. Vargas was the DSL Cubs top outfield prospect (and Cepeda and E. Vargas were also the DSL Cubs top two hitting prospects), Y. Diaz was the DSL Cubs top catching prospect, and M. Cruz was the DSL Cubs top pitching prospect. 

    F. Marte (ex-STL) and J. Vizcaino (ex-MIL) are older pitchers (both are 22) who were signed by the Cubs after being released by other organizations and then had really good years working out of the bullpen for the Cubs in the DSL last season. 

    The elephant in the room is 21-year old Francis Reynoso, a big dude (6'5) who was a position player (1B) at the Cardinals Dominican Academy for a couple of years, then was released by STL in 2022, and then signed by the Cubs and converted to a RHP at the Cubs Dominican Academy (and he projects as a high-velo "high-leverage" RP in the states). He had a monster year for the DSL Cubs last season (his first year as a pitcher). 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    DJL: The only players who definitely have opt outs are Cooper, Edwards, and Peralta (Opening Day, 5/1, and 6/1), and that's because they are post-2023 Article XX-B MLB free agents who signed 2024 minor league contracts and (by rule) they get those opt outs automatically. 

    Otherwise, any player signed to a 2024 minor league contract - MIGHT or - MIGHT NOT - have an opt out in their contract, but it is an individual thing, and if there are contractual opt outs the opt out(s) might not necessarily be Opening Day. It could be 5/1, or 6/1, or 7/1 (TBD).

    Because of their extensive pro experience, the players who most-likely have contractual opt outs are Alfaro, Escobar, and D. Smith, but (again), not necessarily Opening Day. 

    Also, just because a player has the right to opt out doesn't mean he will. 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    I love the idea that Madrigal heads to Iowa in case Morel can’t handle third.

    The one point that intrigues me here is Cooper over Smith. I feel like the Cubs really like Smith and don’t want to lose him. Could be wrong. He def seems like an opt out if he misses the opening day roster

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Childersb3: Both Madrigal and Wisdom can be optioned without any restriction. Their consent is not required. 

    They both can be outrighted without restriction, too (presuming the player is not claimed off waivers), but if outrighted they can choose to elect free agency (immediately, or deferred until after the end of the MLB season).

    If the player is outrighted and elects free-agency immediately he forfeits what remains of his salary.

    If he accepts the assignment and defers free agency until after the conclusion of the season, he continues to get his salary, and he could be added back to the 40 anytime prior to becoming a free-agent (club option). 

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Phil, 
    Madrigal and Wisdom can or cannot refuse being optioned to the Minors?
    If they can refuse it, wouldn't they elect to leave the Cubs org?

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    In my opinion, the biggest "affirmative" mistake the Cubs made in the off-season (that is, doing something they should not have done), was blowing $9M in 2024 AAV on Hector Neris. What the Cubs actually need is an alternate closer to be in the pen and available to close if Alzolay pitched the day before (David Robertson would have been perfect), because with his forearm issue last September, I would be VERY wary of over-using Alzolay. I'm not even sure I would pitch him two days in a row!  

    And of course what the Cubs REALLY need is a second TOR SP to pair with Justin Steele. That's where the Cubs are going to need to be willing to package prospects (like the Padres did to acquire Dylan Cease, the Orioles did to acquire Corbin Burnes, and the Dodgers did to acquire Tyler Glasnow). Obviously those ships have sailed, but I would say right now the Cubs need to look very hard at trying to acquire LHSP Jesus Luzardo from the Marlins (and maybe LHP A. J. Puk as well).