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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
 
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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 

 



Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

2014 Cubs Extended Spring Training Roster (updated 4/19)

EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING (73 players are at EXST - 61 players are ACTIVE)

NOTEThe Boise/Mesa (Extended Spring Training) squad formed at the end of Minor League Camp, and consists of players who were left behind in Arizona to provide a replacement cadre in case of an injury to a player at Kane County, Daytona, Tennessee, and/or Iowa during the first two months of the season, inexperienced players who are competing for jobs with one of the "short season" teams that begin league play in June, and MLB and minor league players getting into playing shape and/or rehabbing from an injury. 

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ACTIVE PITCHERS
(35): 
Adbert Alzolay
* Jeffry Antigua
Dallas Beeler (ACTIVE REHAB)
Francisco Carrillo
Trevor Clifton
Josh Conway (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 elbow stress fracture)
* Alberto Diaz
* Andin Diaz
Greyfer Eregua
* Frailyn Figueroa
Scott Frazier
Kyuji Fujikawa (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 TJS)
David Garner
Trevor Graham
Zak Hermans
Luis Hernandez
Corbin Hoffner
* Tyler Ihrig
Pierce Johnson (ACTIVE REHAB - hamstring)
Trey Lang 
Erick Leal
Carlos Llano
Ryan McNeil (ACTIVE REHAB - 2013 TJS)
Jeferson Mejia
Yomar Morel
Erling Moreno
* Jose Paulino
Hector Perez 
Joel Pineiro 
* Anthony Prieto
Jasvir Rakkar
Brad Renner
Victor Salazar
Alexander Santana
Michael Wagner

LIMITED ACTIVITY REHAB PITCHERS: (9):
Marcelo Carreno (2013 shoulder surgery)
Jesus Castillo 
* Michael Heesch 
Barret Loux (shoulder) 
Dillon Maples (rib injury)
Trey Masek
Trey McNutt (shoulder)   
* Sam Wilson
Jose Zapata

CATCHERS
 (7)
Tyler Alamo
# Erick Castillo
# Mark Malave 
* Justin Marra
* Alberto Mineo 
Antonio Valerio 
Eufran Vargas

INFIELDERS: (10+1)
# Roney Alcala
* Zak Blair
# Varonex Cuevas 
* Bryant Flete
Jesse Hodges
# Dalfis Ortiz
Adonis Paula
Matt Scioscia
Elliot Soto (ACTIVE - serving 50-game Drug of Abuse suspension)
# Trevor Stevens (LIMITED ACTIVITY ONLY - right hand injury)
Gleyber Torres

OUTFIELDERS (9+2):
Jeffrey Baez
* Kevin Brown
Charcer Burks
Arnaldo Calero
* Rashad Crawford
# Kevin Encarnacion (INACTIVE - burns & other injuries suffered in off-season car crash)  
Eloy Jimenez
* Ricardo Marcano
Rony Rodriguez 
Jorge Soler (LIMITED ACTIVITY ONLY - hamstring)
Shamil Ubiera

MANAGERS:
Jimmy Gonzalez 

COACHES
Jesus Feliciano 
Brian Lawrence
Guillermo Martinez
Ricardo Medina
Osmin Melindes
Anderson Tavares
Rick Tronerud

Comments

AZ Phi: any comments on the Extended Spring Training manager/coaches? I'm not familiar with any of them. Are any of them holdovers from pre-Epstein era?

AZ Phil: I am not familiar with any of the manager/coaches at EST. Are they all new to the organization and is anyone a holdover from before Theo/Ged/McLeod took over?

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In reply to by Cubster

CUBSTER:

Jesus Feliciano is the new hitting & outfield coach at Boise (replacing Bill Buckner, who retired prior to the start of Minor League Camp). Feliciano was a minor league OF for many seasons and with a number of different organizations (was a player-coach in the Mexican League last season).

Brian Lawrence (ex MLB RHP with SD and NYM) is the new pitching coach at Boise (was previously a minor league pitching coach with SD).

Guillermo Martinez is the infield & baserunning and assistant hitting coach at Boise (was previously a minor league hitting coach with TOR).

Jimmy Gonzalez is te new manager at AZL Cubs (he was the AZL Cubs infield & baserunning and assistant hitting coach last season).

Anderson Tavares is the pitching coach at AZL Cubs (same as last year - long-time Cubs minor league RHP & then a pitching coach with DSL Cubs for several seasons after that).

Ricardo Medina is the hitting coach at AZL Cubs (same as last year - long tiime Cubs minor league 1B & then a hitting coach for several seasons with AZL Cubs, Boise, and Peoria).

Osmin Melindes is the infield & baserunning and assistant hitting coach at AZL Cubs (he was VSL Cubs manager last year, and previously was Director of the Pirates Venezuelan Academy for several years).

Rick Tronerud is the Rehab Pitching Coach. He works with injured pitchers who are assigned to the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park. He had a lengthy career as a minor league RHP in the Oakland A's organization (broke-in with Chet Lemon and Claudell Washington in the Northwest League back when actor Kurt Russell was playing 2B with the Angels NWL affiliate there), and then he was an A's minor league pitching coach for about 15 years, and after that he joined the Cubs and he has been a Cubs minor league pitching coach at various levels (including AAA Iowa, but mostly AZL Cubs) for almost 20 years.  

Boise manager Gary Van Tol was at Riverview Park for a while, but he also is a scout for the Cubs, so he is not at EXST at this time (he lives in Boise). 

 

Hi Arizona Phil, What happened to Frandy de la Rosa who was also in the same scary car accident as Kevin Encarnacion? Thanks!

RAISIN: As far as I know, Frandy de la Rosa is presently back at the Cubs Dominican Academy. There may be some legal issues pending related to the off-seson car crash and/or the Cubs want him to play in the DSL this season. 

CUBS LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES   

LATIN AMERICAN FIELD COORDINATOR:
Carmelo Martinez

NOTE: Latin American Cubs minor leaguers who do not attend Minor League Camp in Arizona have their Spring Training at the Cubs Dominican Academy beginning in April. Players who have Spring Training at the Dominican Academy are eventually assigned to one of the two Cubs Latin American affiliates (DSL Cubs or VSL Cubs) when they commence league play in May (VSL Cubs on May 12th and DSL Cubs on May 31st).  

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DSL CUBS
(27)

PITCHERS (15):
Gilberto Abreu
Pedro Araujo  
Oscar de la Cruz
Wagner Disla
Luis Escanio  
Luis Guillen  
Jeffry Hernandez
Junior Marte
Enderson Mercedes
Jose Morel  
* Jesus Perez
Santiago Rodriguez
Pedro Silverio
Delbi Torres
Dilson Vasquez  

CATCHERS (2):
Johan Matos
Carlos Ramirez

INFIELDERS (4):  
# Frandy de la Rosa 
# Humberto Garcia
# Antonio Gonzalez  
Jhonny Pena 

OUTFIELDERS (6):
Luis Acosta
# Roberto Caro
Jenner Emeterio
# Robert Garcia
Jose Paniagua
Luis Ubiera

MANAGER:
Juan Cabreja

COACHES
Oscar Bernard (hitting coach)
Leo Hernandez (pitching coach)
Yudith Ozorio


VSL CUBS (27)

PITCHERS (15): 
Harrinson Bermudez 
Enrique de los Rios 
* Manuel Fuentes
* Victor Garcia
* Yapson Gomez
Salvador Jerez
* Angel Mejias
Yomar Pacheco
* Chris Pieters
Moises Ramirez
Brohiglyn Rivero  
* Carlos Rodriguez
Cesar Romero
Ramon Valera
Mauro Vides 

CATCHERS (4):
Leonardo Gonzalez
Luis Hidalgo
Jhonny Pereda
Roberto Vahlis

INFIELDERS (4):
* Delbis Arcila
Wladimir Galindo
Jesus Gonzalez
Miguel Rico

OUTFIELDERS
(4): 
Luis Ayala
Victor Gomez
Jose Gonzalez
# Martin Hodwalker  

MANAGER:
Pedro Gonzalez

COACHES:
Franklin Blanco (hitting coach)
TBA (pitching coach)

Recent comments

  • 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: 

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    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).