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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are on the 60-DAY IL   

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

Last updated 4-28-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Richard Lovelady
Hector Neris 
Daniel Palencia 
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski 

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 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
Luis Vazquez, INF 

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

15-DAY IL: 4
Kyle Hendricks, P 
* Drew Smyly, P 
* Justin Steele, P
* Jordan Wicks, P    

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




Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

2015 Cubs Minor League Spring Training Rosters (Updated 4/3)

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

2015 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING ROSTERS (last updated 4-3-2015):

NOTE: ROSTERS AT MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ARE FLUID. Minor League players are often initially assigned to a squad one or even two levels above where they will ultimately be assigned once the regular season starts. Minor League Camp roster assignments are based on several factors, including the player's position as it relates to the specific needs of the organization, and the player's age, amount of professional experience, and previous season's performance (including any time spent at a post-season Instructional League). As players are sent to Minor League Camp from the Major League squad during the course of Spring Training, there are corresponding roster moves made at Minor League Camp as players are either moved down a level or released. Occasionally a player or a pitcher will be moved up a level during the course of Minor League Camp, but such an occurrence is rare. 

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# bats both


CUBS MLB NON-ROSTER INVITEES (NRI): 2

PITCHERS:  0 

CATCHERS: 1     
Taylor Teagarden

INFIELDERS: 1
# Jonathan Herrera 

OUTFIELDERS: 0


IOWA: 28+3

AAA

PITCHERS: 15+3
Daniel Bard (INACTIVE - present status unknown)
* Francisley Bueno (INACTIVE - present status unknown)
Anthony Carter
Blake Cooper
Jorge DeLeon
Gonzalez Germen
Pierce Johnson
* Eric Jokisch 
Barret Loux  
Trey McNutt (INACTIVE - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yoanner Negrin
* Joe Ortiz 
Blake Parker  
Carlos Pimentel
Armando Rivero 
Donn Roach 
Brian Schlitter
* Zac Rosscup 

CATCHERS: 2    
Taylor Davis (also has been playing 3B-1B)
* Rafael Lopez

INFIELDERS: 5
Javy Baez
Kris Bryant
Jonathon Mota
Addison Russell
Chris Valaika

OUTFIELDERS: 6
John Andreoli
* Mike Baxter (also has been playing 1B-3B) 
* Adron Chambers
Jae-Hoon Ha
Junior Lake
* Rubi Silva


TENNESSEE: 28+1

AA

PITCHERS: 14+1
* Jeffry Antigua
Frank Batista 
Corey Black  
Zach Cates
Fernando Cruz
* Hunter Cervenka 
C. J. Edwards
P. J. Francescon 
Michael Jensen
Felix Pena 
Steve Perakslis
Ivan Pineyro 
Jose Rosario (INACTIVE - present status unknown)
Andres Santiago
* Rob Zastryzny 

CATCHERS: 4
Cael Brockmeyer (also has been playing 1B)
# Erick Castillo
Willson Contreras
* Kyle Schwarber

INFIELDERS: 6
Stephen Bruno
Ryan Dent
Dustin Geiger (also has been playing LF-RF)
Elliot Soto
Christian Villanueva
* Dan Vogelbach 

OUTFIELDERS: 4
Albert Almora
* Pin-Chieh Chen  
Anthony Giansanti
* Bijan Rademacher 


MYRTLE BEACH: 28+1

Hi-A 

PITCHERS: 14+1 
Paul Blackburn 
Matt Brazis 
* Gerardo Concepcion 
Josh Conway 
* Michael Heesch 
Lars Huijer (INACTIVE - present status unknown)
Jonathan Martinez
Juan Carlos Paniagua
Starling Peralta
James Pugliese 
Tayler Scott 
Tyler Skulina
Daury Torrez
Jen-Ho Tseng
Duane Underwood

CATCHERS: 3
# Victor Caratini (also has been playing 1B)
Ben Carhart (also has been playing 1B-2B-3B) 
* Alberto Mineo (also has been playing 1B) 

INFIELDERS: 6
# Jeimer Candelario 
* Wes Darvill
* Andrew Ely
* Danny Lockhart 
Carlos Penalver
* Jacob Rogers 

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Kevin Brown
* Shawon Dunston Jr
* Jake Hannemann 
* Billy McKinney
Mark Zagunis (ex-C)


SOUTH BEND: 27

Lo-A

PITCHERS: 14
Francisco Carrillo
Trevor Clifton 
James Farris 
Zach Hedges  
* Tyler Ihrig 
Erick Leal 
Ryan McNeil
* Jordan Minch 
James Norwood
Jeremy Null
Jasvir Rakkar
Jake Stinnett
* Tommy Thorpe 
Ryan Williams 

CATCHERS: 3
Gioskar Amaya (ex-2B)
Jordan Hankins (ex-3B)
* Justin Marra (also has been playing 1B)

INFIELDERS: 5
David Bote  
Jesse Hodges
Gleyber Torres
*  Jason Vosler
Chesny Young  

OUTFIELDERS: 5
Jeffrey Baez 
Yasiel Balaguert
Charcer Burks
* Rashad Crawford
Trey Martin 


MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FIELD STAFF: 
PITCHING FIELD COORDINATOR & CATCHING COORDINATOR: Tom Cossins 
PITCHING COORDINATOR: Derek Jihnson 
ASSISTANT PIICHING COORDINATOR: Mike Mason 
HITTING COORDINATOR: Anthony Iapoce 
ASSISTANT HITTING COORDINATOR: Tom Beyers 
INFIELD COORDINATOR: Jose Flores 
OUTFIELD & BASERUNNING COORDINATOR: Doug Dascenzo 
LATIN AMERICAN FIELD COORDINATOR: Dave Keller 
MENTAL SKILLS PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Josh Lifrak 
MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Darnell McDonald 
LATIN AMERICAN MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Raymond Fuentes 
IOWA: Marty Pevey (Manager) , Mike Cather (Pitching Coach), Brian Harper (Hitting Coach), and Leo Perez (Assistant Coach)
TENNESSEE: Buddy Bailey (Manager), Storm Davis (Pitching Coach), Desi Wilson (Hitting Coach), and Guillermo Martinez (Assistant Coach)
MYRTLE BEACH:  Mark Johnson (Manager), David Rosario (Pitching Coach), Mariano Duncan (Hitting Coach), and Chris Gutierrez (Assistant Coach) 
SOUTH BEND: Jimmy Gonzalez (Manager), Brian Lawrence (Pitching Coach), Jesus Feliciano (Hitting Coach), and Osmin Melendez (Assistant Coach) 
EUGENE: Gary Van Tol (Manager), Anderson Tavares (Pitching Coach), Ricardo Medina (Hitting Coach), and Terrmel Sledge (Assistant Coach)
AZL CUBS: Carmelo Martinez (Manager), Ron Villone (Pitching Coach), Oscar Bernard (Hitting Coach), and Ty Wright (Assistant Coach)
MESA REHAB: Rick Tronerud (Pitching Coach) and Nate Maldonado (Assistant Coach)
DSL CUBS: Juan Cabreja (Manager), Armando Gabino (Pitching Coach), Claudio Almonte (Hitting Coach), and Carlos Ramirez (Assistant Coach)
VSL CUBS: Pedro Gonzalez (Manager), Eduardo Villacis (Pitching Coach), Franklin Blanco (Hitting Coach), and Antonio Valerio (Assistant Coach) 
MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Nick Frangella 
ASSISTANT MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Chuck Baughman
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Scott Barringer (Iowa), Shane Nelson (Tennessee), Peter Fagan (Myrtle Beach), Jonathan Fierro (South Bend), Mike McNulty (Eugene), Toby Williams (AZL Cubs), Jose Alvarez (DSL Cubs), and Arnoldo Goite (VSL Cubs)
MINOR LEAGUE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR: Doug Jarrow 
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES: Ryan Clausen (Iowa), Mike Megrew (Tennessee), Jason Moriss (Myrtle Beach), Ed Kohl (South Bend), Ryan Nordtvedt (Eugene), Sean Folan (AZL Cubs), Tomas Sanchez (DSL Cubs), and Manny Estrada (VSL Cubs) 

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EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING: 58+2

NOTE: The Extended Spring Training (EXST) group (AKA "Eugene/Mesa") is formed during Minor League Camp. This group consists of players who are the replacement cadre for the full season affiliates, players deemed not ready for full-season leagues, and injured players.

PITCHERS: 36
Adbert Alzolay
Pedro Araujo
Jordan Brink
Jesus Camargo
Marcelo Carreno (INJURY REHAB - post-2013 shoulder surgery)
Jesus Castillo
Dylan Cease  (ACTIVE REHAB - 2014 TJS) 
Oscar de la Cruz
* Andin Diaz
Greyfer Eregua
Scott Frazier
David Garner
Trevor Graham 
Tanner Griggs
Luis Hernandez
Corbin Hoffner
John Michael Knighton 
Daniel Lewis 
Mark Malave (ex-C)
Dillon Maples
Brad Markey 
Trey Masek (INJURY REHAB - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yomar Morel
Erling Moreno (INJURY REHAB - 2014 TJS)
* Ariel Ovando (ex-OF)
* Jose Paulino
Hector Perez
Austin Reed (ACTIVE REHAB - 2014 TJS)
* Carson Sands 
Alex Santana
* Justin Steele
Michael Wagner
Ben Wells 
Austyn Willis
* Sam Wilson
Jose Zapata

CATCHERS: 7
Tyler Alamo (also has been playing 1B)
Eric Gonzalez
Tyler Pearson 
Jhonny Pereda
Will Remillard (INJURY REHAB) 
Miguel Rico (ex-3B)
Roberto Vahlis

INFIELDERS: 10+2
# Roney Alcala
* Danny Canela (INJURY REHAB)
# Varonex Cuevas
# Frandy de la Rosa
* Bryant Flete 
Carlos Jimenez
Joey Martarano (INACTIVE - attending college)
Adonis Paula 
Tim Saunders (ACTIVE REHAB)
* Carlos Sepulveda
Ho-Young Son 
* Logan Watkins (INACTIVE - torn achilles tendon) 

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Kevin Encarnacion (formerly a switch-hitter, he is now batting only LH)
Calvin Graves
Eloy Jimenez
Kevonte Mitchell
* Ricardo Marcano

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CUBS LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES

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 March. Players who have Spring Training at the Dominican Academy are eventually assigned to either the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad in Mesa in April and/or to one of the two Cubs Foreign-Rookie affiliates (DSL Cubs or VSL Cubs) when they commence league play in May.

Players SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE do not count against affiliate's reserve list until league Opening Day

DSL CUBS: 34

SS-FR

PITCHERS: 15
Assael Aquino
* Wander Cabrera (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Escanio
Junior Marte
Jose Morel
* Pablo Ochoa (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Chris Pieters 
Eury Ramos (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Santiago Rodriguez 
Andri Rondon
Aneuris Rosario
Pedro Silverio
Jesus Tejada (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Deibi Torres
Dilson Vasquez

CATCHERS: 3
Johan Matos 
Richard Nunez 
Raymond Pena (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)

INFIELDERS: 9
Jenner Emeterio
# Humberto Garcia 
# Fidel Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Rafael Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Jose Paniagua
# Yeiler Peguero (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Tony Rijo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
# Miguel Ruiz 
Franklin Tineo 

OUTFIELDERS: 7
# Roberto Caro 
Yovanny Cuevas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wander Felix (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
# Robert Garcia
Jose Jules (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
Samir Lara (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Ubiera


VSL CUBS: 37

SS-FR

PITCHERS: 23
Jesus Arias 
Andres Arteaga (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Harrinson Bermudez
* Andres Bonalde (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Alejandro Colorado
Enrique de los Rios
* Riger Fernandez (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Emilio Ferrebus (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Hector Garcia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Yapson Gomez 
Jose Leidenz
Gabriel Lima
Ivan Medina
* Angel Mejias
Bryan Molina (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Alex Pacheco 
* Eugenio Palma
Moises Ramirez
Juan Rengifo 
* Carlos Rodriguez 
Julio Sanchez
Freddy Tineo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Mauro Vides

CATCHERS: 1
Gustavo Polanco (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)

INFIELDERS: 8
Jhonny Bethencourt (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wladimir Galindo 
Francisco Garay (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Danny Gutierrez
Fidel Matos
# Andruw Monasterio 
Rafael Narea (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Henry Pedra

OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Luis Ayala 
Moises Colasante
Jose Gonzalez
Luis Hidalgo
Jose Rojas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)


 

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:10 pm

Quite a bit of activity at Minor League Camp as Spring Training winds down. 

At this point, rosters are being tweaked, with players sometimes directly exchanging slots to balance affiliate rosters going into the regular season.

All four of the "full season" affiliates (AAA Iowa, AA Tennessee, Hi-A Myrtle Beach, and Lo-A South Bend) must cut their Active Roster down to 25 by Minor League Opening Day Thursday 4/9, but the teams leave Arizona on Monday, so the rosters will probably be pretty much finalized by Sunday.   

IOWA: Active Roster stands at 28. OF John Andreoli has been moved back up to Iowa from Tennessee, and OF Pin-Chieh Chen goes back down to Tennessee from Iowa (they had changed places just a couple of days ago). Also, RHRP Tony Zych has been released, and LHRP Francisley Bueno and RHRP Daniel Bard have not been on the field this week (present status unknown). 

TENNESSEE: Active Roster stands at 28. Catchers Willson Contreras and Erick Castillo have been moved up to Tennessee from Myrtle Beach, and C-INF Ben Carhart and OF Kevin Brown move down to Myrtle Beach from Tennessee. Also, RHRP Justin Amlung and LHRP Austin Kirk have been released, and RHRP Jose Rosario has not been on the field this week (present status unknown). 

MYRTLE BEACH: Active Roster stands at 28. 2B Andrew Ely and C-1B Alberto Mineo have been moved up to Myrtle Beach from South Bend, INF David Bote and C-INF Jordan Hankins have been moved down to South Bend from Myrtle Beach, and RHRPs Brad Markey, Michael Wagner, and Ben Wells have been sent to Extended Spring Training from Myrtle Beach. Also, RHRP Lars Huijer has not been on the field this week (present status unknown).

SOUTH BEND: Active Roster stands at 27. OF Charcer Burks has been moved back up to South Bend from Extended Spring Training, and RHPs Scott Frazier, David Garner, Trevor Graham, Tanner Griggs, Corbin Hoffner, and Dillon Maples, and LHP Sam Wilson have been sent to Extended Spring Training from South Bend. Also, INF Tanner Witt has been released.  

EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING: Active Roster stands at 58, but there is no roster limit at Extended Spring Training. 

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:40 pm

Mark Zagunis, ex-C AZ Phil: MZ No longer catching? Doesn't that hurt his prospect status?

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Submitted by Arizona Phil on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:23 pm

CUBSTER: Mark Zagunis is a good hitter, an excellent baserunner with plus-speed, and he has a plus-arm and looked very good in the outfield at Instructs last Fall. He also is an offense-first catcher with below-average defensive skills behind the plate (other than his arm), and (unlike Kyle Schwarber) he does not display the passion to be a catcher that would be needed to make himself into a decent receiver. So I suspect the Cubs see Zagunis as a legitimate outfield prospect, and that since he would seem to be a longshot to ever make it as a catcher, why waste time playing him there? 

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:49 pm

Tyler Colvin opts out of his Marlins contract. I suspect he is looking to have dinner with Ty Griffin, Earl Cunningham, Ryan Harvey, Hayden Simpson and Mark Pawelek

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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:03 pm

Colvin would have to pick up the tab, Cubster. He had a couple of pretty good seasons in 2010 and 2012 (Colorado). He does have 49 HRs in the majors. The last couple of seasons, I think he's had back problems. None of the other guys you mention sniffed triple-A. Cunningham, Pawelek and Simpson maxed out at A+.

Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:14 pm

hamilton NOT getting suspended via arbitrator suggestion. MLB not happy about it and will probably try to address it in some way. interesting. fwiw, he turned himself in before testing positive for a drug of abuse (non-performance enhancing)...so it's in weird territory.

Submitted by Cubster on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:37 pm

Drake Britton clears waivers and goes to Iowa. Clears a 40 man roster spot too. Does that mean Herrera is going to be added and made the 25 man roster? Sweeney vs Szczur all that remains to be answered?

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Submitted by crunch on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:13 pm

largest FA deal in twins history...hell of a hit for a small market team who already spent more money than they should have on mauer (though the twins keep their loot his part of the suspension, btw). e.santana doesn't deny he tested positive, but he's denying he did it on purpose and has no idea how he got it in his system. he's willing/ready to start his suspension and get it over with.

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Submitted by Sonicwind75 on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:00 pm

I've always found it a little weird that the clubs are let off the hook on the salary. I recommend that the salary of the suspension should go to the league and be used for drug education, testing research and prevention fund. It would make the clubs have a more vested interested in signing and maintaining clean players. Also, it would eliminate the awkward situation such as A-Rod and now Josh Hamilton where the club is hoping the league levies a longer suspension just so the team can save some money on a bad contract. It doesn't apply to Santana situation, but usually the club has benefited from the chemically enhanced performance, so they should carry a burden of the financial penalty.

Submitted by John Beasley on Fri, 04/03/2015 - 04:22 pm

Respect for Montreal. They are supporting the Jays, a LONG standing-o for Martin, and filling stadium for two meaningless games against Cincinnati just begins to describe it. People who know better than I state that it's a major league market. I saw enough empty Expos games on TV to doubt it, but I may be starting to believe.

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    bleh.

    at least MIL has lost the past 2 nights, too.

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    Folks, I've known Richard Lovelady since he was an 18 yr old Freshman at East Ga State College in Swainsboro, Ga.

    I was the WBB Coach at EGSC and Richard was their prize recruit from outside of Hinesville, Ga.

    My roommate was the Pitching Coach there.

    Richard showed up a skinny, loose lipped, 83mph Lefty. Pretty good basketball player actually. 

    My roommate became the head coach.

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    He's a legit good guy.

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    Tim. Thanks for remembering Lee Elia Day. It will always be one of the most epic rants in all sports.  It took about 3 seconds to recognize him from your picture but I  did get it right. 

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