Cubs MLB Roster

Cubs Organizational Depth Chart
40-Man Roster Info

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

26 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors, one player is on the 15-DAY IL, and one player is on the 10-DAY IL

Last updated 3-28-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Ben Brown, P 
Alexander Canario, OF 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Keegan Thompson, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

Game 37 Thread / Cubs @ Mets (2 of 4)

Game Chat Carlos Zambrano vs. John Maine Lineups:
Theriot 2B Reyes SS
Floyd RF Chavez LF
Soriano LF Beltran CF
Ramirez 3B Delgado 1B
Ward 1B Wright 3B
Barrett C Green RF
Jones CF Lo Duca C
Izturis SS Easley 2B
Zambrano P Maine P
No official word on DeRosa, Lee or Fontenot yet. In other news, I was right on both of my lineup guesses for tonight. The Mets made it easy by going with the same lineup from last night. UPDATENear the bottom of this thread, you'll see a note from Bruce Miles saying that Rocky Cherry has been demoted and Mike Fontenot has been called up. This seems to jive with my theory that DeRosa and Lee will both miss a few games but not enough to put them on the disabled list.

Comments

hmmm... I am not sure that this job sitting in front of a computer all day is going to too productive if I always comment this often... BUT... When Lee and DeRosa gets back, this is the lineup that I would LOVE to see: Theriot - SS Lee - 1b Soriano - LF A-Ram - 3b Jones - CF (against RHP) Floyd/Murton - RF Barrett - C DeRosa - 2b Pitcher Against LHP Pagan plays Center and bats 8th, moving everyone else up. Until Lee re-develops his homerun power, he is currently an ideal #2 hitter - high average, high OBP, doubles power, speed, etc. The only thing you wouldn't have him to that a typical #2 hitter does is bunt, but bunting is overrated anyway, and LouPa doesn't seem to bunt too often, at least early on.

Man. There's some lard on the right side of the field, that's for sure. So Floyd whines about playing time and then gets some. Fine with me as long as he puts up some numbers. I'd make a crack about his defense but I just keep replaying Murton's "close the glove before the ball arrives" trick. Jones waaaaaaay down in the line up.

Game doesn't start for an hour, but I'm going to go all Coach Wes here for a minute because I already know what I'll be saying in the home half of the third: Z, GET YOUR CONFARNED ELBOW UP, DAWG GONE IT. QUIT SCREWING AROUND WITH THAT SIDEARMING LOLLYGAG CRAP AND THROW LIKE A MAN.

I would have won the pot 7-5 odds that Floyd gets the start tonight. Squeaky wheel gets the greasin and Floyd aint afraid to squeak to Lou. I honestly think this is who Lou was refering to when he told Girardi that playing vets keeps the clubhouse happy.

Floyd's started one game in the last week.... and Maine's been a little walk happy vs the lefties the last 2 years.

I don't think Lou was referring to anybody specifically. That's just the status quo on most teams. Vets expect to play at every level from indy ball all the way up to the bigs. Rookies don't get to complain about not playing because they are rookies. Veterans earn the right to ask for more AB's because they're veterans. Not saying that's the right way or the wrong way to go about it. That's just how it works.

Looking forward to how Zambrano has accepted Lou's comments on his mechanics. I know they tryed to correct him back in 2001 in Iowa.

Oh, and I don't know if this was mentioned in the fontenot thread or not (that really escalated quickly, too much to sift through), but here's this blurb from cubs.com: "With Mark DeRosa undergoing an MRI on his hand, infield prospect Mike Fontenot is being called up to join the big-league club."

Wes -- yep. I believe it's his ring finger what's been bothering him. Thanks for the copy/paste, though.

the mouthpiece on Josh Hamilton... The Cubs had no intention of drafting anyone in the Rule 5 Draft, and they didn't trade Hamilton, they traded their pick to the Reds. The Cubs didn't know who the Reds would select until they handed a Chicago official a slip of paper with his name. The Reds took a gamble on Hamilton; they've even hired someone full-time to keep an eye on him. that doesn't jive with any other story I read about it....

Still pissed me off Rob. I don't care if we picked him with express interest of trading him or not, we DIRECTLY and PURPOSEFULLY helped out a division rival. I would have told them to stick it. Maybe another team would have selected him and the Red would never had gotten the chance. I don't understand why we would do this.

well first I don't buy that story from Carrie one bit... Second, you don't piss of other GM's unless it's worth it. A sketchy Rule V pick isn't worth it. Adam Dunn is worth it.

Arm angle considerably better in the first inning for Big Z. Started to move back towards 3/4's in the second and he threw a couple in the happy zone. Seems much more compact mechanically as a whole, which is something I know he was working on.

Saw the last 6 innings of the Iowa Cubs game today. They were sloppy early on defensively. They rallied to tie in the bottom of the ninth, but left the bases loaded then when Chris Walker made a Neifi-like bunt, which the Sacramento catcher picked up and walked back to the plate for the force, with the runner still about 35 feet up the line. Felix Pie snuffed a rally in the top of the tenth with a great throw from center to the plate, turning a sacrifice fly into an inning-ending DP. Whatever his hitting problems, he sure looks good in center field. Mike Kinkade hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the tenth to send us home happy.

wheeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a hit with runners in scoring position! and hi carlos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1!!!111one1one!

all hail the salami a laugher now at 9-1. Come on Carlos, get some decent work in.

btw, i went to the game at shea last night.....was in traffic for the first two innings which basically means i saw the cubs lose 5-0, and no lee. blech. it was also damn cold and windy. going again tomorrow.....much more excited after this evening. the brewers got a gift out at the plate call on the phils in the bottom of the 8th, better not win by one.

Marshall has looked pretty good in Iowa. 2.16 era in just 16 innings but has been wild at times.

marshall's first two starts for iowa were solid; last one was a little wobbly...what's the consensus here on wade miller's future?

Although Wade Miller could well have a future with another MLB club desperate for a veteran rotation starter. It's called the Sidney Ponson Rule.

Recent comments

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.