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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
 
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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 

 



 

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Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 4 hours ago (view)

    Because Jorge Alfaro somewhat surprisingly opted out on Monday (he had a contractual opt-out, but it was thought he would wait until his second opt-out on May 1st to elect free-agency), the Iowa Cubs left Arizona with just two catchers, so another catcher could be added to the I-Cubs roster prior to AAA Opening Day (catchers Pablo Aliendo and Caleb Knight were moved-down from AAA Iowa to AA Tennessee at Minor League Camp today).  

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 5 hours ago (view)

    Cubs 2023 3rd round draft pick INF Josh Rivera has been moved-up to AA Tennessee from Hi-A South Bend at Minor League Camp, and he will be the Smokies primary SS. So Josh Rivera and Cubs 2023 1st round pick INF Matt Shaw are the only two Cubs 2023 draft picks who will be starting the 2024 season at AA. 

    At present, RHSP Will Sanders (4th round), CF Brett Bateman (8th round), 1B Jonathon Long (9th round), RHRP Ty Johnson (15th round), and 1B Brian Kalmer (18th round) are the Cubs 2023 draft picks who are assigned to Hi-A South Bend.  

  • bradsbeard 3 days 7 hours ago (view)

    Don’t think Smyly should be too upset about the move to the pen. The Cubs did him a solid last year letting him start long enough to get those bonuses way past his effectiveness as a starter. 

  • crunch 3 days 9 hours ago (view)

    neris 89-91 on march 25th isn't exactly making me feel good about him this season.

    he's more of a 91-95 type.  other stuff is down, too, but not like the fastball.

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 9 hours ago (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Monday afternoons's Cardinals - Cubs game at Sloan Park:  

    JORDAN WICKS
    FB: 91-93
    CT: 88-90
    SL: 80-81 
    CH: 79-82
    CV: 77
    COMMENT: Pitched four innings and allowed just one run, although there was traffic on the bases in both the first and second innings (a walk and a double with two outs in the top of the 1st, and a lead-off four-pitch walk and two singles resulting in a run scoring in the 2nd)... retired the last eight batters he faced (F-9, F-9, F-7, F-8, K-swinging on a CH, 5-3 GO, K-swinging on a CH, and 5-3 GO... lost a tick off his FB velo in the 4th, but that's when he started throwing a higher percentage of strikes and began getting ground balls, so perhaps he has better command when he starts to tire?... faced 17 batters but threw a first-pitch strike to only seven of them... Pitches-per-Inning: 1ST: 24 pitches (13 strikes, no swing & miss) - 2ND: 15 pitches (8 strikes, no swing & miss) - 3RD: 14 pitches (9 strikes - three swing & miss, one on CH and two on FB) - 4TH: 16 (10 strikes - three swing & miss, two on CH and one on CT)... so he threw 69 pitches over the course of the four innings, but only 40 strikes (only 58% strikes)...  so I guess it looks like Steele starts the 2024 opener at Texas on Thursday, then after a day off on Friday Hendricks goes on Saturday, Wicks on Sunday, and Imanaga starts the home opener versus Colorado on Monday, and Assad goes on Tuesday?)....  

    DREW SMYLY
    FB: 92-94 
    SL: 80-82 
    CV: 77-80
    COMMENT: Threw a 1-2-3 15-pitch (ten strikes - one swing miss) 5th inning (F-8, 4-3 GO, 2-3 "swinging bunt"), as he ramps down from being a SP early in Spring Training to a RP now... and he can't be too happy about it, either, since there is $3M in potential performance bonuses available which are tied to IP (beginning at 110 IP, which he probably will not reach if he works strictly out of the pen in 2024)... 

    JOSE CUAS
    FB: 91-93
    CH: 85-86
    SL: 81-83 
    COMMENT: Came into the game in the top of the 6th protecting a 3-1 lead and surrendered a game-tying one-out two-run HR to ex-Cub Willson Contreras on a 2-1 FB... otherwise nibbled his way through the inning (K-looking, 1B, HR, K-swinging, 3-U)... threw 19 pitches (12 strikes - two swing & miss, one on a FB and one on a SL)...

    HECTOR NERIS:
    FB: 89-91 
    SL: 83 
    SPLIT: 78-81
    COMMENT: Came into the game in the top of the 7th with the score tied 3-3... allowed a single on his second pitch of the inning and a double on his third pitch... then labored to get an out (an RBI 4-3 GO) on a nine-pitch AB, before surrendering an RBI double on a breaking ball on pitch #16... needed 22 pitches (14 strikes - only one swing & miss - five foul balls) to get the two outs... it isn't that he doesn't throw strikes, it's that his stuff is marginal so he can't put hitters away, and so then it's just a matter of time before he gives up hard contact...   

    RICHARD LOVELADY
    FB: 91-92 
    SL:  84-87
    COMMENT: Relieved Neris with a runner at 2nd base and two outs and gave up consecutive singles before finally retiring the side on a K-looking on a 1-2 SL.. needed ten pitches (six strikes - no swing & miss) to get the one out...  

    MARK LEITER JR
    FB: 89-92 
    SPLIT: 85 
    CV: 74-75 
    COMMENT: Worked the top of the 8th and hurled a ten-pitch (six strikes - two swing & miss, both on FB) 1-2-3 inning (K-swinging on a 3-2 FB, a 6-4 GO, and an F-9)... threw mostly FB... hung a CV that was crushed for a near HR to the warning track in RF to end the inning... unless it hurts to throw it or he is worried that it will, Leiter seems to be holding back throwing his SPLIT until the regular season... Smyly and Leiter are sort of exact opposites, in that Smyly is a LHP who is much tougher on RH-hitters because everything he throws tails way from RH -hitters and into LH-hitters, whike Leiter is a RHP who is tougher on LH -hitters because he has a mediocre FB and SL but he gets swings & misses from lefty hitters with his SPLIT...    

    COLTEN BREWER
    FB: 94-96
    CUT: 92
    CH: 86-88
    CV: 80-82 
    COMMENT: Another 1-2-3 inning for Brewer (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a 3-2 CV, 4-3 GO)... threw 15 pitches (9 strikes - two swing & miss)... Brewer will be one of the mainstays in the AAA Iowa bullpen in 2024, and will likely see The Show before the end of the season... in fact I'd take him over Hector Neris right now...  

  • George Altman 3 days 10 hours ago (view)

    I grew up in a West Central IL town about 90 mIles North of St. Louis. My grade school class had 26 kids, of which 24 were Cardinal fans. Me and my best friend, Jim, were the only Cubs fans. We were teased and belittled beyond imagination.

    They are the most obnoxious, self-important, and know-it-all cocky fans EVER. I hate the team, their city, and every Cardinals' fan with the fire of a million suns.

    If they never won another game, it would be too soon.

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 11 hours ago (view)

    It was really weird (almost surreal) watching the Cubs play the Cardinals in a Spring Training game in Arizona. 

    And I can confirm without any doubt that Cardinals fans are every bit as obnoxious at a Cubs - Cardinals game in Mesa as they are at a Cubs - Cardinals game in St. Louis or Chicago. 

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 11 hours ago (view)

    The Cubs might bring Alexander Canario and Hayden Wesneski along with the rest of the team to Texas. They can be placed on the Taxi Squad for one day (Thursday), in case Ian Happ (recent hamstring issue) or Justin Steele (knee contusion) need to go onto the IL at the last minute. 

    If they are not needed, they can fly to Omaha to meet up with the rest of the Iowa Cubs for their AAA opener on Friday. 

    The Cubs could bring catchers Jorge Alfaro and/or Joe Hudson with them to Texas, too, and then they could join Canario and Wesneski on the flight to Omaha. 

    MLB TAXI SQUAD: 

    A club can recall a player ("position-player," "pitcher," or "two-way player") from a minor league Optional Assignment and place the player on its "Taxi Squad" for one day. If the player is not added to his club's MLB Active List by 3 PM (Eastern) the next day or at least three hours prior to the scheduled start of the next day's game (whichever is later), the player must be removed from the Taxi Squad and returned to his minor league assignment. A player on the Taxi Squad does not count against his club's MLB Active List or the minor league affiliate's active roster, and the player does not accrue MLB Service Time while on the Taxi Squad.

  • Arizona Phil 3 days 11 hours ago (view)

    Ian Happ looked totally lost at the plate versus LHPs today (when batting RH). 

    Also, Happ's throw from LF early in Monday's game on the RBI single had no carry, like he could not get his body into the throw. It was a VERY weak throw. 

  • Cubster 3 days 13 hours ago (view)

    Wesn and Canario optioned to Iowa