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40-Man Roster Info

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

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Recent comments

  • crunch 6 days 22 hours ago (view)

    at this point i would be shocked if d.smith doesn't break with the club.  they've been giving him a lot of work lately and cooper's stock has been sliding a little bit.

    i'm not sure if i trust him to be more than what's he's been in his MLB career so far, but he's long been a target for the cubs front office and he's delivering this spring.

  • Arizona Phil 6 days 16 hours ago (view)

    Cubs AAA and AA played the Rockies AAA and AA in Mesa, Cubs Hi-A and Lo-A played the Rockies Hi-A and Lo-A on the backfields at Salt River Fields, and the Chicago Cubs played the Colorado Rockies in the MLB Cactus League game in the stadium at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, so the Cubs and Rockies certainly saw a lot of each other "top-to-bottom" today! 

    Cubs 2018 2nd round pick OF Cole Roederer with the game-winning three-run HR in the top of the 9th for the Cubs in the MLB game at SRF. 

    Roederer was promoted from the AA Tennessee squad to the AAA Iowa squad at Minor League Camp yesterday, replacing Brennen Davis. (Upward movement at Minor League Camp -- especially at this stage of Spring Training -- is very rare). 

    https://www.thecubreporter.com/2024-cubs-minor-league-camp-rosters

    Also, Roederer is eligible to be a minor league 6YFA post-2024, and some people may be surprised to learn that despite his slow climb through the Cubs organization pipeline, he is still considered to be an actual prospect by scouts. 

    Besides Roederer, other notable Cubs minor leaguers eligible to be minor league 6YFA post-2024 (if not added to the 40) are Cam Sanders, Pablo Aliendo, Kohl Franklin, Riley Thompson, Jake Slaughter, Eduarniel Nunez, Ezequiel Pagan, and Luis Devers.  

    https://www.thecubreporter.com/cubs-2024-rule-5-draft-and-minor-league-…

  • Arizona Phil 6 days 23 hours ago (view)

    One unintended consequence (or maybe it is an INTENTIONAL consequence?!) of moving Drew Smyly to the bullpen is that he almost certainly cannot reach his $3M in potential 2024 performance bonuses, since they are based on IP and start at 110 IP... 

    So if Smyly stays in the pen, the Cubs won't have to set aside the $3M in potential AAV from Smyly's performance bonus, and thus essentially have an additional $3M they can spend in 2024 AAA while still remaining under the CBT threshold. 

    $3M won't buy a lot, but it would make it easier to add a veteran or two like Cooper, D. Smith, Edwards, and/or Peralta to the 40.   

  • crunch 1 week ago (view)

    i am not a big fan of hiring big price tag managers, and counsell just blew the top line of that out of the water.

    that said, ross's short-leash bullpen management and his pinch hit/bench use didn't do it for me.  i'm happy for the change.  ross is a nice guy...great cubbie.  he will get standing O's any time he shows up at wrigley.

  • George Altman 1 week ago (view)

    I didn't really have any dislike of Ross, but I already like Counsel's managerial moves better:

    1. Morel at 3B
    2. Does not seem married to Madrigal in the lineup
    3. Isn't defense/gold glove lineup driven.
    4. Salary isn't driving lineup decisions (e.g. Smyly)
  • crunch 1 week ago (view)

    wicks and assad get the SP slots...smyly to the pen.

    that's 8 million dollars worth of management right there.

  • Arizona Phil 1 week ago (view)

    With David Bote having been sent to Minor League Camp today and with Patrick Wisdom and Nick Madrigal likely to begin the season on the 10-day IL (but really only seven days because the IL assignment can be backdated to three days prior to MLB Opening Day), that means Garrett Cooper, Dominic Smith, and Alexander Canario are in contention for two spots on the Cubs 26-man Opening Day roster, with Canario having a "leg up" because he is already on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster. 

    BTW, I am not including David Peralta (October 2023 left flexor tendon surgery) as a possibility to win a job on the Cubs Opening Day 26-man roster because he can't play OF yet and so he will almost certainly remain in the Rehab Throwing Program at Extended Spring Training, if he doesn't opt-out this weekend. 

    And as I have mentioned before, if Peralta exercises his opt-out on Friday but the Cubs don't want to lose him, they could select Peralta to the 40 by the 12 PM (Eastern) deadline on Sunday and then immediately place him on the MLB 60-day IL while he rehabs at EXST for 40 days (3/28 through 5/6) and then does an "official" Article XIX-C 20 day minor league rehab at AAA Iowa beginning on May 7th.   

    If the Cubs do that, the sequencing would have to be: 

    1. Place Caleb Kilian on the 60-day IL;
    2. Select David Peralta to the 40;  
    3. Place David Peralta on the 60-day IL;  
    4. Select Garrett Cooper or Dominic Smith to the 40.  

    This could all be done within about 30 seconds (or however fast the Cubs Basebal Operations person can type!). 

  • Arizona Phil 1 week ago (view)

    Childersb3: I have not seen Tyler Schlaffer pitch in any games yet. Some of the pitchers are "active" but are throwing only "live" BP because they are not considered "game ready."    

  • Childersb3 1 week ago (view)

    AZ Phil, T. Schlaffer is listed on TN's camp roster.  Have you seen him pitch, yet? I don't believe he's been in any game reports.

  • crunch 1 week ago (view)

    wonder how much ohtani lost betting on this game.