Cubs Depth Chart
LAST UPDATED: 5-20-2013
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| Pos. | CUBS | IOWA | TENNESSEE | DAYTONA | KANE COUNTY | ||
| C | Welington Castillo/Dioner Navarro | J. C. Boscan/Luis Flores | Rafael Lopez/Jair Fernandez | Chadd Krist/Chad Noble/Taylor Davis | Willson Contreras/Yaniel Cabezas/Carlos Escobar | ||
| 1B | Anthony Rizzo | Brad Nelson | Tim Torres | Dustin Geiger | Dan Vogelbach/Rock Shoulders | ||
| 2B | Darwin Barney | Logan Watkins/Brent Lillibridge | Roni Torreyes/Jonathon Mota | Tim Saunders | Gioskar Amaya | ||
| 3B | Luis Valbuena/Cody Ransom | Josh Vitters/Ian Stewart | Christian Villanueva | Ben Carhart | Jeimer Candelario | ||
| SS | Starlin Castro | Donnie Murphy/Edwin Maysonet | Arismendy Alcantara/Elliot Soto | Javier Baez/Wes Darvill | Marco Hernandez/David Bote | ||
| LF | Alfonso Soriano/Ryan Sweeney | Dave Sappelt | Ty Wright | John Andreoli/Taiwan Easterling | Pin-Chieh Chen | ||
| CF | David DeJesus/Julio Borbon | Brett Jackson | Matt Szczur | Zeke DeVoss | Oliver Zapata | ||
| RF | Nate Schierholtz/Scott Hairston | Brian Bogusevic/Darnell McDonald | Rubi Silva/Anthony Giansanti | Jorge Soler | Bijan Rademacher | ||
| Starting Pitchers | |||||||
| 1 | Jeff Samardzija (R) | ||||||
| 2 | Edwin Jackson (R) | ||||||
| 3 | Travis Wood (L) | ||||||
| 4 | Scott Feldman (R) | ||||||
| 5 | Carlos Villanueva (R) | ||||||
| IOWA | Chris Rusin (L), Brooks Raley (L), Nick Struck (R), Barret Loux (R), and Guillermo Moscoso (R) | ||||||
| TENN | Alberto Cabrera (R), Eric Jokisch (L), Kyle Hendricks (R), Dallas Beeler (R), and Matt Loosen (R) | ||||||
| DAYT | Austin Kirk (L), Ben Wells (R), Zach Cates (R), P. J. Francescon (R), Yeiper Castillo (R), and Kyler Burke (L) | ||||||
| KANE | Pierce Johnson (R), Dillon Maples (R), Tayler Scott (R), Michael Heesch (L), and Jose Rosario (R) | ||||||
| Relief Pitchers | |||||||
| 1 | Kevin Gregg (R) | ||||||
| 2 | Kyuji Fujikawa (R) | ||||||
| 3 | James Russell (L) | ||||||
| 4 | Carlos Marmol (R) | ||||||
| 5 | Shawn Camp (R) | ||||||
| 6 | Hector Rondon (R) | ||||||
| 7 | Michael Bowden (R) | ||||||
| IOWA | Blake Parker (R), Rafael Dolis (R), Zach Putnam (R), Hisanori Takahaski (L), Yoanner Negrin (R), Esmailin Caridad (R), and Casey Coleman (R) | ||||||
| TENN | Trey McNutt (R), Marcus Hatley (R), Tony Zych (R), Zac Rosscup (L), Frank Batista (R), Brian Schlitter (R), Kevin Rhoderick (R), and A. J. Morris (R) | ||||||
| DAYT | Jeff Lorick (L), Austin Reed (R), Hunter Cervenka (L), Luis Liria (R), Sheldon McDonald (L), Eduardo Figueroa (R), and Frank del Valle (L) | ||||||
| KANE | Eddie Orozco (R), Nathan Dorris (L), Steve Perakslis (R), Jeffry Antigua (L), Justin Amlung (R), Ian Dickson (R), Brian Smith (L), and Lendy Castillo (R) | ||||||
| EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING | |||||||
| P | Hunter Ackerman (L), Paul Blackburn (R), Tyler Bremer (R), Dayan Diaz (R), Jorge Diaz (R), Ethan Elias (R), Juan Francisco (R), Mike Hamann (R), Corbin Hoffner (R), Matt Iannazzo (L) Trey Lang (R), Erick Leal (R), Chang-Yong Lim (R), Chad Martin (R), Carlos Martinez (R), Angel Mejias (L), Loiger Padron (R), Starling Peralta (R), Anthony Prieto (L), James Pugliese (R), Jasvir Rakkar (R), Carlos Rodriguez (L), Orbandy Rodriguez (R), Alexander Santana (R), Larry Suarez (R), Daury Torrez (R), Duane Underwood (R), Luis Villalba (L), and David Villegas (L) - REHAB: Daniel Adrian (R), Scott Baker (R), Marcelo Carreno (R), Gerardo Concepcion (L), Josh Conway (R), Carlos Gutierrez (R), Michael Jensen (R), Jin-Young Kim (R), Andrew McKirahan (L), Ryan McNeil (R), Armando Rivero (R), Ryan Searle (R), and Casey Weathers (R) | ||||||
| C | Erick Castillo, Justin Marra, Alberto Mineo, Wilfredo Petit, Rony Rodriguez, Neftali Rosario, and Lance Rymel - REHAB: Steve Clevenger and Jose Morales | ||||||
| INF | Luis Acosta (3B), Frandy de la Rosa (SS), Jose Dore (1B), Jesse Hodges (3B), Danny Lockhart (2B), Mark Malave (3B), Carlos Penalver (SS), Jacob Rogers (1B), Francisco Sanchez (SS), and Brad Zapenas (2B) - REHAB: Greg Rohan (1B) | ||||||
| OF | Albert Almora (CF), Jeffrey Baez (RF), Yasiel Balaguert (RF), Xavier Batista (RF), Roberto Caro (CF), Rashad Crawford (CF), Shawon Dunston Jr (CF), Kevin Encarnacion (RF), Reggie Golden (LF), Trevor Gretzky (LF), Dong-Yub Kim (LF), and Garrett Schlecht (LF) - REHAB: Trey Martin (CF) | ||||||
| DSL CUBS | |||||||
| P | Gilberto Abreu (R), Pedro Araujo (R), Jesus Baldayaque (R), Jonathan Bautista (R), Pedro Brazoban (R), Enger Cabreja (R), Michael de la Cruz (R), Warner Eusebio (L), Frailyn Figueroa (L), Alexander Frias (R), Enyel Gonzalez (R), Luis Guillen (R), Jeffry Hernandez (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Eric Martinez (R), Hendry Mercado (R), Yomar Morel (R), Juan Carlos Paniagua (R), Jose Paulino (L), Jesus Pereyra (R), Hector Perez (R), Amalio Reyes (R), Alexander Castro (R), Oscar de la Cruz (R), Wagner Disla (R), Luis Hernandez (R), Carlos Llano (R), Jose Morel (R), Jesus Perez (L), Dilson Vasquez,(R), and Jose Zapata (R) | ||||||
| C | Steven de la Cruz, Jhonny Pena, Carlos Ramirez, and Antonio Valerio | ||||||
| INF | Varonex Cuevas (2B), Jenner Emeterio (SS), Antonio Gonzalez (2B), Carlos Montero (3B), John Ortega (2B), Dalfis Ortiz (2B), Adonis Paula (3B), and Jeffry Puente (1B) | ||||||
| OF | Edwin Contreras (RF), Enderson Mercedes (RF), Jose Paniagua (LF), and Shamiel Ubiera (RF) | ||||||
| VSL CUBS | |||||||
| P | Adbert Alzolay (R, Harrinson Bermudez (R), Francisco Carrillo (R), Jesus Castillo (R), Javier Castro (R), Augusto Colina (L), Alberto Diaz (L), Greyfur Eregua (R), Manuel Fuentes (L), Victor Garcia (L), Yomar Pacheco (R), Chris Pieters (L), Brohiglyn Rivero (R), Victor Salazar (R), Ramon Valera (R), and Mauro Vides (R) | ||||||
| C | Leonardo Gonzalez, Jhonny Pereda, Roberto Vahlis, and Eufran Vargas, and | ||||||
| INF | Roney Alcala (1B), Bryant Flete (2B), Humberto Garcia (2B), Danny Gutierrez (SS), and Miguel Rico (3B) | ||||||
| OF | Delbis Arcila (RF), Arnaldo Calero (CF), Martin Hodwalker (RF), and Ricardo Marcano (LF) | ||||||
| INACTIVE LISTS | |||||||
| CUBS | C-IF Steve Clevenger (oblique) is on 60-day DL (4/14), RHP Scott Baker (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/31), RHP Matt Garza (lat) is on 15-day DL (retro to 3/22), and RHP Arodys Vizcaino (2012 TJS) is on 60-day DL (3/27) | ||||||
| IOWA | RHP Jaye Chapman (hip), RHP Carlos Gutierrez (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), RHP Chang-Yong Lim (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Marcos Mateo (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Casey Weathers, INF Junior Lake (rib), and IF-OF Greg Rohan (back surgery) are on 7-day DL | ||||||
| TENN | RHP Dae-Eun Rhee, 1B Justin Bour (broken wrist), OF Johermyn Chavez, and OF Jae-Hoon Ha (back) are on 7-day DL, and INF Carlos Figueroa is INACTIVE (player-coach) | ||||||
| DAYT | RHP Marcelo Carreno, RHP Dayan Diaz, RHP Michael Jensen, RHP Ryan Searle (elbow), RHP Larry Suarez, RHP Yao-Lin Wang, and INF Steve Bruno are on 7-day DL, and C Nate Maldonado is INACTIVE (player-coach) | ||||||
| KANE | RHP Jose Arias (elbow), LHP Gerardo Concepcion (illness), LHP Andrew McKirahan (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Felix Pena, INF Brad Zapenas (2012 shoulder surgery rehab), OF Albert Almora (broken hand), and OF Trey Martin (left shoulder surgery) are on 7-day DL, and INF Kenny Socorro is INACTIVE (player-coach) | ||||||
| BOIS | NONE | ||||||
| AZLC | NONE | ||||||
| DSLC | RHP Juancito de la Cruz, LHP Andin Diaz, RHP Antonio Encarnacion, and RHP Pedro Silverio are on RESTRICTED LIST (all four PED suspensions) | ||||||
| VSLC | NONE | ||||||
Great update Phil. It is appreciated. Great to see the hitting over the last ten games. Looks like some of these guys are coming around.
I see Feldman and DeJesus as the most tradeable assets, with Shierholtz somewhere behind them, and the asking price for Garza being more than teams want to give up by a pretty good margin. Garza would still be likely to bring back the best haul, though. I mean, even in a good year, what are you really willing to give up for a Feldman or DeJesus?
It appears that Albert Almora is on his way to Kane County.
r.vogelsong (SF) broke the hell out of his pitching hand getting HBP on a swing tonight. the trainer threw a towel over his hand as soon as he saw it...already scheduled for surgery tomorrow...expected to miss 6 weeks.
True.
just when you think the Cubs are starting to look like a major league team, they go and lose 2 of 3 at home to the Mets.
Scott Feldman though looking good as trade bait.
RIP St Rita alum and great musician
http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/20/ray-manzarek-dead-th...
grant balfour + live TV...what the hell was the MLB Network thinking?
he only let 1 swear fly (not bleeped)...that's about 3-4 times less than i expected.
as an aside...the worst SS i've ever seen in my life is/was bj upton.
words cannot describe how awful he was...it blows my mind he actually made it to AAA playing the position...and that he wasn't moved earlier in his minor league or AAA career. even when he wasn't making plays that would count as errors he was playing really bad SS.
they gave him an enormous amount of leeway trying to get him to stick at the position.
True, but if he's at least decent defensively, and could put up a .270/.350/.390
he'd be worth at least a utility spot.
Come on Soler, Almora and Baez!!!
That is kind of damming with faint praise. :)
That may be true. But is he any less of a prospect than Darwin Barney was?
Barney: .288/.337/.378 in the minors, 35/45 steals 1724 PA's
Watkins:.281/.372/.389, 88/124 steals, 2205 PA's
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/170...
It seems unlikely to me that Watkins will be able to keep up his walk totals in the majors, which kind of makes him a non-prospect.
Per the Baseball Cube (http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/profile.asp...), Derek played the part of two seasons in A ball. He had 56 erros in 128 games in 1993, and 9 errors in 11 games in 1992.
I remember a conversation at TCR years ago with reference to Starlin's propensity for errors, and it was brought up that Jeter once committed 59 in A ball. It was a mini-point of discussion because different sources were reporting the number as either 59 or 159, but it was determined to be 59. Edit: I guess it was 56, funny we both thought of the same thing.
Not sure if it is a record, but in 1993 at Greenboro Derek Jeter had 56 errors.