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Cubs Roster Info
2013 Cubs Roster
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Last updated 6-15-2013
Cubs Depth Chart
Cubs 40-Man Roster Info
MLB Rules Info
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40 players are on 40-MAN ROSTER (roster is full)
Four players are on 60-DAY DL (do not count against 40-man roster)
Three players are on 15-DAY DL
12 players have been optioned to the minors
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS (13)
Shawn Camp
Scott Feldman
Matt Garza
Kevin Gregg
Edwin Jackson
Carlos Marmol
Blake Parker
Henry Rodriguez
Hector Rondon
* James Russell
Jeff Samardzija
Carlos Villanueva
* Travis Wood
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CATCHERS (2):
Welington Castillo
# Dioner Navarro
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INFIELDERS (5):
Darwin Barney
Starlin Castro
Cody Ransom
* Anthony Rizzo
* Luis Valbuena
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OUTFIELDERS (5):
* Julio Borbon
* David DeJesus
Scott Hairston
* Nate Schierholtz
Alfonso Soriano
* Ryan Sweeney
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15-DAY DL (3):
* David DeJesus, OF
Rafael Dolis, P
Zach Putnam, P
60-DAY DL (4):
Scott Baker, P
* Steve Clevenger, C-IF
Kyuji Fujikawa, P
Arodys Vizcaino, P
OPTIONED (12):
Alberto Cabrera, P
* Brett Jackson, OF
Junior Lake, IF-OF
Trey McNutt, P
* Brooks Raley, P
* Chris Rusin, P
Dave Sappelt, OF
Jorge Soler, OF
Matt Szczur, OF
Christian Villanueva, 3B
Josh Vitters, 3B-1B
* Logan Watkins, INF
2013 Draft Signings
Cubs have $10,556,500 in draft pool money (and if they don't mind paying a a 75% tax on $527,825, they can go up to $11,084,325).
Players in bold have allegedly signed. Anyone after the 10th round signed for over $100K counts against their draft money.
If the player has yet to sign or there's no media report on the bonus, the third column is the recommened slot money.
For a good rumor thread on the signings, check out the Pro Sports Daily Forum.
| 1 | Bryant | $6,708,400 |
| 2 | Zastryzny | $1.1M/ -$262K under |
| 3 | Hannemann | $1M/ +$264K over |
| 4 | Skulina | $800K/ +$323K |
| 5 | Masek | $357,400 |
| 6 | Frazier | $267,600 |
| 7 | Garner | $200,400 |
| 8 | Wilson | $159,400 |
| 9 | Burks | $170K/ +$21.1K |
| 10 | Godley | $35K/ -$104K |
| 11 | Hankins | |
| 12 | Clifton | "3rd round money" |
| 13 | Graham | |
| 14 | Poncedeleon | |
| 15 | Wagner | |
| 16 | Brockmeyer | |
| 17 | Freeman | |
| 18 | Papaccio | |
| 19 | Remillard | |
| 20 | Blair | |
| 21 | McCauley | |
| 22 | Brown | |
| 23 | Ihrig | |
| 24 | Alamo | |
| 25 | Doi | |
| 26 | Pena | |
| 27 | Sciacca | |
| 28 | Renner | |
| 29 | Garcia | |
| 30 | Hermans | |
| 31 | Johnson | |
| 32 | Leach | |
| 33 | Madera | |
| 34 | Thompson | |
| 35 | Romano | |
| 36 | Campbell | |
| 37 | Martinez | |
| 38 | Brown | |
| 39 | Greene | |
| 40 | Riley |
2014 Draft Pick Order
(as of 6/17/13)
| Pick | Team | .PCT | GB |
| 1 | Miami | .309 | -- |
| 2 | Houston | .371 | 4 |
| 3 | Mets | .391 | 6 |
| 4 | Milwaukee | .412 | 7 |
| 5 | Cubs | .418 | 7.5 |
| 6 | White Sox | .424 | 8 |
| 7 | Dodgers | .426 | 8 |
| 8 | Angels | .435 | 8.5 |
| 9 | Seattle | .443 | 9 |
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it's $263,800 over slot ($736,200), they paid $261,900 under slot for Zastryzny, doesn't seem that crazy since he had some leverage. So far 4th rounder Skulina is the biggest overslot at $323K, although if 12th rounder Clifton did get "3rd round money", he'll probably net the biggest difference.
Bryant is probably going to come in under $6M, so Cubs should save there as well.
Also, the Cubs I'm sure will gladly pay the 75% tax if they go over by 5% or less, so it's more like $11,084,325 in bonus money.
damn...that's about 400-500K more than most people in round 3 have signed for so far.
it's pretty much early/mid 2nd round loot...and 100K less than the cubs very early 2nd round pick Z-nasty.
they also signed their 4th round pick for $800K...which is about 300-400K more than expected.
here's a tracker btw,
http://www.baseballamerica.com/draftdb/2013xteam.p...
"Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Wednesday that he expects David DeJesus (shoulder) to miss about a month."
Holy overpay Batman.
Jim Callis@jimcallisBA
#Cubs, 3rd-rder Jacob Hannemann agree on $1 million. Brigham Young OF/cornerback, VG speed, also bat, power & CF skills. #mlbdraft
Groan
Sandberg never made sense as a base coach because he was best going from third to second.
"The Houston Astros say they have signed right-handed pitcher Mark Appel of Stanford, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft earlier this month.
Terms were not disclosed Wednesday ahead of a news conference with Appel."
http://espn.go.com/mlb/draft/2013/story/_/id/94038...
Somebody e-mailed me to ask why Gerardo Concepcion is eligible for selection in the December 2013 Rule 5 Draft if he signed his first contract in March 2012.
Concepcion is eligible because any player who has been outrighted previously in his career is eligible for selection in all subsequent Rule 5 Drafts, even if he otherwise would not be eligible.
Have they changed the meaning of extend again? Kids these days, just when I've gotten used to bad meaning good.
The Cubs should extend Marmol now while he's in his little slump.
(Ducks)
A+
Cubs can build on that foundation of Sweeney and Ransom.
almost 9% of MLB players have ADHD/mental-health exemptions for amphetamine use (well more than the population average at large)...and the amount who use stimulants not on the banned list bumps that up quite considerably...from the ones who pound redbull to the ones taking the newest GMC stimulant(s) that hasn't appeared on the ban list (yet).
stimulants and baseball is the way it's done...from those who like to get pumped up before a game to those that are trying to deal with 200+ days of travel.
Hmmm...
"But whatever players put into their bodies today to fight fatigue, it no longer includes amphetamines — or at least it doesn't unless those players want to risk getting slapped with a stiff suspension."
hahahahahhaha...oh my...my sides...phew, good one.
Hitters swing at more bad pitches as the season goes on, and a group of scientists at Vanderbilt University believe it's because they're not sleeping long enough or well enough. http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/...