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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 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

All-star Break/Game

The most-needed break ever.

Comments

Glad to hear that Jake is leaning towards not pitching in the All-Star game.

Me too as long as it's not injury related. He's just been off for a while now and hope some extra rest will help. Hell I'd be happy if no Cubs were playing though I am enjoying Cardinals anger at so many Cubs and no Yadi.

AZ PHIL- Do you know why Jose Albertos and newly drafted Tyler Peyton and Stephen Ridings were placed on 60-DL? Tommy John in the future for any of them or other surgeries??

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In reply to by cubbies.4ever

To expand....I'll ask in this thread since it's more likely to be seen....Thanks for the Albertos update the other day. I was wondering if you got to see any of Faustino Carrera, Brailyn Marquez, Yunior Perez, or Carlos Ocampo if/when any of them were in AZ for offseason training or EXST?

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In reply to by KingKongvsGodzilla

KING KONG v. GODZILLA: Faustino Carrera,  Brailyn Marquez, Yunior Perez, and Carlos Ocampo were not at Minor League Camp or Extended Spring Training this year, or at Instructs post-2015, so all four have yet to make their U. S. debut. 

Here are the position players & pitchers who were at EXST: 

link 

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In reply to by cubbies.4ever

CUBBIES 4 EVER: I don't know (yet) why Albertos was shut-down and I haven't seen Peyton or Ridings so I don't if they are injured and if so what the injury/injuries might be.  

Since the AZL season only runs through the end of August, any July injury (even a hamstring or oblique) would probably be season-ending for a pitcher (though maybe not so much for a position player), but it would not necessarily preclude the pitcher from participating in post-2016 Instructs (again, depending on the nature of the injury).

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

ok, because Basball America has them all being put on the 60-DL in their latest transaction page, which I had found rather odd since Peyton nor Ridings hs thrown a pitch in a game. Drafties all the time don't touch minor league action the year they were drafted so being out on injury report before throwing a pitch? Don't know.

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In reply to by cubbies.4ever

CUBBIES-4-EVER: When a club signs a player selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft), the player must be either placed on an Active List or DL of a minor league affiliate within 15 days.

Even with Peyton and Ridings going on the DL, the Cubs still have more than a dozen draft picks (Hatch, Miller, Bailey, Robinson, Mekkes, Carter, Cammack, Huberman, Swarmer, Freeman, Zinn, Davis, andf Filotei) who will need to be added to a minor league roster in the coming days, and there are only maybe ten open roster slots presently available (combined) between AZL Cubs and Eugene (and no slots available at any of the four full-season afiliates). 

So the minor league rosters are a bit of a tight squeeze right now, and any of the draft picks who won't be able to play or pitch right away (or at least fairly soon) will probably get placed on the DL. 

It's interesting that during Spring Training and Minor League Camp, the roster pressure is top-down (from above), with players cut from the MLB Spring Training squad getting sent down to Minor League Camp, and then players at Minor League Camp are moved down from the Iowa squad to the Tennessee squad, the Tennessee squad to the Myrtle Beach squad, etc (or released), as additional players are cut from the MLB Spring Training roster.

But this time of year, the roster pressure is bottom-up (from below), with draft picks getting assigned to one of the two short-season affiliates, and once those rosters are full, other players get promoted or released to clear roster space at Eugene and AZL Cubs. 

The Cubs have already released OF Alex Bautista and OF Ricardo Marcano from Eugene and INF Sutton Whiting from South Bernd, and LHP Justin Steele, RHP Tommy Nance, C-1B Alberto Mineo, SS Andruw Monasterio, and RHP Tanner Griggs were moved-up to full-season affiliates from Eugene or AZL Cubs, and I would expect a few more to either get released or promoted before too long as well. 

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

Thanks for the info. This just might prove that there's too many players on each teams total rosters with all the Latino kids and do you really need 40 round draft. I know they recently cut it back from 50 round. I realize that you only sign about 25 or so of them. but that alone is another full team every year. - NBA has 2 rds (understandable) so few spots no real minors (D-Leagues) - NFL has 7 rds same few spots, no minors (10 man practice squad) - NHL has 7 rounds and they have minors, college, europe, and junior leagues to control players rights. Not saying MLB only needs 7, but 40 seems like too many. There's got to be a happy medium. So many players stuck in AZ.

Nathan's Hot Dog Watch: 3 up/3down tonight. Chattanooga Top of the 8th Pitching Change: Joe Nathan replaces Juan Paniagua. Niko Goodrum grounds out, second baseman Ian Happ to first baseman Gioskar Amaya. Stuart Turner flies out to left fielder Kelly Dugan. Engelb Vielma flies out to center fielder Trey Martin.

B. Zobrist B. Harper K. Bryant W. Myers (DH) B. Posey A. Rizzo M. Ozuna C. Gonzalez A. Russell J. Cueto (SP) J. Altuve M. Trout M. Machado D. Ortiz (DH) X. Bogaerts E. Hosmer M. Betts S. Perez J. Bradley Jr. C. Sale (SP)

I don't want to rain on anybody's parade. And I love the Contreras kid. But is it a total coincidence that our pitching fell apart after he joined the team? His Catcher's ERA is 5.23, far higher than Ross or Montero.

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In reply to by Tito

On the plus side, he has caught Hendricks since he came up. Kyle has given up 2 ER in 19 innings since that time. The Cubs defense also has not been sharp during the slump -- throwing to wrong bases, not turning DPs, Baez running the runner back to 2nd instead of turning 2, etc. Clearly, he has work to do behind the plate in terms of receiving and blocking. But, I think (hope) that a lot of the runs given up recently have been the result of a total team slump.

Completely unrelated to anything: bizmarquis suggested offline (well, different-online) that we do an All-Star Game Parachat.  I'll be there and hope you will too. 

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    ...and a madrigal "non-error" leads to a sac fly for a tie game.  nice.

    having a ball clank off your glove, but still getting it count as a hit because it was hit hard is a nice stats gift.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    For sure. This lineup isn’t exactly stacked as is, and subbing out a Cooper or even a Tauchman for Madrigal won’t do it any favors.

  • crunch (view)

    the ESPN bottom graphic taking up 1/8th of the screen sucks.

    i only use ESPN during baseball season and i'm forced to watch a baseball broadcast designed to be broadcast in sports bars and betting parlors where the news/scores of other games is as important as what you're actually tuned in to watch.

  • crunch (view)

    morel triple to start the season....yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    LHP Blake Weiman appears to have been the last cut from the AAA Iowa roster. He is with the Tennessee group at Minor League Camp.

     

  • crunch (view)

    bruce bochy is hobbling rather badly for a guy who's had 2 hip replacements.  his gait is extremely wonky taking the lineup card to the ump.

  • crunch (view)

    yeah, for me this isn't about who's better at 3rd.  it's madrigal, period.  for me it's about who's not hitting in the lineup because madrigal is in the lineup.

    occasional play at 3rd for madrigal, okay.  going with the steele/ground-ball matchup...meh, but okay, whatever.

    seeing madrigal get significant starting time...no thanks.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Yeah I am very disappointed Madrigal is starting. He has no business as a starter. He is AAA insurance, a back up at best. Sure his defense looks fine because he plays far enough in that his noodle arm isn’t totally exposed. It comes at the cost of 3B range.

    He’s garbage, and a team serious about winning would NOT have him starting opening day.

  • crunch (view)

    in other news, it took 3 PA before a.rizzo got his 1st HBP of the season.

  • Eric S (view)

    With two home runs (so far) and 5 rbi today … clearly Nick Martini is the straw that stirs the Reds drink 😳