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40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus two players are 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 4-18-2024
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Colten Brewer
Ben Brown
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
Jameson Taillon 
Keegan Thompson
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# Ian Happ
Seiya Suzuki
* Mike Tauchman 

OPTIONED: 12 
Kevin Alcantara, OF 
Michael Arias, P 
Pete Crow-Armstrong, OF 
Jose Cuas, P 
Brennen Davis, OF 
Porter Hodge, P 
* Luke Little, P 
* Miles Mastrobuoni, INF
* Matt Mervis, 1B 
Daniel Palencia, P 
Luis Vazquez, INF 
Hayden Wesneski, P 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Seiya Suzuki, OF

15-DAY IL: 
* Justin Steele, P   

60-DAY IL: 2 
Caleb Kilian, P 
Julian Merryweather, P
 




Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

2011 Cubs Minor League Camp Roster Projections

Submitted by Arizona Phil on

The Cubs Minor League Camp officially opens at Fitch Park next Monday, although some of the minor league players have arrived early and are working-out under the supervision of the Cubs minor league managers and coaches who are not assigned as Spring Training Instructors with the MLB club.

The minor leaguers will initially be divided into four squads, Iowa (AAA), Tennessee (AA), Daytona (Hi-A), and Peoria (A), with a 5th squad (known at Minor League Camp as “Boise/Mesa”) forming in mid-March. The older and more-experienced players are usually assigned to the Iowa and Tennessee squads, even if it's fairly obvious that the player probably lacks the talent to remain at that level once the regular season begins.

The Boise/Mesa squad forms when the Cubs begin to send players from HoHoKam Park to Minor League Camp. Once this happens, there is a cascade of player movement downward as the Cubs send players to Minor League Camp, and player movement downward from the “big club” means that some of the players who were initially assigned to the Iowa squad will either get released or will be moved one level down to Tennessee, and that will cause some of the players who were initially assigned to the Tennessee squad to either get released or be moved down to the Daytona squad, and that will result in some of the players who were initially assigned to the Daytona squad either getting released or getting moved down to the Peoria squad, and then some of the players who were initially assigned to the Peoria squad will either get released or will be assigned to the Boise/Mesa squad, and it is the Boise/Mesa squad at Minor League Camp that eventually will become the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad at Fitch Park in April-May-June.

In addition, 70 Latin American minor leaguers are assigned to the Cubs Dominican Academy for Spring Training, and this group will eventually be split into two 35-man squads. These two squads (DSL Cubs #1 and DSL Cubs #2) will eventually become the Cubs teams that play in the Dominican Summer League. A few of the more-promising and most-ready DSL players will be brought up to Fitch Park at the end of Spring Training and will get assigned to the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad and (eventually) either the AZL Cubs or Boise.

Many of the Cubs minor league players are initially assigned one or sometimes two levels higher than where they are expected to eventually end up, but every now & then a player who was placed at a higher level than where he was expected to start the season has such a great Minor League Camp that he stays where he was initially assigned. The most famous example of that happening in recent years was in 2009, when 18-year old Starlin Castro was assigned to Daytona at the beginning of Minor League Camp, with the hope that he might eventually be able to break camp with the Peoria Chiefs club, but he was so impressive that he just stayed with Daytona and never looked back. But for this to happen, there has to be a clear path ahead at the player’s position, where he is not impeded (blocked) by another more-advanced or more highly-regarded prospect.

So here are the projected initial Cubs Minor League Camp rosters (155 players as things stand now), as well as the Cubs Dominican Academy roster (70 players), plus some other stuff. Again, keep in mind that these are just my projections, and as the Cubs send players down to Minor League Camp, the Minor League Camp rosters will change quite a bit.

* bats or throws left
# bats both

IOWA (38)

PITCHERS (21):
* Jeffrey Beliveau
Austin Bibens-Dirkx
* Ryan Buchter
David Cales
Marco Carrillo
Hung-Wen Chen
Ty’Relle Harris
Alessandro Maestri
Oswaldo Martinez
* J. R. Mathes
A. J. Morris
Craig Muschko
Jake Muyco
Mike Parisi
Blake Parker
* Brooks Raley
* Chris Rusin
Aaron Shafer
* Chris Siegfried
* Luke Sommer
* Polin Trinidad

CATCHERS (3):
Michael Brenly
* Blake Lalli
Jonathan Mota

INFIELDERS (8):
* Ryan Flaherty
# Marwin Gonzalez
D. J. Lemahieu
# David Macias
* Jake Opitz
Nate Samson
* Matt Spencer
* John Urick

OUTFIELDERS (6):
Smaily Borges
* Michael Burgess
* Kyler Burke
* Tony Campana
Evan Crawford
Ty Wright

TENNESSEE (39)

PITCHERS (22)
* Jeffry Antigua
Justin Bristow (2010 non-TJS elbow surgery rehab)
Manolin DeLeon
Yohan Gonzalez
Steve Grife
Marcus Hatley
Dylan Johnston
Su-Min Jung
Danny Keefe
Jordan Latham
* James Leverton
Robinson Lopez
* Jeff Lorick
Corey Martin
Jon Nagel (post-2010 non-TJS elbow surgery rehab)
Mike Perconte
Dae-Eun Rhee
Ryan Searle
Nick Struck
Larry Suarez
Brett Wallach
Robert Whitenack

CATCHERS (3):
Luis Flores
# Micah Gibbs
Jose Guevara

INFIELDERS (7):
* T. J. Baxter
* Justin Bour
* Matt Cerda
Junior Lake
Rebel Ridling
Greg Rohan
* Logan Watkins

OUTFIELDERS (7)
D. J. Fitzgerald
* Francisco Guzman
Jae-Hoon Ha
* Nelson Perez
* Alvaro Ramirez
Matt Szczur
# Jose Valdez

DAYTONA (39)

PITCHERS (22):
Frank Batista
Dallas Beeler
* Brent Ebinger
Eduardo Figueroa
* Cam Greathouse
* Casey Harman
* Graham Hicks
* Eric Jokisch
* Austin Kirk
Aaron Kurcz
Luis Liria
Matt Loosen
* John Mincone (post-2010 knee surgery rehab)
Tarlandus Mitchell
* Marcos Perez
Kevin Rhoderick
Carlos Rojas
* Zac Rosscup
Juan Yasser Serrano
Hayden Simpson
Alvaro Sosa (ex-C)
Joe Zeller

CATCHERS (3):
Yaniel Cabeza
Max Kwan
Chad Noble

INFIELDERS (8):
# Arismendy Alcantara
* Ryan Cuneo
Dustin Harrington
* Richard Jones
Pierre LePage
Brandon May
Jake McAloose
Elliot Soto

OUTFIELDERS (6):
Anthony Giansanti
Chris Huseby (ex-RHP)
Jesus Morelli
* Kyung-Min Na
Cody Shields
* Rubi Silva

PEORIA (38)

PITCHERS (21):
* Hunter Ackerman
Dustin Fitzgerald
* Cody Hams
Ryan Hartman
Alvido Jimenez
Jin-Young Kim
Hector Mayora
Amaury Paulina
Starling Peralta
Austin Reed
Eric Rice
Colin Richardson
Jhon Rodriguez
Melvin Rosa (2010 TJS rehab)
Jose Rosario
Bryce Shafer
* Brian Smith
Charles Thomas (ex-3B)
Tzu-An Wang
Yao-Lin Wang
Ben Wells

CATCHERS (3):
* Sergio Burruel
Carlos Romero
# Engel Santana

INFIELDERS (7):
Gioskar Amaya
# Vismeldy Bieneme
* Pin-Chieh Chen
Wilson Contreras
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Geiger
# Marco Hernandez

OUTFIELDERS (7):
* Delbis Arcila
Xavier Batista
Reggie Golden
Dong-Yub Kim (2010 shoulder surgery rehab)
Manuel Pestana (2010 shoulder surgery rehab)
Blair Springfield
# Oliver Zapata

BOISE/MESA (EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING)
TBD

DOMINICAN ACADEMY (70)

PITCHERS (39):
Gilberto Abreu
Jose Arias
* Adrian Aviles
Jane Bremon
Enger Cabreja
Javier Castro
* Augusto Colina
Willengton Cruz
* Alberto Diaz
Rafael Diplan
Antonio Encarnacion
* Carlos Galvez
Ramon Garcia
* Victor Garcia
Enyel Gonzalez
* Richard Leyba
Eric Martinez
Pedro Medina
* Jose Martinez
* Angel Mejias
Yomar Morel
Loiger Padron
Enyelberth Pena
Felix Pena
Roderik Pichardo
Amalio Reyes
Ramon Reyes
Santo Rodriguez
Victor Salazar
Julio Sanchez
Yilver Sanchez
Jean Sandoval
Alexander Santana
Deuris Severino
Wladimir Telles
Jose Tineo
Daury Torrez
Francisco Turbi
* Luis Villalba

CATCHERS (8):
# Erick Castillo
Johan Dejesus
Miguel Gonzalez
# Brian Inoa
Alex Pena
Felix Perez
# Wilfredo Petit
# Hector Suarez

INFIELDERS (12):
Joel Altagracia
# Jeimer Candelario
# Rafael Disla
# Antonio Gonzalez
Gregori Gonzalez
* Gabriel Jimenez
Carlos Montero
# Jose Montecino
Carlos Penalver
* Jefry Puente
# Jesus Rodriguez
Danny Sanchez

OUTFIELDERS (11):
Jeffrey Baez
* Manuel Barrios
* Franmi Cabrera
Jose Casilla
# Kelvin Encarnacion
Darlyn Figueroa
* Eduardo Gonzalez
Jasly Gonzalez
Enderson Mercedes
# Gregorio Robles
Rander Valdez

MLB EUROPEAN ACADEMY (1)
* Alberto Mineo, C (will probably attend AZ Instructs post-2011)

CUBS MINOR LEAGUERS DEPARTED LAST 12 MONTHS

TRADED:
Chris Archer, RHP (to TB)
Robinson Chirinos, C-INF (to TB)
Brandon Guyer, OF (to TB)
Hak-Ju Lee, SS (to TB)
Tony Thomas, 2B (to BOS)

RELEASED:
Yohan Astacio, 1B
Robert Bautista, INF
Todd Blackford, RHP
Melvin Camarena, OF-1B
Rogelio Carmona, RHP
Julio Castillo, RHP
Darlin Castro, RHP
Doug Cherry, 2B
Tim Clubb, RHP (see NOTE)
John Contreras, C-1B
Miguel Corletto, RHP
Alejandro Damian, OF
Runey Davis, OF
Diego Encarnacion, RHP
Denis Estrada, LHP
Carlos Figueroa, INF
Yonan Fuenmayor, C
Jesse Ginley, RHP
Guido Gomez, LHP
Gian Guzman, RHP
Derek Helenihi, 3B
Carlos Henry, SS
Albert Hernandez, OF
Robert Hernandez, RHP
Jason James, OF (see NOTE)
Dwayne Kemp, 2B (see NOTE)
Jeff Kennard, RHP (see NOTE)
Kevin Kreier, RHP (see NOTE)
Joel Lanfranco, RHP
Josh Lansford, RHP (signed with OAK)
Yamel Liria, C
Antoni Lugo, 3B
Garrett Maines, C (signed with TOR)
Toby Matchulat, RHP
Matt Matulia, INF
Dan McDaniel, RHP (signed with OAK)
Roneidy Mejia, RHP
Jadel Mendez, RHP
Kevin Millar, 1B (see NOTE)
Arismendy Mota, RHP
Dionis Nunez, RHP
Jeremy Papelbon, LHP
Ricardo Parra, C
David Patton, RHP
Juan Pena, 1B-3B
Julio Pena, RHP
Junior Pena, RHP
Melido Perez, 3B
Vince Perkins, RHP (see NOTE)
Jordan Petraitis, INF
Francoris Pineda, RHP
Andres Quezada, RHP
Gregory Reinhard, RHP (see NOTE) 
Albert Robles, RHP
Jovan Rosa, 1B-C (see NOTE)
Braulio Rosario, RHP
Abner Ruiz, LHP
Drew Rundle, LHP (signed with PHI as OF)
Dustin Sasser, LHP
Jacob Schmidt, RHP (see NOTE)
Kevin Soto, OF
Adam Spencer, RHP
Bobby Wagner, 1B-OF (see NOTE)
Ryne White, 1B (signed with PHI)
Josh Whitlock, RHP (see NOTE)
Sean Williams, OF
Hank Williamson, RHP
NOTE: Clubb, James, Kennard, Kreier, Millar, Perkins,  Reinhard, J. Rosa, Schmidt, Wagner, and Whitlock played independent minor league ball and Kemp played pro ball in The Netherlands after getting released by Cubs.

VOLUNTARY RETIRED
Jeff Vigurs, C (will be Grad Assistant Baseball Coach at Northeastern U.)

DECEMBER 2010 RULE 5 DRAFT
Casey Lambert, LHP (selected by BAL in AAA Phase)
Ronny Morla, RHP (selected by NYM in AAA Phase)

RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENT POST-2010:
Mitch Atkins, RHP (signed with BAL)
Russ Canzler, 1B-OF (signed with TB)
Jason Dubois (will be hitting coach at AZL Cubs)
Jeff Gray, RHP (signed with CHW)
Mark Johnson, C (will be manager at Boise)
Scott McClain, 3B (will be U. S. Scout for Hiroshima Carp)
Mario Mercedes, C
Mark Reed, C

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Comments

Submitted by Jumbo on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 02:40 am

Phil Given the Cubs system what do you think would be the best draft strategy for Wilkin? College power hitting first/third basement in round 1, then back to usual Wilkin type picks? Probably a stupid question but just wondering

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Submitted by Hrubes20 on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 02:40 pm

The most common thought is that you never draft for need in baseball. While it's obvious we lack corner infield power hitters in our system, we shouldn't look for one specifically, as it could lead to reaching. Essentially, you make your draft board and rank the players, and then you take what the draft gives you when your pick comes up. I obviously have no idea what Wilken's board would look like (and I doubt anyone could other than him) but you would have to think that the only hitters that have a chance at our pick right now are OFers like George Springer, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bubba Starling out of HS. This draft is extremely pitching heavy and boasts one of the deepest elite collegiate arm groups I have ever seen. There are at least 4-5 guys that would have been taken in front of Drew Pomeranz, the first collegiate pitcher taken last year at #5. It's actually probably closer to 7-8.

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 02:17 pm

Oakland's Daric Barton told him not to smile when he got to first base, but Garza couldn't help it. "I said, 'Dude, it's my first hit,'" Garza said. "He said, 'Just turn around and smile.' It's a good jumping off point." ---- lulz. also... "Today, my job was to get outs, and I got six of them," Garza said, "but not the way I wanted to go about it. It's spring, I wasn't throwing any breaking balls today, just fastballs and changeups. My location was off. "It's spring. At least the ball felt good coming out of my hand, it felt very explosive towards home plate. Everything that needs to be there is there. "I'm not too worried about numbers right now. I'm just trying to get after it and work up a little sweat, which is difficult in Arizona."

Submitted by crunch on Mon, 02/28/2011 - 02:08 pm

nothing like having k.wood on the mound after throwing to his first batter and gameday pausing without an update for 5+ minutes. -edit- gameday finally burps up all the missed action...and it's not too pretty. 1ip 3h 2er 0bb 2k...gives up a single, double, and triple

Recent comments

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    Indeed they do TJW!

    For the record I’m not in favor of solely building a team through paying big to free agents. But I’m also of the mind that when you develop really good players, get them signed to extensions that buy out a couple years of free agency, including with team options. And supplement the home grown players with free agent splashes or using excess prospects to trade for stars under team control for a few years. Sort of what Atlanta does, basically. Everyone talks about the dodgers but I feel that Atlanta is the peak organization at the current moment.

    That said, the constant roster churn is very Rays- ish. What they do is incredible, but it’s extremely hard to do which is why they’re the only ones frequently successful that employ that strategy. I definitely do not want to see a large market team like ours follow that model closely. But I don’t think free agent frenzies is always the answer. It’s really only the Dodgers that play in that realm. I could see an argument for the Mets too. The Yankees don’t really operate like that anymore since the elder Steinbrenner passed. Though I would say the reigning champions built a good deal of that team through free agent spending.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    The issue is the Cubs are 11-7 and have been on the road for 12 of those 18.  We should be at least 13-5, maybe 14-4. Jed isn't feeling any pressure to play anyone he doesn't see fit.
    But Canario on the bench, Morel not at 3B for Madrigal and Wisdom in RF wasn't what I thought would happen in this series.
    I was hoping for Morel at 3B, Canario in RF, Wisdom at DH and Madrigal as a pinch hitter or late replacement.
    Maybe Madrigal starts 1 game against the three LHSP for Miami.
    I'm thinking Canario goes back to Iowa on Sunday night for Mastrobuoni after the Miami LHers are gone.
    Canario needs ABs in Iowa and not bench time in MLB.
    With Seiya out for a while Wisdom is safe unless his SOs are just overwhelmingly bad.

    My real issue with the lineup isn't Madrigal. I'm not a fan, but I've given up on that one.
    It's Tauchman getting a large number of ABs as the de factor DH and everyday player.
    I didn't realize that was going to be the case.
    We need a better LH DH. PCA or ONKC need to force the issue in about a month.
    But, even if they do so, Jed doesn't have to change anything if the Cubs stay a few over .500!!!

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Totally depends on the team and the player involved. If your team’s philosophy is to pay huge dollars to bet on the future performance of past stars in order to win championships then, yes, all of the factors you mentioned are important.

    If on the other hand, if the team’s primary focus is to identify and develop future stars in an effort to win a championship, and you’re a young player looking to establish yourself as a star, that’s a fit too. Otherwise your buried within your own organization.

    Your comment about bringing up Canario for the purposes of sitting him illustrates perfectly the dangers of rewarding a non-performing, highly paid player over a hungry young prospect, like Canario, who is perpetually without a roster spot except as an insurance call up, but too good to trade. Totally disincentivizing the performance of the prospect and likely diminishing it.

    Sticking it to your prospects and providing lousy baseball to your fans, the consumers and source of revenue for your sport, solely so that the next free agent gamble finds your team to be a comfortable landing spot even if he sucks? I suppose  that makes sense to some teams but it’s definitely not the way I want to see my team run.

    Once again, DJL, our differences in philosophy emerge!

  • Dolorous Jon Lester (view)

    That’s just kinda how it works though, for every team. No team plays their best guys all the time. No team is comprising of their best 26 even removing injuries.

    When baseball became a business, like REALLY a business, it became important to keep some of the vets happy, which in turn keeps agents happy and keeps the team with a good reputation among players and agents. No one wants to play for a team that has a bad reputation in the same way no one wants to work for a company that has a bad rep.

    Don’t get me wrong, I hate it too. But there’s nothing anyone can do about it.

    On that topic, I find it silly the Cubs brought up Canario to sit as much as he has. He’s going to get Velazquez’d, and it’s a shame.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    Of course, McKinstry runs circles around $25 million man Javier Baez on that Tigers team. Guess who gets more playing time?

    But I digress…

  • Sonicwind75 (view)

    Seems like Jed was trying to corner the market on mediocre infielders with last names starting with "M" in acquiring Madrigal, Mastroboney and Zach McKinstry.  

     

    At least he hasn't given any of them a Bote-esque extension.  

  • Childersb3 (view)

    AZ Phil:
    Rookie ball (ACL) starts on May 4th. Do yo think Ramon and Rosario (maybe Delgado) stay in Mesa for the month of May, then go to MB if all goes "solid"?
     

  • crunch (view)

    masterboney is a luxury on a team that has multiple, capable options for 2nd, SS, and 3rd without him around.  i don't hate the guy, but if madrigal is sticking around then masterboney is expendable.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    I THINK I agree with that decision. They committed to Wicks as a starter and, while he hasn’t been stellar I don’t think he’s been bad enough to undo that commitment.

    That said, Wesneski’s performance last night dictates he be the next righty up.

    Quite the dilemma. They have many good options, particularly in relief, but not many great ones. And complicating the situation is that the pitchers being paid the most are by and large performing the worst - or in Taillon’s case, at least to this point, not at all.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Wesneski and Mastrobuoni to Iowa

    Taillon and Wisdom up

    Wesneski can't pitch for a couple of days after the 4 IP from last night. But Jed picked Wicks over Wesneski.

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