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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full), plus one player is 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 3-28-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 13
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
# 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 

10-DAY IL: 1 
Patrick Wisdom, INF 

15-DAY IL: 1 
Jameson Taillon, P 

60-DAY IL: 1 
Caleb Kilian, P 

 



 

Minor League Rosters
Rule 5 Draft 
Minor League Free-Agents

A Review of the Cubs 2013 Draft

Following on my Friday post on the 2012 draft, here is an overview of the Cubs 2013 draft and where the players are now. Here again it only shows those draft picks who signed with the Cubs and lists their draft number, current age, position, current organizational level, and a brief snapshot of their 2014 performance. Bryant is the headliner here; beyond him it was a pitching-heavy draft and many are moving steadily through the system with three reaching A+ by the end of the year, though one of those (Godley) was sent to the Diamonbacks in the Montero trade.

Round Player Position Current Age Current Level 2014 Comments
1 Kris Bryant 3B 22 AAA 325/438/661 combined in AA and AAA
2 Rob Zastryzny LHP 22 A+ 4.66 ERA in 23 GS at A+
3 Jacob Hannemann OF 23 A+ 251/315/368 combined in A and A+
4 Tyler Skulina RHP 22 A+ 3.21 ERA in 18 GS for A before late promotion to A+
5 Trey Masek RHP 22 A- Only pitched 3 innings before seaason-ending injury
6 Scott Frazier RHP 22 RK 14 ER in just 1.1 IP in the season
7 David Garner RHP 21 A 3.82 ERA and 10.6 SO/9 combined in A- and A
8 Sam Wilson LHP 22 A- 3.62 ERA and 11.1 SO/9 in 32 IP
9 Charcer Burks OF 19 A- 311/393/409 combined in RK and A-
10 Zack Godley RHP 21 A+ 1.80 ERA in 15 G at A before being promoted, 3.57 ERA and 11.6 SO/9 in 40 IP at A+, traded to Diamondbacks for Miguel Montero
11 Jordan Hankins 3B 22 A+ 322/361/461 at A before being promoted, 218/323/318 in A+ after
12 Trevor Clifton RHP 19 A- 3.69 ERA in 13 GS
13 Trevor Graham RHP 22 A- 5.58 ERA in 50 IP
15 Michael Wagner RHP 22 A 3.23 ERA in 61 IP
16 Cael Brockmeyer C 22 A 297/366/461 in A
17 Kelvin Freeman 1B 23   Released in March 2014
18 Giuseppe Papaccio SS 23   196/271/244 in 209 ABs before being released 
20 Zak Blair 2B 24   Just 37 ABs before being released
22 Kevin Brown OF 23 A- 261/322/416 between A-, A, and filling in at AA
23 Tyler Ihrig LHP 22 A 4.44 ERA in 8 GS at A- then 2.30 ERA in 27 IP at A
24 Tyler Alamo C 19 RK 215/267/237 in 93 ABs
28 Brad Renner RHP 23 DL Missed all of 2014 due to TJS
30 Zak Hermans RHP 23 A 3.92 ERA in 39 IP

Comments

Does anyone know if the Cubs minor league affiliates, including new ones in South Bend, Oregon and Myrtle Beach have PITCHf/x installed? Do they have it at Iowa or Tennessee?

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In reply to by Rob Richardson

technically it is a sign of improvement...but he's also playing in one of the minor winter leagues in PR. it used to be a more powerful winter league, but it's not what it once was. DR and VEN carry a better quality of players these days. 2hr and 2 doubles out of those 9 hits is nice, though. that said, sample size blah blah blah etc. baez may be compared to g.sheffield a lot, but mid-late-20s s.sosa seems to be a more realistic ceiling (except for the 60+ HR part) for statistical outcome vs player makeup... speaking of minor-impact winter leagues (easily weaker than PR), c.villanueva has crushed 9HR in 151ab in mexico this winter.

Cubs sent INF Logan Watkins outright to Triple-A Iowa. Cubs sent RHP Donn Roach outright to Triple-A Iowa. A note from AZ Phil from a few days ago: Because he is an MLB Rule 55 player not eligible to elect free-agency if outrighted, Watkins can be traded or released, but he cannot beb sent outright to the minors after 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series unless & until he has either signed a major league contract for the next season (contracts were tendered on 12/2), or had his previous season's contract unilaterally renewed by the club (which can't happen until the first week of March), or agrees (in advance) to sign a minor league contract for the next season (not likely). BTW, same goes for Junior Lake, Ryan Lavarnway, Joe Ortiz, Shane Peterson, and Neil Ramirez.

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In reply to by Rob G.

Normally the MLB office is closed on weekends (and Saturday and Sunday are not considered "business days") beginning with the conclusion of the World Series up until the start of Spring Training, so players who were Designated for Assignment last Friday could not have been placed on Ouright Assignment Waivers until 2 PM (Eastern) today and the Waiver Claiming Period would not have concluded until 1 PM (Eastern) on Wednesday. 

However, thb MLB office remained open this past Saturday and Sunday and will instead be closed Wednesday through Sunday of this week, so the Cubs were able to place Watkins and Roach on waivers on Saturday, with the 47-hour Waiver Claiming Period for both players ending at 1 PM (Eastern) today. 

It's possible that some of the MLB clubs did not staff their offices over the weekend and thus might not have been aware that Roach and Watkins were on waivers.

 

got to agree that not much to be impressed by Baez so far in winter leagues, still swinging from his ass apparently

Alcantara on the other hand...

.324 w/4 HRs, 3 SB and a .939 OPS in the Dominican Republic. (per Phil Rogers tweet)

Junior Lake leading DWL in walks, strikeouts, and stolen bases, 2nd in runs scored, 5th in OBP. 

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In reply to by Arizona Phil

30 walks for Lake in 140 ABs. That's not the Junior Lake we all know and love. Doesn't matter what league it is, he's taking pitches, and a lot of them. At the end of the year last year, even tho he didn't do much, I saw him put together a few interesting at bats where he was showing a lot more patience and not swinging from the heels so much. I've always had a hard time giving up on that guy.

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In reply to by Old and Blue

The walks are a good sign, as are the 21 SBs in 23 attempts, but he's also hitting just .243 and slugging just .343, which aren't good signs. And he has 51 Ks in just 140 ABs. So when he doesn't walk he strikes out 36% of the time and isn't hitting the ball with much authority. Perhaps the picthers in this league are a bit wild and walk prone in general? Or perhaps he is taking too many pitches in an attempt to be selective and in turn taking called strikes as well as balls? I don't know. But the performance overall doesn't give me any higher hopes for him going into the season.

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In reply to by WISCGRAD

If there's one thing I've learned from following Cubs players' winter league performances, its to not put much stock in those numbers one way or the other. Small samples, different competition, etc. I vaguely remember some winters that Felix Pie put up big numbers, and I clearly remember 2007 AFL MVP Sam Fuld.

Motte gets his incentives only if he's closer for nearly the entire season it looks like

 @JonHeymanCBS · jason motte: $4.5M base. 250K for 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 gf. 250K 60 games, 65 games. $2.5M bonus max

Rondon only 44 games finished last year, Kimbrel had 54, Holland had 60

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In reply to by John Beasley

Rangers, DBacks (although you figure they would have worked that out in the Montero trade) make sense as well. But yeah, White Sox could use some offensive help there or at least someone to pair with Tyler Flowers.

Red Sox are pretty stacked at catcher (Vazquez, Hanigan, Swihart) and some dude named Dan Butler.... not sure where that came from.

sorry the site was down, now it's not. Rejoice!

Lavernway claimed on waivers by Orioles, Peterson by Brewers. Cubs pick up LHP Mike Kickham aka Cheap Travis Wood off waivers from Giants.

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    amaya blocked like 6-8 of smyly's pitches in the dirt very cleanly...not even an exaggeration, smyly threw a ton of pitches bouncing in tonight.

    neris looking like his old self was a relief (no pun), too.

  • TarzanJoeWallis (view)

    In looking for bright spots the defense was outstanding tonight. The “stars” are going to need to shine quite a bit brighter than they did tonight offensively though for this to be a successful season.

  • Eric S (view)

    Good baseball game. Hopefully Steele is pitching again in April (but I’m not counting on it). 

  • crunch (view)

    boo.

  • crunch (view)

    smyly to face the 2/3/4 hitters with a man on 2nd in extras.

    this doesn't seem like a 8 million dollar managerial decision.

  • crunch (view)

    i 100% agree with you, but i dunno how jed wants to run things.  the default is delay.  i would choose brown.

    like hellfrozeover says, could be smyly since he's technically fresh and stretched.

    anyway, on a pure talent basis....brown is the best option.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Use pitchers when you believe they're good. Don't plan their clock.

    I'm sorry. I'm simply anti-clock/contract management. Play guys when they show real MLB potential talent.

    If Brown hadn't been hurt with the Lat Strain he would've gotten the call, and not Wick.

    Give him a chance. 

    But Wesneski probably gets it

  • crunch (view)

    alzolay...bro...

  • crunch (view)

    wow.  what a blown call.  go cubs, i guess.

  • crunch (view)

    neris is good for 70-ish appearances and having him throw 89-91mph fastballs was something i was not looking forward to for 70-ish games.

    his splitter today was ranging 82-83mph...also a bit faster than spring performances.