Cubs MLB Roster

Cubs Organizational Depth Chart
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
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

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

Cubs @ Braves: Arrieta vs Wisler (Game 60)

Sucklanta.CHC (41-18): RHP Jake Arrieta (9-1, 1.80)
ATL (18-42): RHP Matt Wisler (2-6, 3.98)
First pitch: 3:10pmCST

Arrieta lost (?!) to the D’backs his last time out (5 IP, 3 ER, 12 K, 1 BB). Arizona batters either struck out or hit it somewhere where no one could catch it. Arrieta is 6-0 with a 1.71 ERA on the road this year. Atlanta is 23-79 (.291) against him. A.J. Personality is 8-14 with 2 HR.

Wisler pitched like his mother in his last outing (4 IP, 8 ER, 5 K, 3 BB), an ugly loss in LA, after going 2-3 with a 2.51 in May. He’s 0-4 with a 4.12 at Turner Field this year. The Cubs are 7-16 (.438) against him. Bryant and Fowler both have a hit (HRs).

Lester (7-3, 2.06) versus Blair (0-4, 7.13—aw, yeah) tomorrow at 12:35pmCST before we head to DC.

Go Cubs!

Comments

One small achilles heel I'm noticing in the Cubs that probably actually does need to be corrected before the playoffs. They don't seem to be much of a come from behind team. I am wayyyyy to lazy to look it up, but I'd be really surprised if they've won more than a game or two after being behind in the 8th inning. I suppose most teams are not good there, given how good modern late inning pitching has become, but still, a small concern. If I was at all ambitious I'd look for comps. But it doesn't just seem to be late innings - I'd be curious what their record is in come from behinds after 5/6 innings. Again, a very tiny wart in an amazing team, and that wart may be a figment of my imagination. Last night barely counts. They were flat and that just happens on the road sometimes.

[ ]

In reply to by Old and Blue

The Brewers DFA's Neil Ramirez shortly after acquiring him. I wonder if they thought he could be easier for them to get through the waiver wire and store him in AAA. Given the mess the White Sox bullpen has been (now including year ending injuries), I'd not be surprised to see him go there (they have been a landing spot for ex-Cubs like Mike Olt and Jacob Turner). The injury history and inconsistent performance this year makes me think he'll be OK eventually but might need another year to resurface from whatever has been ailing him. Obviously, he's just not the pitcher we saw in 2014 when he was better than Grimm. The Richard issue is more about a 2nd lefty. Last year he was needed as a spot starter but not so far in 2016. At this point, I think Cahill, Warren and even T. Wood would be ahead of him for a spot start situation. So if he's not spot starting, if they come up with a better 2nd lefty option, and he continues to not function as a LOOGY, I expect he'll not end the year here.

Cubs going for variety on day 3 (just kidding, except for the lefty shrimp...hope he's the next Billy Wagner) Rounds 8-10 were all RHP 6'6-8", so they must have run out of giant sized RHP pitchers: 11- Michael Rucker, BYU, RHP, Sr. 6'1" 185 12- Trey Cobb, Oklahoma St, RHP, Jr. 6'1" 190 13- Wyatt Short, Miss, LPH, Jr. 5'8" 180 14- Parker Dunshee, Wake Forest, RHP Jr. 6'1" 205 15- Jed Carter, Auburn (Montgomery), RHP Jr. 6'0' 190 16- Holden Carmack, Oral Roberts, RHP Jr. 6'0" 195

Looks like the Cubs have come up "short" in this draft 17-Zack Short, Sacred Heart SS, 5'10, 175. Wow, a short-shortstop (SSS?). Then 3 more pitchers in rounds 18-20 including 2 southpaws and a big righty from what I thought on first glance was Klutztown University (Kutztown, must be some limited dyslexic thing and it turns out not far from Joe Maddon's Hazleton, PA)

if tim federowicz was a real team player he'd go on a fake DL assignment at this point...just saying. do it for the team, bro! i'm sure they can sneak a fake hamstring injury under the radar.

Watching the newest Cub pitch in the college WS, and it reminded me of one odd thing I noticed about the SB Cubs game -- before I was distracted by the deep-fried mac & cheese sandwich -- they only use 2 umpires. It's like a high school game -- one guy behind the plate and one roaming around the bases depending on base runners. I had just assumed all levels of pro ball would have 4 umps. With no runners on, the ump stands at first, making LF fair/foul and lefty checked swings hard to call. Hunh.

RHRP Joe Nathan (on Cubs MLB 60-day DL - April 2015 TJS) threw his first "live" BP at Riverview Park this morning (one inning - 20 pitches), and he threw 75% of his pitches for strikes, the five balls were close to being strikes, and none of the hitters put a ball in play (Just foul balls and swings & misses). 

Recent comments

  • crunch (view)

    steele MRI on friday.  counsell expects an IL stint.

    no current plans for his rotation replacement.

  • hellfrozeover (view)

    I would say also in the bright side column is Busch looked pretty good overall at the plate. Alzolay…man, that hurts but most of the time he’s not giving up a homer to that guy. To me the worst was almonte hanging that pitch to Garcia. He hung another one to the next hitter too and got away with it on an 0-1. 

  • 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...