Your 2018 AZL Cubs #1! (and Your 2018 AZL Cubs #2, too!)
Here are the 2018 Opening Day rosters for AZL Cubs #1 and AZL Cubs #2 as of Monday morning 6/18. Since both teams are based at the same location (the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ), moving a player from one AZL Cubs team to the other will be very easy and so it could occur fairly often (including anytime any day prior to game time).
All of the MLB clubs that have Spring Training in Arizona (except the Colorado Rockies) field at least one team in the Arizona League (AZL). Along with the Giants and the Indians, the Cubs have added a second AZL team this season. (The Padres added a second AZL team last year). So there are 18 teams in the AZL in 2018.
On nights when only one of the AZL Cubs teams is playing at home, that team will usually play in Sloan Park (the MLB Cubs Spring Training stadium). On nights when both AZL Cubs teams are playing at home at the same time (as is the case tonight on AZL Opening Day, when AZL Diamondbacks are at AZL Cubs #1 and AZL Reds are at AZL Cubs #2), one team will play in the stadium and the other will play across the street on Field #1 at the Riverview Baseball Complex (RBC Field #1 being the only Riverview "backfield" with lights).
Teams that play in the AZL have a 35-man Reserve List limit - AND - a 35-man Active List limit (with 30 players designated "active" for each game, of which ten must be pitchers).
Also, there is no restriction on minor league service time for players in the AZL until July 1st, at which point there can be no players with three or more years of MLB and/or minor league partial or full active seasons accrued (VSL/DSL seasons excluded) on active rosters.
A player on an Article XIX-C minor league rehab assignment from the MLB club or on a short-season rehab assignment from a Cubs minor league affiiate of a higher-classification do not count against the AZL team's reserve list or active list, and while there is no limit on the number of players on an MLB DL who can be assigned on an Article XIX-C minor league rehab assignment with any one minor league affiliate, a maximum of three minor league players can be assigned on a rehab assignment to any one AZL team and to the short-season Eugene affiliate at any one time.
NOTE: 2018 Rule 4 Draft picks and Rule 4 NDFA are in italics
* bats or throws left
# bats both
AZL CUBS #1: 37+1
SS-R
PITCHERS: 18+1
* Jonathan Bruzual
Fernando Calderon
Alfredo Colorado
Danis Correa
Jeremiah Estrada
Emilio Ferrebus
Fauris Guerrero
Braxton Light
Riley McCauley
Ivan Medina
* Pablo Ochoa (INACTIVE - 60-day DL - April 2018 TJS)
* Jack Patterson
Yunior Perez
Peyton Remy
Paul Richan
Andry Rondon
* Didier Vargas
Carlos Vega
Blake Whitney
CATCHERS: 4
Eric Gonzalez
Alexander Guerra
Raymond Pena
Franklin Tineo
INFIELDERS: 7
Clayton Daniel
Grant Fennell
Luis Hidalgo
# Josue Huma
Orian Nunez
Herson Perez
# Yonathan Perlaza (ACTIVE REHAB - on South Bend 7-day DL - off-season knee surgery)
OUTFIELDERS: 8
* D. J. Artis
* Chris Coghlan (ACTIVE REHAB - on Iowa DL 7-day DL - shoulder)
Yovanny Cuevas
Brennen Davis
* Tolly Filotei
# Jose Gutierrez
Kevin Moreno
* Abraham Rodriguez
MANAGER:
Carmelo Martinez
COACHES:
Steve Janssen (Pitching Coach)
Wes Long (Hitting Coach)
Leo Perez (Assistant Coach)
ATHLETIC TRAINER:
Ike Ojata
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH:
Mike McGrew
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AZL CUBS #2: 28+2
SS-R
PITCHERS: 15
Yovanny Cruz
* Riger Fernandez
Hector Alonso Garcia
Jose M. Gonzalez
Chi-Feng Lee
Junior Marte
Brady Miller
M. T. Minacci
Erling Moreno (ACTIVE REHAB - on Myrtle Beach 7-day DL)
Eduarniel Nunez
Carlos Ocampo
Raidel Orta
* Luis Silva
Nathan Sweeney
Jesus Tejada
CATCHERS: 3+1
Richard Nunez
Henderson Perez
Malcom Quintero (RESTRICTED LIST)
Kevin Zamudio
INFIELDERS: 4+1
# Reivaj Garcia
# Fidel Mejia
Juan Mora (RESTRICTED LIST)
Henrry Pedra
Luis Verdugo
OUTFIELDERS: 6
Jose Alonso Gaitan
Jamie Galazin
Jose A. Gonzalez
Carlos Pacheco
Luis Ubiera
Drew Wharton
MANAGER:
Jonathan Mota
COACHES:
Claudio Almonte (Hittng Coach)
Mike Carter (Assistant Coach)
Jamie Vermilyea (Pitching Coach)
ATHLETIC TRAINER:
Matthew Hussey
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