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 vs./@ Cardinals: Series Thread (Games 20-24)

Coming off the equivalent of an 8.1-game losing streak (1-3 series) vs. the Brewers, the Cubs now welcome their St. Louis rivals for a 5-game series at Wrigley. Featuring two double headers and two "away" games played in their home stadium, it is likely to be an early contender for weirdest series of the year. The Cardinals begin the series an unlikely second place in the division, holding a .500 record but having played fewer than half the games the Cubs have played.
There's a bit too much here for me to preview on a busy Monday morning, but here are the probable starters.


Day 1, Game 1:
CHC: RHP Kyle Hendricks
STL: LHP Kwang Hyun Kim


Day 1, Game 2:
CHC: RHP Adbert Alzolay
STL: RHP Austin Gomber



Day 2:
CHC: RHP Yu Darvish
STL: RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon



Day 3, Game 1:
CHC: RHP Colin Rea
STL: RHP Jack Flaherty


Day 3, Game 2:
CHC: RHP Alec Mills
STL: LHP Ricardo Sanchez

Comments

Don't worry everyone, noted worthless catcher du jour Josh Phegley slots into the lineup for game 1, at DH no less! Our offense is saved.

bryant(LF) / rizzo / baez / contreras / bote(3rd) / souza(RF) / phegley(DH) / almora / hoerner

game 1

baez fouled one off his foot -very- hard.

hope the pad did it's job.  he's staying in, but he is not 100%.

i'm about done with "bases loaded, 0 runs score" innings.

we've been seeing a lot of that lately.

Hendricks threw a 90 mph fastball so that's fun

Almora bringing the leather today in center field - also fun

So the Cubs are basically on an 11 game losing streak. With a starter making his MLB debut on tap.

Mercy

bryant(3rd) / rizzo / baez / schwarber / contreras(DH) / happ / heyward / caratini(C) / kipnis

game 2

On the positive side, Cubs will most likely have to pitch only six innings for the nite cap ... and Underwood should get a chance to shake the cobwebs out.

If I had to guess, the Cubs will make a trade for at least one bona fide left handed reliever by the August 31st trade deadline.  Kyle Ryan doesn't appear to have "it" this season. 

Well well well.  Looks like the Cubs will be throwing at least seven innings tonite after all 🤪

cubs win!

jeffress save...darvish goes tomorrow.

Awesome win!

This bullpen is such a crapshoot. Other than Jeffress, it's been rocky with everyone. Tepera, Underwood, and Winkler were good tonight. But they're never guaranteed. I am really hoping Duane can start putting it together more consistently. When he's like he was tonight, he's got all he needs to be a high leverage guy.

happ / rizzo / baez / schwarber / contreras(DH) / heyward / bote / caratini / kipnis

bryant recieved some kind of injection treatment (maybe cortisone) on his left wrist today...the one he fell on last week.

souza to the 10d IL (right hamstring) and hernan perez is called up to challenge josh phegley for the batting title.

b.wieck goes from 10d to 45d IL...won't see him until mid/late september at the earliest

Things have not ended well when Mills hits a batter. 3 run homer allowed in last game and a grand slam in this one. 

Superb outing by Alzolay - should have a two run lead but for Rizzo taking his eye off a throw from Bote (can't believe they tagged Bote with the error)

kimbrel vs a 2 run lead.  it would be nice to have our zillion dollar closer back in closing duty.

[ ]

In reply to by crunch

phew.

1ip 0h 0bb 3k, 1 HBP

he lost it for a bit after the HBP, but picked it up.  he threw a lot more offspeed stuff after starting out with 98mph heat.  he's probably not "the" closer, but he's made a claim to be back in the mix.

[ ]

In reply to by crunch

He looked filthy - located the fastball up and down - couple at 99

Whatever they've done appears to be working

t.bauer was warned he would be suspended if he wore his custom "free joe kelly" shoes, and now he's got a no-hitter into the 5th a few minutes after thom brennaman pretty much got fired mid-game for using a homophobic slur on a hot mic earlier in the game.

hell of a night for CIN.

t.hatch has thrown 11.2ip of 2.31era 0.86whip ball for TOR so far in 2020 (mostly in relief)...he was given up for 17 innings of david phelps.

[ ]

In reply to by crunch

We also got Phelps into enough games to trigger a few of his incentives.

Its almost like they have no clue how to scout and develop their own system. Hopefully the new regime in that department can do better.

It occured to me watching the Cardinals having MLB debut after debut that in the Theo era we've seen I think 6 draftees/ first contract international FAs debut with the Cubs. Underwood, Norwood, Alzolay, T. Miller, Pierce Johnson, and Zastryzny. Not a single established big leaguer.

Mets player positive for CV, also one staffer. 

Mets-Marlins tonight is canceled.

Mets-Yankees tomorrow is canceled.

Now entire Mets-Yankees weekend series is postponed. Had to expect this. 

san diego padres has changed their twitter name to "slam diego padres" after hitting 4 grand slams in 4 straight games.

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...