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40-Man Roster Info

40 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (roster is full) 

28 players on MLB RESERVE LIST are ACTIVE, and twelve players are on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT to minors. 

Last updated 3-26-2024
 
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PITCHERS: 15
Yency Almonte
Adbert Alzolay 
Javier Assad
Jose Cuas
Kyle Hendricks
* Shota Imanaga
Caleb Kilian
Mark Leiter Jr
* Luke Little
Julian Merryweather
Hector Neris 
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Jameson Taillon
* Jordan Wicks

CATCHERS: 2
Miguel Amaya
Yan Gomes

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

OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger 
Alexander Canario
# 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 

 



 

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Recent comments

  • crunch 6 days ago (view)

    mlb.tv games are free through the remaining of spring...for those of us not busy watching the baskets balls.

  • TarzanJoeWallis 6 days 4 hours ago (view)

    Agreed on all counts. This has the feel of the start of something that could get much, much worse.

  • Dolorous Jon Lester 6 days 5 hours ago (view)

    As a Dodger hater, I’m loving it.

    As a fan of baseball, this is objectively a really bad thing for the game.

  • TarzanJoeWallis 6 days 6 hours ago (view)

    The Ohtani/Interpreter gambling thing is starting to smell pretty bad. Changing stories, evasive answers, law enforcement investigations, accusations and finger pointing as the numbers involved start to grow. It’s obviously VERY early, but it feels like the seeds of Hollywood Dodgers 2024 buyer’s remorse are already in place.

    ESPN is covering all of this pretty well.

  • crunch 6 days 14 hours ago (view)

    smith is terrible in the OF.  slow, poor arm...

    it's a testament to how much the mets valued his possible production when pete alonso was taking the only slot dom was suited for, yet they still wouldn't trade smith without an outsized return.

    i would be happy with either guy, but the lefty might have the edge.

    a bench with canario and smith as the R/L power options wouldn't be a bad way to start the season.

  • Arizona Phil 6 days 15 hours ago (view)

    CRUNCH: Garrett Cooper actually played more RF than 1B in Miami as recently as 2021, so of the two, I would say Cooper would be more suited to play corner OF (both LF and RF) than D. Smith (who can play only LF because of his weak throwing arm). I really wouldn't want either of them playing out there, however, except in an emergency (same goes for Wisdom). 

  • crunch 6 days 16 hours ago (view)

    i'm a huge fan of the busch pickup, but i imagine they want at least one of smith/cooper hanging around.  if they can manage to keep both in the system that would be nice...same for peralta and edwards.

    they're both good options for part time work.  dom's a lefty and plays a solid 1st.  cooper is good at 1st, but dom is better and well, morel is playing 3rd.  they're both slow runners...rather even there.

    dom has the "corner OF" thing going, too, but he's weak in LF and RF so that's not really much worth mentioning though technically in his arsenal.

  • Arizona Phil 6 days 15 hours ago (view)

    CRUNCH: The Cubs actually could add both D. Smith - AND - Cooper to the Opening Day 26-man roster (and 40-man roster), and then option Madrigal and Wisdom to AAA after they are reinstated from the IL (I expect both to begin the year on the IL). It would just require one more 40-man roster slot besides Kilian's (who will go on the 60-day IL as soon as his slot is needed), and that can be accomplished by placing Yency Almonte on waivers and outrighting him to AAA Iowa if he doesn't get claimed. And if he gets claimed, or if he is outrighted and then elects free-agency, the Cubs save $1.9M in 2024 AAA. 

    The Cubs could also recall an injured player from his Optional Assignment and place him on the MLB 60-day IL, but then that player would accrue MLB Service Time while on the MLB 60-day IL (not that big of a deal) and get paid at the MLB rate ($740K) instead of at the minor league split rate ($120K), and that difference in salary would adversely affect the Cubs 2024 AAV by $620K (which actually might be a big deal, especially with how close they are to the CBT threshold). 

    And I previously explained how the Cubs can retain Peralta (if they wish) as well, at least for a while (place Kilian on the 60-day IL, select Peralta to the 40, and then immediately place him on the 60-day IL while he recovers from his left flexor tendon surgery).   

    If the Cubs were to add both D. Smith and Cooper to the MLB active roster, that means Alexander Canario will be optioned to AAA Iowa (he gets a 4th minor league option in 2024) and the Iowa outfield would be some combination of Canario, PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Roederer, with one of them being the DH when not playing OF. (K. Alcantara has remained with the Iowa squad at Minor League Camp even after all the downward roster movement from the past few days, but even if the Cubs believe he is ready for AAA, they could move him down to AA Tennessee if the Cubs want to maximize his playing time, and keep Darius Hill at AAA instead). 

  • crunch 6 days 17 hours ago (view)

    mets sign jd martinez.  1/12m, 4.5m for 2024 and 1.5m 2034-38 (not a typo)

    contracts getting weird, yall.

  • crunch 6 days 17 hours ago (view)

    at this point i would be shocked if d.smith doesn't break with the club.  they've been giving him a lot of work lately and cooper's stock has been sliding a little bit.

    i'm not sure if i trust him to be more than what's he's been in his MLB career so far, but he's long been a target for the cubs front office and he's delivering this spring.