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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
 
* bats or throws left
# bats both

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

  • Arizona Phil 5 days 9 hours ago (view)

    Of the 15 pitchers presently in the REHAB group at Minor League Camp (see full list above), Ben Leeper has now joined Brody McCullough, Sam Thoresen, and Jaxon Wiggins throwing regular bullpen sides (but no "live" BP yet), and Naz Mule will be throwing "live" BP again either today or Monday (TBD), so Mule is very close to being "game ready." 

  • Dolorous Jon Lester 5 days 12 hours ago (view)

    Phil Bickford on waivers. A potential guy the Cubs grab, he’d snag CJ’s spot if the team prefers what Bickford could do. Pedigree, some success, past health issues.

  • crunch 5 days 20 hours ago (view)

    i like him over cooper, but after the spring dom's had he shouldn't have trouble latching on with some team with a MLB deal in short order.  it's not like dom/cooper are night and day...i just like dom's lefty bat off the bench and possible DH.

    if cooper turns out to be an early bust, he may be the first to go when p.wisdom returns to the roster.

  • TarzanJoeWallis 5 days 23 hours ago (view)

    I suspect Dom won’t have a problem finding an MLB gig somewhere. He’s never quite found it but any number of teams could take a shot on this being the year he finally puts it together.

  • Arizona Phil 5 days 21 hours ago (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitcher reports from Friday's Giants (ss) and Cubs (ss) game at Sloan Park in Mesa:  

    JUSTIN STEELE
    FB: 89-90
    CT: 86-88
    SL: 82 
    CH: 81
    CV: 79
    COMMENT: Got the start in preparation for his Opening Day assignment in Texas next Thursday... worked a scoreless top of the 1st inning, with the lead-off hitter reaching on an HBP, before a 6-4-3 DP, and then an F-8 FO for the third out... first batter in the top of the second laced a come-backer off Steele's left knee that resulted in an infield hit... Steele was knocked to the ground and he was clearly writhing in pain... after a couple of minutes he left the field under his own power and he had no difficulty negotiating the two steps down onto the dugout... he threw 14 pitches (only 8 strikes & no swing & miss) and did not look particularly sharp during the course of the unexpectedly short outing... FB velo was clearly down and his command seemed a bit off before he left the game...  

    JOSE ROMERO
    FB: 92-95
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT One of several pitchers from Minor League Camp who were assigned to the split squad games, Romero relieved Steele "cold" and pitched out of a bases loaded / no outs jam, getting three outs (a K-looking, a P-5, and a 1-3 come-backer) on 14 pitches (9 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and one on SL) after a throwing error by first-baseman Cody Bellinger on an attempted 3-6 FC and a walk... 

    HAYDEN WESNESKI:
    FB: 92-95
    CT: 88 
    SL: 79-83
    COMMENT: Entered the game at the start of the top of the third inning... hit a batter with his third pitch of the inning, then got a three-pitch K-swinging on a SL and an F-9 FO two pitches later... he then issued a four pitch walk... he should have been out of the inning on pitch # 14, but catcher Yan Gomes overran what should have been the final out (a high pop up behind home plate that Gomes missed by five feet)... the batter ripped a single to RF two pitches later, and even then it should have been the third out, except Gomes was unable to handle a short-hop throw home from right-fielder Cole Roederer that would have been the third out... so the run scored and the runners advanced to 2nd & 3rd... Wesneski seemed to lose his focus after that, throwing only six strikes among his next 15 pitches, issuing two walks (one was a bases-loaded walk) and allowing a two-run single before being relieved with two outs and runners on the corners... for the day he threw 32 pitches (15 strikes - but only one swing & miss, and that was on a SL)... so in summary, he really should have been out of the inning twice (once on pitch # 14 and again on pitch # 16), but when the inning did not end, he seemed to lose focus and maybe fall apart a bit...    

    CAM SANDERS
    FB: 92-95
    SL/CT: 86-89 
    CH: 85 
    CV: 79 
    COMMENT: Relieved Wesneskl with two outs and two runners on base in the top of the third and immediately threw seven consecutive balls, before finally throwing a strike and then getting the third out one pitch later on a 4-3 GO on a 3-1 pitch... also worked the 4th inning and continued to struggle, surrendering two singles around an F-8 FO... FB velo was significantly down from what it was in February when it was 95-97 and command also seems to be MIA... threw 1.1 IP (20 pitches - only 9 strikes - no swing & miss)... 

    LUKE LITTLE
    FB: 94-97
    SL: 80-83 
    COMMENT: Came into the game to start the 5th and it was not good.. Issued a walk to the lead-off hitter on the seventh pitch of the AB, then surrendered a two-run HR on the next pitch after the walk, and then two consecutive singles.,. he did get an out on a K-swinging on a SL, but then issued a walk to load the bases with one out (both of the last two batters he faced had seven-pitch AB)... needed 26 pitches to get the one out (14 strikes - three swing & miss)... certainly not anything like his previous super-dominant one inning outings... it was strange to see hitters consistently square-up his FB...     

    CHRIS CLARKE
    FB: 90-93
    SL: 81-84
    COMMENT: Relieved Little with one out and bases loaded in the top of the 5th and immediately walked in a run, before inducing an inning-ending 6-4-3 DP five pitches after the walk... threw a shutout 6th inning, although he did surrender a one-out double before retiring the side on a K-looking and an F-7 FO... threw 23 pitches over the course of the 1.1 IP (13 strikes - two swing & miss, both on FB)... 

    RILEY MARTIN
    FB: 92-95 
    SL: 83-86
    CV: 80-82 
    COMMENT: Threw two scoreless & hitless innings (7th & 8th) ... did issue a walk on a 3-2 SL with two outs in the top of the 7th, but otherwise was very effective despite throwing only two out of seven first-pitch strikes... threw 34 pitches (19 strikes - three swing & miss, all on FB) to get the six outs... everything he threw had more life and FB velo was better than the last time he pitched at Sloan about a month ago... works VERY fast which helps keep batters a bit off-balance...  

    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 92-94
    SL/CT: 85-87
    CV: 79-80
    COMMENT: Worked a scoreless 9th (20 pitches - only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... got the first two outs easily (a 4-3 GO and a K-swinging on an 0-2 SL/CT) before surrendering a single on a 3-0 pitch and issuing a walk after falling behind 3-1... then got the third out on an F-8... FB velo was up a tick from last Tuesday night... however, he threw only ten strikes among his twenty pitches (that's only 50% strikes folks) and he threw a first-pitch strike to only one of the five hitters he faced (and that one time ended up a three-pitch strikeout)...  

  • crunch 6 days 1 hour ago (view)

    g.cooper has made the roster.

  • crunch 6 days 1 hour ago (view)

    wsox released mike "eric hosmer with a 3rd baseman's glove" moosetacos and the cubs need to stay the hell away from him.  i can't remember the last time in the current crew of upper management one of the cubs long-term mancrushes on the down side of their career worked out.

    dom smith might have worked out, but it looks like he wants more assured full-time work.

    being a "cheap gamble" is one thing, but loading your roster with them is a problem.

  • crunch 6 days 2 hours ago (view)

    what an odd way to end the game...i still can't 100% piece it together from the gameday description...

    "Brett Wisely picked off and caught stealing 3rd base. Brett Wisely scores. Throwing error by pitcher Chase Watkins."

    okay, update makes more sense...

    "Brett Wisely advances to 3rd base on a caught stealing error by pitcher Chase Watkins. Brett Wisely scores."

  • crunch 6 days 3 hours ago (view)

    cubs picked the wrong game to broadcast.  the non-televised game is off the hook.  seiya grand slam early...peralta 4-4...tied 12-12 in the 9th...

    steele got hit by a comebacker, but he's supposedly okay.

  • crunch 6 days 4 hours ago (view)

    dom is opting out.