Image
Recent comments
Cubs MLB Roster
Cubs Organizational Depth Chart
40-Man Roster Info
39 players are on the MLB RESERVE LIST (one slot is open), plus two players are on 60-DAY IL
28 players are on the MLB ACTIVE LIST (26-man limit in effect on MLB Opening Day)
Four players signed to minor league contracts are Spring Training NON-ROSTER INVITEES (NRI)
CUBS MLB SPRING TRAINING ACTIVE LIST: 32
Last updated 3-28-2023
* bats or throws left
# bats both
PITCHERS: 14
Adbert Alzolay
Javier Assad
Brad Boxberger
Michael Fulmer
Kyle Hendricks
* Brandon Hughes
Julian Merryweather
Michael Rucker
* Drew Smyly
* Justin Steele
Marcus Stroman
Jameson Taillon
Keegan Thompson
Hayden Wesneski
NRI PITCHERS: 4
* Ryan Borucki
Tyler Duffey
* Anthony Kay
Mark Leiter Jr
CATCHERS: 3
* Tucker Barnhart
Yan Gomes
Luis Torrens
INFIELDERS: 7
Nico Hoerner
* Eric Hosmer
Nick Madrigal
* Miles Mastrobuoni
* Edwin Rios
Dansby Swanson
Patrick Wisdom
OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Cody Bellinger
# Ian Happ
Trey Mancini
Seiya Suzuki
OPTIONED: 11
Keven Alcantara, OF
Miguel Amaya, C
Ben Brown, P
Alexander Canario, OF
Brennen Davis, OF
Jeremiah Estrada, P
Ryan Jensen, P
Caleb Kilian, P
Christopher Morel, INF-OF
Adrian Sampson, P
Nelson Velazquez, OF
60-DAY IL: 2
Codi Heuer, P
Ethan Roberts, P
crunch 5 days 20 hours ago (view)
neifi perez jr scratched with left bicep tightness...supposedly not serious. we need neifi perez jr and middle-IF jason heyward healthy going into the season so hopefully it turns out not serious.
Arizona Phil 5 days 22 hours ago (view)
CUBSTER: Derniche Valdez is not in Mesa (yet). He could get invited to Extended Spring Training (we'll see).
If the Cubs play it like they did with Cristian Hernandez, Adan Sanchez, and Jefferson Rojas, D. Valdez will be playing in the DSL in 2023 and won't see Mesa until post-2023 AZ Instructs.
Cubster 6 days 1 hour ago (view)
Has anyone watched newly signed this January, SS prospect Derniche Valdez? Thoughts? Some recent love via a Jordan Bastian (MLB.com) article that linked their Rankings of all 30 clubs by Callis, Mayo and Dykstra. They ranked him 19th in the Cub system. Highly touted Cristian Hernandez ranked 10th but their writeup on Valdez "whispered" Starlin Castro-Hanley Ramirez comps (albeit for a 16 yr old).
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/cubs/
crunch 6 days 19 hours ago (view)
stroman confirmed for opening day starter
azbobbop 6 days 20 hours ago (view)
Phil, great report. Any idea what/why Devers is rehabbing?
crunch 1 week ago (view)
MLB is expected to "make tweaks" to the recent rule changes...no idea what tweaks and which areas...
KingKongvsGodzilla 1 week ago (view)
One of your most fun annual update, thanks as always. Some of the more riveting ones this year:
Crow-Armstrong, Roederer with Iowa
Howard, Hearn, Alcantara, Pinango, Palencia with Tennessee
Ballesteros, Hernandez with SB
Horton, Adan Sanchez, Mason McGwire, Chris Paciolla, Quintero, Jefferson Rojas with MB
crunch 1 week ago (view)
ohtani strikes out trout to seal the 3-2 win for Japan. epic. absolutely epic ending to an epic WBC.
Childersb3 1 week ago (view)
You think he's a RP eventually?
Arizona Phil 1 week ago (view)
childersb3: Ryan Jensen looks about the same as he did in MLB Camp. He still has trouble commanding his stuff and throwing strikes, but minor league hitters are more likely to chase pitches out of the strike zone than big leaguers.