2015 Cubs Minor League Spring Training Rosters (UPDATED 3/27)
2015 CUBS MINOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING ROSTERS (last updated 3-28-2015):
NOTE: ROSTERS AT MINOR LEAGUE CAMP ARE FLUID. Minor League players are often initially assigned to a squad one or even two levels above where they will ultimately be assigned once the regular season starts. Minor League Camp roster assignments are based on several factors, including the player's position as it relates to the specific needs of the organization, and the player's age, amount of professional experience, and previous season's performance (including any time spent at a post-season Instructional League). As players are sent to Minor League Camp from the Major League squad during the course of Spring Training, there are corresponding roster moves made at Minor League Camp as players are either moved down a level or released. Occasionally a player or a pitcher will be moved up a level during the course of Minor League Camp, but such an occurrence is rare.
Rosters for the four "full season" teams (Iowa, Tennessee, Myrtle Beach, and South Bend) must be cut-down to 25 by Minor League Opening Day (Thursday April 9th). There is no roster limit for the Extended Spring Ttraning squad.
* bats or throws left
# bats both
CUBS MLB NON-ROSTER INVITEES (NRI): 5
PITCHERS: 1
* Phil Coke
CATCHERS: 1
Taylor Teagarden
INFIELDERS: 3
Kris Bryant
# Jonathan Herrera
Addison Russell
OUTFIELDERS: 0
IOWA: 38+2
AAA
PITCHERS: 21+1
* Jeffry Antigua
Daniel Bard
Frank Batista
Corey Black
* Francisley Bueno
Anthony Carter
* Hunter Cervenka
Blake Cooper
Jorge DeLeon
C. J. Edwards
Gonzalez Germen
Pierce Johnson
* Eric Jokisch
Barret Loux
Trey McNutt (INACTIVE - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yoanner Negrin
* Joe Ortiz
Blake Parker
Carlos Pimentel
Armando Rivero
Donn Roach
Tony Zych
CATCHERS: 4
Willson Contreras
Taylor Davis (also has been playing 1B)
* Rafael Lopez
* Kyle Schwarber
INFIELDERS: 7+1
Stephen Bruno
Ryan Dent
Jonathon Mota
Elliot Soto
Chris Valaika
Christian Villanueva
* Dan Vogelbach
* Logan Watkins (INACTIVE - torn achilles tendon)
OUTFIELDERS: 6
John Andreoli
* Mike Baxter
* Adron Chambers
Anthony Giansanti
Jae-Hoon Ha
* Rubi Silva
TENNESSEE: 30
AA
PITCHERS: 16
Justin Amlung
Matt Brazis
Zach Cates
* Gerardo Concepcion
Fernando Cruz
P. J. Francescon
Michael Jensen
* Austin Kirk
Felix Pena
Steve Perakslis
Starling Peralta
Ivan Pineyro
Austin Reed (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 TJS)
Jose Rosario
Andres Santiago
* Rob Zastryzny
CATCHERS: 3
Cael Brockmeyer (also has been playing 1B)
Ben Carhart (also has been playing 3B)
# Victor Caratini
INFIELDERS: 6
# Jeimer Candelario
* Wes Darvill
Dustin Geiger
* Danny Lockhart
Carlos Penalver
Tim Saunders (LIMITED ACTIVITY - injured running bases earlier this week)
OUTFIELDERS: 5
Albert Almora
* Pin-Chieh Chen
* Jake Hannemann
* Billy McKinney
* Bijan Rademacher
MYRTLE BEACH: 32+2
Hi-A
PITCHERS: 18+1
Paul Blackburn
Francisco Carrillo
Josh Conway
* Michael Heesch
Lars Huijer (INACTIVE - current status unknown)
* Tyler Ihrig
Brad Markey
Jonathan Martinez
Juan Carlos Paniagua
James Pugliese
Jasvir Rakkar
Tayler Scott
Tyler Skulina
Jake Stinnett
Daury Torrez
Jen-Ho Tseng
Duane Underwood
Michael Wagner
Ben Wells
CATCHERS: 3+1
Gioskar Amaya (ex-INF)
* Jordan Hankins (ex-3B)
* Justin Marra (also has been playing 1B)
Will Remillard (INACTIVE - back?)
INFIELDERS: 5
David Bote
* Jacob Rogers
Gleyber Torres
* Jason Vosler
Chesny Young
OUTFIELDERS: 6
Jeffrey Baez
Yasiel Balaguert
* Shawon Dunston Jr
* Kevin Encarnacion (unable to switch-hit because of post-2013 right shoulder injury)
Trey Martin
Mark Zagunis (ex-C)
SOUTH BEND: 31
Lo-A
PITCHERS: 17
Trevor Clifton
James Farris
Scott Frazier
David Garner
Trevor Graham
Tanner Griggs
Zach Hedges
Corbin Hoffner
Erick Leal
Dillon Maples
Ryan McNeil
* Jordan Minch
James Norwood
Jeremy Null
* Tommy Thorpe
Ryan Williams
* Sam Wilson
CATCHERS: 4
Tyler Alamo (also has been playing 1B)
# Erick Castillo
* Alberto Mineo (also has beeen playing 1B)
Tyler Pearson
INFIELDERS: 5
* Danny Canela (LIMITED ACTIVITY - ???)
* Andrew Ely
Jesse Hodges
Ho-Young Son
Tanner Witt
OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Kevin Brown
Charcer Burks
* Rashad Crawford
Eloy Jimenez
Kevonte Mitchell
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MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER DEVELOPMENT FIELD STAFF:
PITCHING FIELD COORDINATOR & CATCHING COORDINATOR: Tom Cossins
PITCHING COORDINATOR: Derek Jihnson
ASSISTANT PIICHING COORDINATOR: Mike Mason
HITTING COORDINATOR: Anthony Iapoce
ASSISTANT HITTING COORDINATOR: Tom Beyers
INFIELD COORDINATOR: Jose Flores
OUTFIELD & BASERUNNING COORDINATOR: Doug Dascenzo
LATIN AMERICAN FIELD COORDINATOR: Dave Keller
MENTAL SKILLS PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Josh Lifrak
MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Darnell McDonald
LATIN AMERICAN MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Raymond Fuentes
IOWA: Marty Pevey (Manager) , Mike Cather (Pitching Coach), Brian Harper (Hitting Coach), and Leo Perez (Assistant Coach)
TENNESSEE: Buddy Bailey (Manager), Storm Davis (Pitching Coach), Desi Wilson (Hitting Coach), and Guillermo Martinez (Assistant Coach)
MYRTLE BEACH: Mark Johnson (Manager), David Rosario (Pitching Coach), Mariano Duncan (Hitting Coach), and Chris Gutierrez (Assistant Coach)
SOUTH BEND: Jimmy Gonzalez (Manager), Brian Lawrence (Pitching Coach), Jesus Feliciano (Hitting Coach), and Osmin Melendez (Assistant Coach)
EUGENE: Gary Van Tol (Manager), Anderson Tavares (Pitching Coach), Ricardo Medina (Hitting Coach), and Terrmel Sledge (Assistant Coach)
AZL CUBS: Carmelo Martinez (Manager), Ron Villone (Pitching Coach), Oscar Bernard (Hitting Coach), and Ty Wright (Assistant Coach)
MESA REHAB: Rick Tronerud (Pitching Coach) and Nate Maldonado (Assistant Coach)
DSL CUBS: Juan Cabreja (Manager), Armando Gabino (Pitching Coach), Claudio Almonte (Hitting Coach), and Carlos Ramirez (Assistant Coach)
VSL CUBS: Pedro Gonzalez (Manager), Eduardo Villacis (Pitching Coach), Franklin Blanco (Hitting Coach), and Antonio Valerio (Assistant Coach)
MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Nick Frangella
ASSISTANT MINOR LEAGUE TRAINING COORDINATOR: Chuck Baughman
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Scott Barringer (Iowa), Shane Nelson (Tennessee), Peter Fagan (Myrtle Beach), Jonathan Fierro (South Bend), Mike McNulty (Eugene), Toby Williams (AZL Cubs), Jose Alvarez (DSL Cubs), and Arnoldo Goite (VSL Cubs)
MINOR LEAGUE STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR: Doug Jarrow
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES: Ryan Clausen (Iowa), Mike Megrew (Tennessee), Jason Moriss (Myrtle Beach), Ed Kohl (South Bend), Ryan Nordtvedt (Eugene), Sean Folan (AZL Cubs), Tomas Sanchez (DSL Cubs), and Manny Estrada (VSL Cubs)
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EXTENDED SPRING TRAINING: 38+1
NOTE: The Extended Spring Training (EXST) group (AKA "Eugene/Mesa") is formed during Minor League Camp. This group consists of players who are the replacement cadre for the full season affiliates, players deemed not ready for full-season leagues, and players rehabbing from injuries.
PITCHERS: 25
Adbert Alzolay
Pedro Araujo
Jordan Brink
Jesus Camargo
Marcelo Carreno (LIMITED ACTIVITY - post-2013 shoulder surgery)
Jesus Castillo
Dylan Cease
Oscar de la Cruz
* Andin Diaz
Greyfer Eregua
Luis Hernandez
John Michael Knighton
Daniel Lewis
Mark Malave (ex-C)
Trey Masek (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 shoulder surgery)
Yomar Morel
Erling Moreno (LIMITED ACTIVITY - 2014 TJS)
* Ariel Ovando (ex-OF)
* Jose Paulino
Hector Perez
* Carson Sands
Alex Santana
* Justin Steele
Austyn Willis
Jose Zapata
CATCHERS: 4
Eric Gonzalez
Jhonny Pereda
Miguel Rico (ex-3B)
Roberto Vahlis
INFIELDERS: 7+1
# Roney Alcala
# Varonex Cuevas
# Frandy de la Rosa
* Bryant Flete
Carlos Jimenez
Joey Martarano (INACTIVE - attending college)
Adonis Paula
* Carlos Sepulveda
OUTFIELDERS: 2:
Calvin Graves
* Ricardo Marcano
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CUBS LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES
NOTE: Latin American Cubs minor leaguers who do not attend Minor League Camp in Arizona have their Spring Training at the Cubs Dominican Academy beginning in March. Players who have Spring Training at the Dominican Academy are eventually assigned to either the Cubs Extended Spring Training squad in Mesa in April and/or to one of the two Cubs Foreign-Rookie affiliates (DSL Cubs or VSL Cubs) when they commence league play in May.
Players listed as SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE do not count against the affiliate's 35-man Reserve List until Opening Day for that league.
DSL CUBS: 34
SS-FR
PITCHERS: 15
Assael Aquino
* Wander Cabrera (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Escanio
Junior Marte
Jose Morel
* Pablo Ochoa (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Chris Pieters
Eury Ramos (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Santiago Rodriguez
Andri Rondon
Aneuris Rosario
Pedro Silverio
Jesus Tejada (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Deibi Torres
Dilson Vasquez
CATCHERS: 3
Johan Matos
Richard Nunez
Raymond Pena (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
INFIELDERS: 9
Jenner Emeterio
# Humberto Garcia
# Fidel Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Rafael Mejia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Jose Paniagua
# Yeiler Peguero (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Tony Rijo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
# Miguel Ruiz
Franklin Tineo
OUTFIELDERS: 7
# Roberto Caro
Yovanny Cuevas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wander Felix (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
# Robert Garcia
Jose Jules (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SRRVICE)
Samir Lara (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Luis Ubiera
VSL CUBS: 37
SS-FR
PITCHERS: 23
Jesus Arias
Andres Arteaga (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Harrinson Bermudez
* Andres Bonalde (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Alejandro Colorado
Enrique de los Rios
* Riger Fernandez (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Emilio Ferrebus (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Hector Garcia (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Yapson Gomez
Jose Leidenz
Gabriel Lima
Ivan Medina
* Angel Mejias
Bryan Molina (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
* Alex Pacheco
* Eugenio Palma
Moises Ramirez
Juan Rengifo
* Carlos Rodriguez
Julio Sanchez
Freddy Tineo (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Mauro Vides
CATCHERS: 1
Gustavo Polanco (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
INFIELDERS: 8
Jhonny Bethencourt (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Wladimir Galindo
Francisco Garay (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Danny Gutierrez
Fidel Matos
# Andruw Monasterio
Rafael Narea (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
Henry Pedra
OUTFIELDERS: 5
* Luis Ayala
Moises Colasante
Jose Gonzalez
Luis Hidalgo
Jose Rojas (SIGNED FOR FUTURE SERVICE)
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