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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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Chicago Cubs Organizational Depth Chart
Pos. CUBS IOWA TENNESSEE DAYTONA PEORIA
C Welingto Castillo/Steve Clevenger/Anthony Recker Juan Apodaca/Brian Esposito Michael Brenly/Chad Noble Micah Gibbs/Rafael Lopez/Taylor Davis Chadd Krist/Sergio Burruel/Yaniel Cabezas
1B  Anthony Rizzo/Bryan LaHair  Greg Rohan/Jeff Frazier  Justin Bour Rebel Ridling  Jacob Rogers
2B Darwin Barney/Adrian Cardenas Nate Samson/Diory Hernandez Logan Watkins  Ronald Torreyes  Zeke DeVoss/Kenny Socorro
SS  Starlin Castro  Matt Tolbert/Jonathon Mota  Junior Lake  Javier Baez/Vladimir Frias  Tim Saunders/Wes Darvill
3B  Josh Vitters/Luis Valbuena  Blake DeWitt Matt Cerda/Dustin Harrington  Christian Villanueva  Dustin Geiger
LF  Alfonso Soriano/Tony Campana  Ty Wright  Rubi Silva John Andreoli  John Andreoli
CF  Brett Jackson/Dave Sappelt  Alfredo Amezaga Matt Szczur/Jae-Hoon Ha Nelson Perez Pin-Chieh Chen
RF  David DeJesus/Joe Mather  Jim Adduci  Michael Burgess Eliecer Bonne/Anthony Giansanti Jorge Soler



Starting Pitchers
1 Jeff Samardzija (R)
2 Travis Wood (L)
3 Justin Germano (R)
4 Chris Volstad (R)
IOWA Brooks Raley (L), Casey Coleman (R), Nick Struck (R), Dallas Beeler (R), and Yoannis Negrin (R)
TENN Chris Rusin (L), Dae-Eun Rhee (R), Eric Jokisch (L), Austin Kirk (L), and Casey Harman (L)
DAYT Matt Loosen (R), P. J. Francescon (R), Frank del Valle (L), Kyle Hendricks (R), and Kyler Burke (L)
PEOR Ben Wells (R), Starling Peralta (R), Yao-Lin Wang (R), Jeffry Antigua (L), and Willengton Cruz (L)



 

Relief Pitchers
1 Carlos Marmol (R)
2 Shawn Camp (R)
3 James Russell (L)
4 Manuel Corpas (R)
5 Michael Bowden (R)
6 Jeff Beliveau (L)
7 Blake Parker (R)
8-9 Alberto Cabrera (R), Lendy Castillo (R), and Miguel Socolovich (R)
Iowa Jairo Asencio (R), Marcus Hatley (R), Jay Jackson (R), Ryan Rowland-Smith (L), Ty'Relle Harris (R), Casey Weathers (R), Esmailin Caridad (R), Horacio Ramirez (L), Seth McClung (R), Roidrigo Lopez (R), and Randy Wells (R)
TENN Rafael Dolis (R), Jaye Chapman (R), Frank Batista (R), Zac Rosscup (L), Kevin Roderick (R), Tony Zych (R), Brian Schlitter (R), and Trey McNutt (R)
DAYT A. J. Morris (R), Jeff Lorick (L), Scott Weismann (R), Hunter Cervenka (L), Ryan Searle (R), Matt Spencer (L), Eduardo Figueroa (R), and Matt Iannazzo (L)
PEOR Larry Suarez (R), Bryce Shafer (R), Justin Berg (R), Sheldon McDonald (L), Austin Reed (R), Pete Levitt (R), Steve Perakslis (R), and Luis Liria (R)



Boise
P SP: Justin Amlung (R), Jose Arias (R), Ian Dickson (R), Pierce Johnson (R), and Taylor Scott (R) - RP: Hunter Ackerman (L), Tyler Bremer (R), Rafael Diplan (R), Nathan Dorris (L), Michael Heesch (L), Su-Min Jung (R), Eddie Orozco (R), Felix Pena (R), James Pugliese (R), Hayden Simpson (R), and Brian Smith (L)
C Wilson Contreras, Carlos Escobar, Justin Marra, and Lance Rymel
INF Gioskar Amaya (2B), Steve Bruno (2B), Jeimer Candelario (3B), Marco Hernandez (SS), Rock Shoulders (1B), and Dan Vogelbach (1B)
OF Albert Almora (CF), Xavier Batista (LF), Izaac Garsez (RF), and Trey Martin (CF)



AZL Cubs
P SP: Paul Blackburn (R), Corbin Hoffner (R), Dillon Maples (R), Ryan McNeil (R), and Duane Underwood (R) - RP: Daniel Adrian (R), Ethan Elias (R), Ryan Hartman (R), Alvido Jimenez (R), Jin-Young Kim (R), Trey Lang (R), Arturo Maltos-Garcia (R), Chad Martin (R), Carlos Martinez (R), Loiger Padron (R), Juan Carlos Paniagua (R), Anthony Prieto (L), Jasvir Rakkar (R), and Tony York (R)
C Alberto Mineo, Wilfredo Petit, and Neftali Rosario
INF David Bote (3B), Ben Carhart (3B), Trevor Gretzky (1B), Danny Lockhart (2B), and Carlos Penalver (SS)
OF Jeffrey Baez (RF), Yasiel Balaguert (RF), Shawon Dunston Jr (CF), and Garrett Schlecht (LF)



DSL Cubs #1
P SP: Angel Mejias (L), Jose Paulino (L), Hector Perez (R), Carlos Rodriguez (L), and Luis Villalba (L) - RP: Gilberto Abreu (R), Jonathan Bautista (R), Harrison Bermudez (R), Enger Cabreja (R), Francisco Carrillo (R), Javier Castro (R), Michael de la Cruz (R), Manuel Fuentes (L), Luis Guillen (R), Jeffry Hernandez (R), Richard Leyba (L), Eric Martinez (R), Hendry Mercado (R), and Carlos Severino (R)
C Steven de la Cruz, Leonardo Gonzalez, and Carlos Ramirez
INF Roney Alcala (1B), Varonex Cuevas (2B), Jenner Emeterio (SS), Antonio Gonzalez (2B), John Ortega (2B), Adonis Paula (3B), Miguel Rico (3B), and Francisco Sanchez (SS)
OF Arnaldo Calero (LF), Roberto Caro (CF), Jose Casilla (LF), Enderson Mercedes (RF), and Jose Paniagua (RF)




DSL Cubs #2
P SP: Pedro Araujo (R), Greyfer Eregua (R), Amalio Reyes (R), Alexander Santana (R), and Daury Torrez (R) - RP: Jesus Baldayaque (R), Alfredo Belizaire (L), Pedro Brazoban (R), Augusto Colina (L), Alberto Diaz (L), Jorge Diaz (R), Frailyn Figueroa (L), Alexander Frias (R), Victor Garcia (L), Enyel Gonzalez (R), Yomar Morel (R), Jesus Pereyra (R), Chris Pieters (L), and Victor Salazar (R)
C Erick Castillo, Jhonny Pena, Antonio Valerio, and Eufran Vargas
INF Luis Acosta (SS), Delbis Arcila (1B), Bryant Flete (2B), Mark Malave (3B), Dalfis Ortiz (2B), Felix Perez (1B), and Jeffry Puente (1B)
OF Edwin Contreras (RF), Kevin Encarnacion (CF), Ricardo Marcano (LF), and Shamiel Ubiera (RF)



Inactive List
CUBS RHP Matt Garza (elbow - retro to 7/28), RHP Marcos Mateo (June 2012 TJS - 4/4), RHP Arodys Vizcaino (March 2012 TJS - 7/31) and 3B Ian Stewart (wrist surgery - retro to 6/13) are on 60-day DL
IOWA Wilson Contreras, Carlos Escobar, Justin Marra, and Lance Rymel
TENN RHP Jake Brigham, RHP David Cales (2011 shoulder surgery rehab), C Nate Maldonado (player-coach), INF Elliot Soto, and IF-OF David Macias (player-coach at AZL Cubs) are on 7-day DL
DAYT INF Arismendy Alcantara (leg), and INF Carlos Figueroa (player-coach) are on 7-day DL, and RHP Brett Wallach and OF Evan Crawford (shoulder surgery) are on 60-day DL
PEOR RHP Zach Cates, LHP Gerardo Concepcion (illness), RHP Michael Jensen (blister), RHP Jose Rosario (sore arm), RHP Joe Zeller (blister), C Alvaro Sosa (player-coach at AZL Cubs), 1B Paul Hoilman (dislocated finger), and OF Taiwan Easterling are on 7-day DL, and LHP Andrew McKirahan (elbow surgery), INF Brad Zapenas (shoulder surgery), and OF Reggie Golden (knee surgery) are on 60-day DL
BOIS RHP Mike Hamann, RHP David Henrie, LHP Kyle Shepard, and OF Dong-Yub Kim (concussion) are on 7-day DL, and OF Rashad Crawford is on 60-day DL
AZL RHP Josh Conway (2012 TJS rehab), RHP Pedro Medina (2010 TJS rehab), RHP Amaury Paulino, RHP Melvin Rosa (2010 TJS rehab), and RHP Austin Urban (back surgery rehab) are on 60-day DL, and C Johann DeJesus is on RESTRICTED LIST
DSL RHP Manuel Asencio, RHP Rafael Diaz, LHP Warner Eusebio, RHP Jose Morel, RHP Julio Sanchez, RHP Yilver Sanchez, and RHP Francisco Turbi, C Engel Santana, 3B Carlos Montero, 2B Jose Montesino, and OF Frammi Cabrera are INACTIVE at the Cubs Dominican Academy, and RHP Juancito de la Cruz, LHP Andin Diaz, RHP Antonio Encarnacion, and RHP Enyelberth Pena are on RESTRICTED LIST

Recent comments

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    18-year old SS Jefferson Rojas almost made the AA Tennessee Opening Day roster, and he is a legit shortstop, so I would expect him to be an MLB Top 100 prospect by mid-season. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Among the relievers in the system, I expect RHRP Hunter Bigge at AAA Iowa and RHRP Ty Johnson at South Bend to have breakout seasons on 2024, and among the starters I see LHP Drew Gray and RHP Will Sanders at South Bend and RHP Naz Mule at ACL Cubs as the guys who will make the biggest splash. Also, Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sides, so once he is ready for game action he could be making an impact at Myrtle Beach by June.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    I expect OF Christian Franklin to have a breakout season at AA Tennessee in 2024. In another organization that doesn't have PCA, Caissie, K. Alcantara, and Canario in their system, C. Franklin would be a Top 10 prospect. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    The Reds trading Joe Boyle for Sam Moll at last year's MLB Trade Deadline was like the Phillies trading Ben Brown to the Cubs for David Robertson at the MLB TD in 2022. 

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Javier Assad started the Lo-A game (Myrtle Beach versus Stockton) on the Cubs backfields on Wednesday as his final Spring Training tune-up. He was supposed to throw five innings / 75 pitches. However, I was at the minor league road games at Fitch so I didn't see Assad pitch. 

  • crunch (view)

    cards put j.young on waivers.

    they really tried to make it happen this spring, but he put up a crazy bad slash of .081/.244/.108 in 45PA.

  • Childersb3 (view)

    Seconded!!!

  • crunch (view)

    another awesome spring of pitching reports.  thanks a lot, appreciated.

  • Arizona Phil (view)

    Here are the Cubs pitchers reports from Tuesday afternoon's Cardinals - Cubs game art Sloan Park in Mesa:

    SHOTA IMANAGA
    FB: 90-92 
    CUT: 87-89 
    SL: 82-83 
    SPLIT: 81-84
    CV: 73-74 
    COMMENT: Worked three innings plus two batters in the fourth... allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits (six singles and two doubles) walked one, and struck out six (four swinging), with a 1/2 GO/AO... he threw 73 pitches (52 strikes - 10 swing & miss - 19 foul balls)... surrendered one run in the top of the 1st on a one-out double off Cody Bellinger's glove in deep straight-away CF followed one out later by two consecutive two-out bloop singles, allowed two runs (one earned) in the 2nd after retiring the first two hitters (first batter had a nine-pitch AB with four consecutive two-strike foul balls before being retired 3 -U) on a two-out infield single (weak throw on the run by Nico Hoerner), a hard-contact line drive RBI double down the RF line, and an E-1 (missed catch) by Imanaga on what should been an inning-ending 3-1 GO, gave up another run in the 3rd on a two-out walk on a 3-2 pitch and an RBI double to LF, and two consecutive singles leading off the top of the 4th before being relieved (runners were ultimately left stranded)... threw 18 pitches in the 1st inning (14 strikes - two swing & miss, one on FB and the other on a SL - four foul balls), 24 pitches in the 2nd inning (17 strikes - three swing & miss, one on FB, two SPLIT - six foul balls), 19 pitches in the 3rd inning (13 strikes - seven swing & miss, three on SL, two on SPLIT, one on FB - three foul balls), and 12 pitches without retiring a batter in the top of the 4th (8 strikes - no swing & miss - four foul balls)... Imanaga throws a lot of pitches per inning, but it's not because he doesn't throw strikes...  if anything, he throws too many strikes (he threw 70% strikes on Tuesday)... while he gets a ton of swing & miss (and strikeouts), he also induces a lot of foul balls because he doesn't try to make hitters chase his pitches by throwing them out of the strike zone... rather, he uses his very diverse pitch mix to get swing & miss (and lots of foul balls as well)... he also is a fly ball pitcher who will give up more than his share of HR during the course of the season...   
     
    JOE NAHAS
    FB: 90-92 
    SL: 83-85 
    CV: 80-81 
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day... relieved Imanaga with runners at first and second and no outs in the top of the 4th, and after an E-2 catcher's interference committed by Miguel Amaya loaded he bases, Nahas struck out the side (one swinging & two looking)... threw 16 pitches (11 strikes - two swinging)...   

    YENCY ALMONTE
    FB: 89-92 
    CH: 86 
    SL: 79 
    COMMENT: Threw an eight-pitch 5th (five strikes - no swing & miss), with a 5-3 GO for the first out and an inning-ending 4-6-3 DP after a one-out single... command was a bit off but he worked through it...   

    FRANKIE SCALZO JR
    FB: 94-95
    CH: 88 
    SL: 83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 6th inning... got the first outs easily (a P-5 and a 4-3 GO) on just three pitches, before allowing three consecutive two-out hard-contact hits (a double and two singles), with the third hit on pitch # 9 resulting in a runner being thrown out at the plate by RF Christian Franklin for the third out of the inning... 

    MICHAEL ARIAS
    FB: 94-96
    CH: 87-89
    SL: 82-83
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and allowed a hard-contact double on the third pitch of the 7th inning (a 96 MPH FB), and the runner came around to score on a 4-3 GO and a WP... gave up two other loud contact outs (an L-7 and an F-9)... threw 18 pitches (only 10 strikes - only one swing & miss)... stuff is electric but still very raw and he continues to have difficulty commanding it, and while he has the repertoire of a SP, he throws too many pitches-per-inning to be a SP and not enough strikes to be a closer... he is most definitely still a work-in-progress...   

    ZAC LEIGH: 
    FB: 93-94 
    CH: 89 
    SL: 81-83 
    CV: 78
    COMMENT: Was called up from the AA Tennessee group at Minor League Camp for the day and tossed a 1-2-3 8th (4-3 GO, K-swinging on a sweeper, K-looking on another sweeper)... threw 14 pitches (11 strikes - one swing & miss - eight foul balls)... kept pumping pitches into the strike zone but had difficulty putting hitters away (ergo a ton of foul balls)... FB velo is nowhere near the 96-98 MPH it was a couple of years ago when he was a Top 30 prospect, but his secondaries are better...   

    JOSE ROMERO:  
    FB: 93-95
    SL: 82-84
    COMMENT: Was called up from the Hi-A South Bend group at Minor League Camp for the day and worked the 9th (14 pitches - only six strikes- no swing & miss) and allowed a solo HR after two near-HR fly outs to the warning track, before getting a 3-1 GO to end the inning... it was like batting practice when he wasn't throwing pitches out of the strike zone...

  • crunch (view)

    pablo sandoval played 3rd and got a couple ABs (strikeout, single!) in the OAK@SF "exhibition"

    mlb officially authenticated the ball of the single he hit.  nice.

    he's in surprisingly good shape considering his poor body condition in his last playing seasons.  he's not lean, but he looks healthier.  good for him.