
MINOR LEAGUE CONTRACTS & ROSTER RULES
1. A player with no prior MLB or minor league service who signs a minor league contract ("first contract") or a free-agent with prior MLB and/or minor league service who signs a minor league contract must be added to an MLB club's Domestic Reserve List or International Reserve List when he is added to a minor league club's Active List or when the contract is filed with the MLB Commissioner (whichever comes first). Contracts must be filed with the MLB Commissioner within 20 days of signing.
2. A player must be added to a Domestic Reserve List immediately if the player is sent outright to the minors, is acquired in a trade, or is selected in the AAA Phase of the MLB Rule 5 Draft.
3. With the consent of the player and the club, a player who has not previously signed an MLB or minor league contract may be "Signed for Future Service" (contract is for the following season) if the player signs a minor league contract after July 1st but before January 1st and is not placed on a minor league club's Active List, Injured List, Temporarily Inactive List, or Military List prior to the conclusion of the Minor League season. (Attendance at a post-season Instructional League and/or participation in Instructional League games do not count). The player cannot be released until he spends at least 15 days on a minor league active list or receives a (minimum) 15-day trial in Spring Training.
NOTE-1: The deadline to sign a player for future service was temporarily extended from December 31st to January 15th beginning in 2022.
NOTE-2: Beginning on July 1, 2023, players cannot be "Signed for Future Service."
4. An international free-agent with no prior MLB or minor league service or a player who was eligible for selection in the MLB Rule 4 Draft (First-Year Player Draft) who signs a minor league contract as a Non-Drafted Free-Agent (NDFA) after the draft must be added to a minor league reserve list and to a minor league club's Active List within 15 days or when he plays in his first game (whichever comes first). The player cannot be released until he spends at least 15 days on a minor league active list or receives a (minimum) 15-day trial in Spring Training.
5. A player who signs a minor league contract after being selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft (First Year Player Draft) must be added to a minor league club's Active List with 15 days or when he plays in his first official minor league game (whichever comes first), but the player does not count against a minor league reserve list until the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season or until he plays in an official minor league game (whichever comes first). The player cannot be released until he spends at least 15 days on a minor league active list or receives a (minimum) 15-day trial in Spring Training.
6. A minor league player eligible for selection in the Rule 5 Draft cannot be added to an MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), traded to another organization, or transferred from one minor league reserve list to another within the same organization, beginning;with the filing of MLB minor league reserve lists in November and extending through the completion of the Rule 5 Draft.
7. With the approval of the MLB Commissioner, a club may assign (loan) a player signed to a minor league contract to the Active List of a minor league club in another organization, to a club in an MLB Partner League, or to a club in the Mexican League. However, the player must be returned no later than the day after the conclusion of his club's season.
8. An MLB player who was sent outright to a minor league club during the previous season or after the conclusion of the previous season cannot be tendered a minor league contract for the following season with a salary less than 80% of his previous season's salary (what he was actually paid that season).
9. If an unsigned MLB player is outrighted to the minors after the conclusion of the MLB regular season and then is not tendered a minor league contract by January 15th, the player is a free-agent.
10. If a minor league player under club control (a minor league "auto-renewal" player) is not tendered a salary addendum by March 15th, the player is a free-agent.
11. An MLB club can automatically renew a minor league player's contract no more than six times, so a club can unilaterally control a minor league player (that is, a player not on an MLB 40-man roster) for no more than seven minor league seasons. For purposes of determining eligibility to be a free-agent, a player does not accrue a minor league season if the player spends the entire season on an MLB Active List, MLB Disabled List(s), and/or other MLB inactive list, or if the player spends an entire season on the Restricted List, Disqualified List, Suspended List, Ineligible List, Voluntarily Retired List, and/or Military List. Also, participation in a post-season instructional league, the Arizona Fall League, and/or international winter league(s) do not count toward a minor league season.
NOTE: Beginning on June 5, 2023, a player who is 19 or older on the June 5th prior to signing his first contract can have his contract renewed no more than five times and will remain under club control for only six seasons before he will become eligible to be an MLB Rule 9 minor league free-agent. (This rule does - NOT - apply to any player who signed his first contract prior to June 5, 2023).
MINOR LEAGUE MINIMUM SALARIES:
Salaries are paid weekly and are pro-rated.
BEGINNING IN 2023:
AAA: $35,800
AA: $30,250
Hi-A: $27,300
Lo-A: $26,200
ACL/FCL: $19,800
DSL: $3,000 (plus room & board)
MINOR LEAGUE SERVICE TIME & ROSTER LIMITS
An MLB organization may carry no more than 180 players on its aggregate Domestic Reserve List from minor league Opening Day up until 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series, and no more than 190 players on its Domestic Reserve List beginning at 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series up until minor league Opening Day.
NOTE: Beginning in 2024, an MLB organization may carry no more than 165 players on its aggregate Domestic Reserve List from minor league Opening Day up until 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series, and no more than 175 players on its Domestic Reserve List beginning at 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series up until minor league Opening Day.
NOTE: Beginning at 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the 2023 World Series, the Domestic Reserve List limit will be 175 during the off-season up until MLB Opening Day, and then 165 beginning on MLB Opening Day up until 5 PM (Eastern) on the 5th day after the final game of the World Series.
If an MLB organization exceeds its Domestic Reserve List or International Reserve List maximum roster limit, the organization has up to 48 hours to make whatever roster adjustments or moves necessary to return to (or below) the reserve list limit.
No more than 38 players may be placed on the Reserve List of a club's AAA affiliate, beginning when rosters are filed with the MLB Commissioner in November and extending through the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft.
An MLB organization may carry no more than 35 players on its International Reserve List (if the MLB club has only one DSL Affiliate) or no more than 70 players (if the MLB club has two DSL affiliates).
Once a player is moved from a club's International Reserve List to a club's Domestic Reserve List, he cannot return to the International Reserve List without consent of the MLB Commissioner.
Only players on the International Reserve List can play in the DSL.
For the purpose of determining minor league roster limits & restrictions, a minor league player accrues a year of "service time" for every season in which the player spends at least 30 days on an MLB and/or minor league active list and/or injured list, unless the player spent the entire season on the Injured List.
1. Service time accrued by a player while assigned to a club or clubs in the Dominican Summer League (DSL) and/or Venezuelan Summer League (VSL) does not count when determining minor league roster limits and restrictions for minor league clubs in domestic affilated leagues.
NOTE: Although the VSL has been defunct since 2016 (last season was 2015), there are players in the minor leagues today who accrued minor league service time while assigned to a VSL club back when the VSL was still an active minor league.
2. A position player making a position change to pitcher or a pitcher making a position change to position player receives a one-year exemption from minor league service time restrictions. However, a position player being converted to a pitcher may not be used as a position player in a minor league game during the exempt year, and a pitcher being converted to a position player may not be used as a pitcher in a minor league game during the exempt year.
3. A player on a minor league "rehabilitation" or "conditioning" assignment does not count against the Active List or Reserve List of the affiliate to which he is assigned.
4. A maximum of three players on a minor league Injured List, Restricted List, and/or Miltary List may be assigned on a "rehabilitation" or "conditioning" assignment to any one minor league affiliate at any one time, but there is no limit to the number of players who can be on a "rehabilitation" or "conditioning" assignment at the organization's Spring Training Complex (including a club's Arizona or Florida complex league affiliate). There is also no limit on the number of players on an MLB Injured List, Restricted List, and/or Military List who can be assigned on a "rehabilitation" or "conditioning" assignment to any one minor league affiliate at any one time.
5. A player who has been "Signed for Future Service" can be carried on the roster of a full-season single-A, ACL or FCL, or DSL affiliate only. A player with "Signed for Future Service" status does not count against Domestic Reserve List or International Reserve List roster limits until minor league Opening Day. A maximum of 50 players in any one organization may have "Signed for Future Service" status at any one point in time, and no more than 12 players "Signed for Future Service" may be assigned to any one single-A, ACL or FCL, or DSL affiliate at the same time.
CUBS MINOR LEAGUE AFFILIATES
SS = Short Season League
R = Rookie League
FR = Foreign Rookie League
IOWA (AAA):
RESERVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 38 (November reserve list roster filing date through Rule 5 Draft only)
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 28
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: NONE
TENNESSEE (AA):
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 28
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: NONE
SOUTH BEND (Hi-A):
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 30
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: Maximum two players and one player-coach with six or more years of service time (not including DSL/VSL service time)
MYRTLE BEACH (Lo-A):
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 30
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: Maximum two players with five or more years of service time (not including DSL/VSL service time)
ACL CUBS (SS-R):
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: NONE (maximum 30 players designated "active" for each game, not including players on rehab assignment)
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: No players with three or more years of service time (VSL/DSL service time excluded)
DSL CUBS BLUE (SS-FR):
ROSTER RESTRICTIONS: International players only (maximum two players from Puerto Rico)
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 35 (maximum 30 players designated "active" for each game)
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: No players with four or more years of service time (including DSL/VSL service time)
DSL CUBS RED (SS-FR):
ROSTER RESTRICTIONS: International players only (maximum two players from Puerto Rico)
ACTIVE LIST ROSTER LIMIT: 35 (maximum 30 players designated "active" for each game)
SERVICE TIME LIMITS: No players with four or more years of service time (including DSL/VSL service time)
There is no Active List roster limit for Extended Spring Training and post-season Instructional League ("instructs") squads.
CUBS MINOR LEAGUE ROSTERS (last updated 9-19-2023):
* bats or throws left
# bats both
Players on Optional Assignment from MLB Reserve List are in green
Players on Article XIX-C Minor League Rehab Assignment are in blue
Players signed after being selected in the MLB Rule 4 Draft are underlined in purple
DOMESTIC RESERVE LIST
145 players are RESERVED (35 slots are open), plus twenty players selected in the 2023 MLB Rule 4 Draft, 19 players on the 60-DAY IL (including two selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft), and three on the RESTRICTED LIST
AAA
IOWA:
30 players (includes six on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT), plus two are on the 60-DAY IL and one is on the RESTRICTED LIST
29 players are ACTIVE (includes two MLB players on ARTICLE XIX-C MINOR LEAGUE REHAB ASSIGNMENT), plus three players on 7-DAY IL
PITCHERS: 16+4 (includes five on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT and two MLB players on ARTICLE XIX-C MINOR LEAGUE REHAB ASSIGNMENT)
* Andres Bonalde (RESTRICTED LIST)
Ben Brown
Nick Burdi (ARTICLE XIX-C MINOR LEAGUE REHAB ASSIGNMENT)
Chris Clarke
Tyler Duffey
Jeremiah Estrada
* Stephen Gonsalves
Shane Greene
* Bailey Horn
* Brandon Hughes (ARTICLE XIX-C MINOR LEAGUE REHAB ASSIGNMENT)
Caleb Kilian
* Scott Kobos
Ben Leeper (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Brendon Little
Nick Neidert (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
Samuel Reyes
Michael Rucker
Cam Sanders
Riley Thompson
Brad Wieck (INACTIVE - 60-DAY IL)
CATCHERS: 3
P. J. Higgins
Jake Washer
* Bryce Windham
INFIELDERS: 5+2 (includes one on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT)
David Bote
Levi Jordan
* Matt Mervis
* Edwin Rios (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
Jake Slaughter (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
Chase Strumpf
Luis Vazquez
OUTFIELDERS: 5 (includes one on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT)
Brennen Davis
* Darius Hill
Nelson Maldonadfo
# Yonathan Perlaza
* Cole Roederer
TENNESSEE:
AA
34 players (including one on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT), plus one selected in the 2023 Rule 4 Draft, four on the 60-DAY IL and one on the RESTRICTED LIST
28 players are ACTIVE (includes one selected in the 2023 Rule 4 Draft), plus three on the 7-DAY IL and four on the DEVELOPMENT LIST
PITCHERS: 14+9
Hunter Bigge
Brandon Birdsell
Craig Brooks (RESTRICTED LIST)
Carlos Guzman
* Burl Carraway (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Manuel Espinoza (INACTIVE - Development List)
Kohl Franklin
Richard Gallardo (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
Ben Hecht (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
Porter Hodge
Cade Horton
Chris Kachmar
Zac Leigh
* Brailyn Marquez (INACTIVE - Development List)
* Riley Martin
Eduarniel Nunez
* Jack Patterson (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Walker Powell
Jake Reindl (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Frankie Scalzo Jr
* Dalton Stambaugh (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Cayne Ueckert
Blake Whitney
CATCHERS: 3+1
Pablo Aliendo
* Moises Ballesteros
Caleb Knight (INACTIVE - Development List)
# Casey Opitz
INFIELDERS: 6+1 (includes one selected in the 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Haydn McGeary
Scott McKeon
# B. J. Murray
Fabian Pertuz (INACTIVE - Development List)
Matt Shaw
James Triantos
* Andy Weber
OUTFIELDERS: 5+1 (includes one on OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT)
Kevin Alcantara
Bradlee Beesley (INACTIVE - 7-day IL)
* Owen Caissie
Christian Franklin
Jordan Nwogu
* Ezequiel Pagan
SOUTH BEND:
Hi-A
29 players, plus one selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft, two on the 60-DAY IL, and one on the RESTRICTED LIST
PITCHERS: 19+3
Michael Arias
Max Bain
Yovanny Cabrera
Jesus Camargo (RESTRICTED LIST)
Derek Casey
Yovanny Cruz
Luis Devers
Angel Gonzalez
Nick Hull
Grant Kipp
* Adam Laskey
Michael McAvene
Brody McCullough
Joe Nahas
Connor Noland
Johzan Oquendo
Sheldon Reed
Tyler Santana
Tyler Schlaffer (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Sam Thoresen (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Chase Watkins
Jarod Wright
CATCHERS: 2
* Dilan Granadillo
* Ethan Hearn
INFIELDERS: 6 (includes one selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Ed Howard
Juan Mora
Josh Rivera
Liam Spence
Felix Stevens
Luis Verdugo
OUTFIELDERS: 3
* Parker Chavers
* Yohendrick Pinango
* Jacob Wetzel
MYRTLE BEACH:
27 players, plus eight selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft and six on the 60-DAY IL
Lo-A
PITCHERS: 18+6 (includes three selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Sam Armstrong
Garrett Brown
* Jacksion Ferris
Will Frisch (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Landon Ginn
Saul Gonzalez (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Drew Gray
* Angel Hernandez
Scarlyn Lebron
Shane Marshall (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Luis Martinez-Gomez
Anthony Mendez (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Grayson Moore
Koen Moreno
Nazier Mule (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Eligio Paredes
Kenyi Perez
Starlyn Pichardo
Erian Rodriguez
Jose Romero
Luis Rujano
* Marino Santy
Kevin Valdez
JP Wheat (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
CATCHERS: 4 (includes one player selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
David Avitia
* Michael Carico
Miguel Pabon
# Malcom Quintero
INFIELDERS: 9 (includes two players selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
# Reivaj Garcia
Cristian Hernandez
Brian Kalmer
Jonathon Long
Rafael Morel
Christian Olivo
Reggie Preciado
# Pedro Ramirez
Jefferson Rojas
OUTFIELDERS: 4 (includes two players selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
* Brett Bateman
* Zyhir Hope
Andy Garriola
* Ismael Mena
ACL CUBS
32 players, plus eight selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft and five on the 60-DAY IL (including two selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
PITCHERS: 22+5 (includes six selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Gabriel Agrazal
* Jose Aquino (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Juan Bello
* Daniel Brown
Raino Coran (ex-OF)
* Wilson Cunningham
Nick Dean
Kenten Egbert
* Ethan Flanagan (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Carlos Garcia
Dominic Hambley
Ty Johnson
* Joel Machado
Mason McGwire
Wilme Mora
Gleiber Morales (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Branden Noriega
Mathew Peters
Luis A. Reyes
Wilber Rodriguez
Yenrri Rojas
Alfredo Romero
Tomy Sanchez
Will Sanders
Joel Sierra (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Freilyn Silverio
Jaxon Wiggins (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
CATCHERS: 5 (includes one player selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
# Jairo Diaz
Frank Hernandez (ex-OF)
Adan Sanchez
* Wally Soto
Carter Trice (ex-INF)
INFIELDERS: 6 (includes two players selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Drew Bowser
* Jose Escobar
Alexis Hernandez
Geuri Lubo
* Yahil Melendez
Christopher Paciolla
OUTFIELDERS: 7 (includes one player selected in 2023 Rule 4 Draft)
Brayan Altuve
* Ke'Shun Collier
* Jefferson Encarnacion
Leonel Espinoza
* Cristian More
Alfonsin Rosario
* Anderson Suriel
INTERNATIONAL RESERVE LIST
61 players are RESERVED (nine slots are open), plus three are on the RESTRICTED LIST and four are on the 60-DAY IL
DSL CUBS BLUE:
31 players, plus one on the RESTRICTED LIST and three on the 60-DAY IL
PITCHERS: 16+3
* Melvyn Amador
Juan Archbold
Eduardo Castillo
* Miguel Cruz
Diego Dugarte
Joandy Duran (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Charbel Gonzalez
Yoendris Gonzalez (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
Jair Jimenez
Fraiman Marte
Dalbert Mosquea (RESTRICTED LIST)
David Olivo
* Santiago Payares
Francis Reynoso (ex-1B)
Darian Rivero
Adrian Santana
Saul Siri
Yafrerlyn Vasquez
Jeral Vizcaino
CATCHERS: 3
Henniel Alcala
Carlos Altuve
Vicent Nunez
INFIELDERS: 8+1
Yoanis Aleksandrov
# Ezequiel Alvarez (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
* Darlyn DeLeon
Moises Febrillet
* Omar Ferrera
Brailin Pascual
# Eriandys Ramon
Derniche Valdez
# Grenyerbert Velasquez
OUTFIELDERS: 4
* Derik Alcantara
Erbin Jaque
* Alexey Lumpuy
Edward Vargas
DSL CUBS RED:
30 players, plus two on the RESTRICTED LIST and one on the 60-DAY IL
PITCHERS: 16+2
David Bracho
Kevin Camacho
Brayan Diaz
Anderson Feliz (RESTRICTED LIST)
Jostin Florentino
* Zhiorman Imbriano
Joel Jimenez
Bryan Landaez
Ronny Lopez
Emannoel Madeira
Nestor Pirela
Welington Quintero
Luis R. Reyes
* Samuel Rodriguez
Jordi Romero
Albaro Santana (RESTRICTED LIST)
Runelvis Toribio
Irving Vazquez
CATCHERS: 3
Daniel Campos
Abel DeLeon
Yidel Diaz
INFIELDERS: 6
Angel Cepeda
Joan Delgado
# Ludwing Espinoza
Albert Gutierrez
* Luis Maza
# Sandy Sanchez
OUTFIELDERS: 5+1
* Albert Belliard
Daniel Benschop
Andres Bonolis
Andrws Cruz
Josias Ramirez
Julio Valdez (INACTIVE - 60-day IL)
CUBS PLAYER DEVELOPMENT & MINOR LEAGUE STAFF
VICE PRESIDENT - DIRECTOR OF PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Jared Banner
DIRECTOR OF PITCHING: Craig Breslow
DIRECTOR OF HITTING: Justin Stone
FIELD COORDINATOR: OPEN
PITCHING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR: Casey Jacobson
PITCHING PERFORMANCE COORDINATOR: James Ogden
ASSISTANT PITCHING DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR: Carlos Chantres
ARIZONA PITCHING COORDINATOR: Tony Cougoule
REHAB PITCHING COPORDINATOR: George Thanopoulos
HITTING COORDINATORS: Steven Pollakov and Rachel Folden
CATCHING COORDINATOR: Mark Johnson
INFIELD COORDINATOR: Dai Dai Otaka
OUTFIELD & BASERUNNING COORDINATOR: Doug Dascenzo
DOMINICAN ACADEMY FIELD COORDINATOR: Dave Keller
POSITION PLAYER REHAB / DEVELOPMENT LIST COORDINATOR: Desi Wilson
DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING: Blaine Kinsley
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR: Mark Weisman
ACL COMPLEX STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR: Dallas Lopez
MEDICAL COORDINATOR: James Edwards
ASSISTANT MEDICAL COORDINATOR: Sean Folan
MENTAL SKILLS PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Bob Tewksbury
MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: David DaSilva
LATIN AMERICAN MENTAL SKILLS COORDINATOR: Javier Guerrero
IOWA: Marty Pevey (Manager), Griffin Benedict (Bench Coach), Ron Villone (Pitching Coach), John Mallee (Hitting Coach), and Thomas Boucher (Assistant Coach)
TENNESSEE: Kevin Graber (Manager), Jamie Vermilyea (Pitching Coach), Rick Strickland (Hitting Coach), and Tyler Ladendorf (Assistant Coach)
SOUTH BEND: Lance Rymel (Manager), D'Angelo Jimenez (Bench Coach), Clayton Mortensen (Pitching Coach), Dan Puente (Hitting Coach), and Andrew Rueter (Assistant Coach)
MYRTLE BEACH: Buddy Bailey (Manager), Bruce Billings (Pitching Coach), Rob Vaz (Hitting Coach), and Corey Ray (Assistant Coach)
ACL CUBS: Nick Lovullo (Manager), Yovanny Rosario (Bench Coach), Armando Gabino (Pitching Coach), Jose Zapata (Pitching Coach), Chris Pieters (Hitting Coach), Ben Martin (Hitting Coach), Collin Andrews (Assistant Coach), and Andrew Craig (Assistant Coach)
MESA REHAB: Connor Rooney (Rehab Coach) and Hunter Hudson (Rehab Catcher)
DSL CUBS BLUE: Carlos Ramirez (Manager), Jordal Williams (Pitching Coach), Raymond Pena (Hitting Coach), and J. C. Bonilla (Assistant Coach)
DSL CUBS RED: Enrique Wilson (Manager), Luis Hernandez (Pitching Coach), Johnny Bethancourt (Hitting Coach), and Yovanny Cuevas (Assistant Coach)
ATHLETIC TRAINERS: Ed Halbur and Logan Severson (Iowa), Seth Clapp (Tennessee), Nick Roberts (South Bend), Maggie Lowenhar (Myrtle Beach), Tanner Costine (ACL Cubs), Leroy Martinez (DSL Cubs Blue) and Arnoldo Goite and Leslie Jimenez (DSL Cubs Red)
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACHES: Nathan Garza (Iowa), TBA (Tennessee), Kelcey Mosley (South Bend), Jesus de la Sancha (Myrtle Beach), Dallas Lopez (ACL Cubs), Phillip Garcia-Herrera (DSL Cubs Blue), and Amaury Gonzalez (DSL Cubs Red)
Recent comments
crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:52 pm (view)
cubs win...so do MIA and CIN,. ARZ is close to winning (up by 6 in the 8th). total wash of a day.
off day tomorrow then it's the last week of baseball...not an easy one vs MIL and ATL. last-week drama...
crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:47 pm (view)
merryweather puts the first couple guys on with 0 outs...and smyly is up in the pen. back end of the pen situation is a mess.
crunch 09/24/2023 - 09:31 pm (view)
"Coming into the game, they were 0-819 when trailing by nine runs or more." damn.
Charlie 09/24/2023 - 09:48 am (view)
I wonder how many pitchers have missed this much time in a relatively short span with recurring forearm issues and not had it lead to surgery.
Cubster 09/24/2023 - 09:34 am (view)
Historic win for Pirates...
https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-mount-historic-rally-to-beat-reds?part…
Arizona Phil 09/23/2023 - 09:02 pm (view)
The deadline for trading players on an MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) and players who were outrighted to the minors after signing a 2023 MLB contract was August 1st, but trades involving players on a minor league reserve list are prohibited beginning at 12 PM (Eastern) on the 7th day prior to the originally-scheduled conclusion of the 2023 MLB regular season (Sunday 9/24) through the last day of the MLB regular season (including a day on which a regular season game is played after the originally-scheduled conclusion of the MLB regular season).
Arizona Phil 09/24/2023 - 09:41 am (view)
jdrnym:
As you know, the abbreviation "DFA" stands for "Designated for Assignment."
There are three types of assignments:
1. Trade Assignment (when a player is traded from one MLB club to another)
2. Outright Assignment (when a player is sent to the club's minor league Domestic Reserve List after Outright Assignment Waivers have been secured).
3. Optional Assignment (when a player is optioned to the minors, subject to being recalled at a later time).
So when a player is Designated for Assignment, the player can either be traded, outrighted to the minors, or optioned to the minors.
Normally a player is not Designated for Assignment and then optioned to the minors, because the club could just option the player to the minors immediately without a DFA.
Back in the day It was not that unusual for a player to be Designated for Assignment so that Optional Assignment Waivers could be secured (Optional Assignment Waivers were required before certain players could be optioned to the minors, and just like the old Trade Assignment Waivers, Optional Assignment Waivers were revocable if a player was claimed).
https://www.thecubreporter.com/why-player-designated-assignment-and-the…
Optional Assignment Waivers were eliminated in 2016 and Trade Assignment Waivers were eliminated in 2021, so all revocable waivers have been eliminated. What's left are Outright Assignment Waivers and Outright Release Waivers, and both are irrevocable (cannot be withdrawn) once requested.
With the new five option limit whereby a player can be optioned to the minors no more than five times in a given season before Outright Assignment Waivers must be secured (and it - IS - Outright Assignment Waivers that must be secured, even though it is for the purpose of an Optional Assignment), it now might be necessary for a club to DFA a player to clear a spot on the MLB 26-man roster (MLB 28-man roster in September) for another player and to allow for the two days (actually 47 hours) required to run a player through waivers. After the two day "Waiver Claiming Period" concludes (and presuming the player isn't claimed), the player can be returned to the MLB 40-man roster and optioned to the minors (even after being Designated for Assignment). But for that to happen, the player can - NOT - be replaced on the MLB 40-man roster by another player after being Designated for Assignment.
However, in the case of Jordan Luplow, he had - NOT - been optioned to the minors five times in the 2023 season prior to be optioned to AAA St. Paul on 9/18, so the Twins did not need to DFA Luplow in order to secure Outright Assignment Waivers so that he could be optioned to the minors a sixth time. But because he was Designated for Assignment and not replaced on the 40 by another player after the DFA, the Twins could return him to the 40 and option him to the minors even after he was Designated for Assignment, because an Optional Assignment is one of the three types of assignments.
So Luplow was Designated for Assignment even though he didn't need to be, and then the Twins returned him to their MLB 40-man roster and optioned him to the minors a couple of days later (which they can do, since Luplow wasn't replaced on the 40 by another player after he was Designated for Assignment). What the Twins did (DFA Luplow and then return him to the 40 and option him to the minors a couple of days later) was within the rules. It's just very odd and doesn't make a lot of sense.
So I will offer what I believe is the most logical reason the Twins did this:
The Twins DFA'd Luplow because they intended to reinstate Chris Paddack from the 60-day IL, but then Carlos Correa suddenly needed to go on the 10-day IL and they recalled Trevor Larnach to replace Correa, but then they probably decided they should keep Luplow on the 40-man roster, too (and on Optional Assignment to AAA), and didn't want to risk losing him off waivers or by him electing free-agency after being outrighted. Luplow has Article XX-D rights (he has been outrighted to the minors previously in his career, so he would had the right to elect free-agency after he was outrighted). Clearly the Twins felt they might need Luplow's RH bat after losing Correa and with Royce Lewis having left a game with a hamstring injury that led to an IL assignment. And that meant that Paddack would remain on his minor league rehab assignment a few extra days, but the Twins will need him in the post-season, not now.
Also, if Luplow was outrighted instead of being optioned, he would no longer be automatically eligible to play in the post-season (except as a possible injury replacement).
Not only did Carlos Correa go on the IL, Royce Lewis went on the IL, too, two days after Correa went on the IL and two days after Luplow was optioned to AAA, so the Twins did in fact end up needing Luplow after all, and recalled him just a couple of days after he was optioned to replace Lewis on the MLB 28-man roster. (So both Larnach and Luplow were recalled within a couple of days of each other, replacing Correa and Lewis on the Twins MLB 28-man roster).
So that's all I've got. That is the only thing that makes sense. The Twins DFA'd Luplow because they had intended to replace him on the 40 with another player (probably Paddack) and hoped that they would be able to run him through waivers and that he wouldn't get claimed and that he would accept an Outright Assignment, but then they suddenly changed their minds because of the injury to Correa and the possibility that Lewis might also have to go on the IL (which did, in fact, happen the next day). Also, with the injuries to Correa and Lewis, the Twins wanted Luplow to remain automatically post-season eligible, which would not be the case if he was outrighted.
Again, the Twins were able to return Luplow to the 40 and option him to AAA because he hadn't been replaced on the 40 by another player after he was Designated for Assignment.
crunch 09/23/2023 - 09:00 pm (view)
CIN out here blowing a 9-0 lead they built through 3 innings. 9-9 tie in the 7th.
crunch 09/23/2023 - 09:05 pm (view)
boxburger 10d IL, k.thompson back up. it's his right forearm (again).
crunch 09/23/2023 - 09:12 pm (view)
merryweather got out of it, but he loaded the bases with 1 out. of course ross got cuas up in the pen...thankfully he didn't need to come in.
looks like cuas gets the 9th.