NEWSLETTER
The big league team has opened its season, and the full-season minor league clubs are about to do the same. That means it’s time to set those opening day rosters, and each of the Iowa Cubs (AAA), Tennessee Smokies (AA), Myrtle Beach Pelicans (High-A), and South Bend Cubs (Low-A) have announced their rosters. You can see the rosters here, here, here, and here, for the full info and coaching staff.
Below, I’ve got the names of the players on each club, and then some reactions and notes. Each affiliate opens up its season on Thursday, April 9, and each affiliate will have at least some games available on MiLB.tv (which you can get here, together with MLB.tv if you’d like).
Iowa Cubs
Pitchers
RHP Donn Roach
RHP Carlos Pimentel
LHP Eric Jokisch
RHP Barret Loux
RHP Yoanner Negrin
RHP Blake Parker
RHP Brian Schlitter
LHP Zac Rosscup
RHP Blake Cooper
LHP Drake Britton
RHP Gonzalez Germen
LHP Joseph Ortiz
RHP Armando Rivero
Catchers
Rafael Lopez
Taylor Davis
Infielders
Kris Bryant
Addison Russell
Javier Baez
Mike Baxter
Chris Valaika
Jonathan Mota
Outfielders
Junior Lake
John Andreoli
Adron Chambers
Rubi Silva
Tennessee Smokies
Pitchers
LHP Jeffry Antigua
RHP Frank Batista
RHP Corey Black
LHP Hunter Cervenka
RHP Fernando Cruz
RHP C.J. Edwards
RHP P.J. Francescon
RHP Michael Jensen
RHP Felix Pena
RHP Stephen Perakslis
RHP Ivan Pineyro
RHP Andres Santiago
LHP Rob Zastryzny
Catchers
Erick Castillo
Willson Contreras
Kyle Schwarber
Infielders
Stephen Bruno
Ryan Dent
Dustin Geiger
Elliot Soto
Christian Villanueva
Dan Vogelbach
Outfielders
Albert Almora
Pin-Chieh Chen
Anthony Giansanti
Bijan Rademacher
Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Pitchers
RHP Paul Blackburn
RHP Matt Brazis
LHP Gerardo Conception
RHP Josh Conway
LHP Michael Heesch
RHP Jonathan Martinez
RHP Juan Carlos Paniagua
RHP Starling Peralta
RHP James Pugliese
RHP Tayler Scott
RHP Tyler Skulina
RHP Daury Torrez
RHP Jen-Ho Tseng
RHP Duane Underwood
Catchers
Victor Caratini
Ben Carhart
Albert Mineo
Infielders
Jeimer Candelario
Wes Darvill
Andrew Ely
Danny Lockhart
Carlos Penalver
Jacob Rogers
Outfielders
Shawon Dunston, Jr.
Jacob Hannemann
Billy McKinney
Mark Zagunis
South Bend Cubs
Pitchers
RHP Francisco Carrillo
RHP Trevor Clifton
RHP James Farris
RHP Zach Hedges
LHP Tyler Ihrig
RHP Erick Leal
LHP Jordan Minch
RHP James Norwood
RHP Jeremy Null
RHP Jasvir Rakkar
RHP Jake Stinnett
LHP Tommy Thorpe
RHP Ryan Williams
Catchers
Gioskar Amaya
Cael Brockmeyer
Justin Marra
Infielders
David Bote
Jesse Hodges
Gleyber Torres
Jason Vosler
Chesny Young
Outfielders
Jeffrey Baez
Yasiel Balaguert
Kevin Brown
Charcer Burks
Rashad Crawford
Trey Martin
