Cubs announce 40-man postseason player pool originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
The Cubs announced their 40-man postseason player pool on Thursday.
The group consists of players eligible for the Cubs during their postseason run. Those currently on the 28-man active roster are included, in addition to a combination of 12 players currently on the injured list or those who trained at the South Bend alternate site.
Each team must submit a 28-man active roster each postseason round.
Here is a list of the Cubs' 40 players.
Pitchers
RHP Jason Adam, RHP Adbert Alzolay, LHP Andrew Chafin, RHP Yu Darvish, RHP Kyle Hendricks, RHP Jeremy Jeffress, RHP Craig Kimbrel, LHP Jon Lester, RHP Alec Mills, LHP José Quintana, LHP Kyle Ryan, RHP Ryan Tepera, RHP Duane Underwood Jr., RHP Dan Winkler, LHP Rex Brothers, LHP Brailyn Marquez, LHP Josh Osich, RHP Colin Rea, LHP Justin Steele, RHP Tyler Chatwood, RHP Rowan Wick
- Brothers, Marquez, Osich, Rea, Steele, Chatwood (IL) and Wick (IL) are not currently on the active roster.
Infielders
SS Javier Báez, 3B/2B David Bote, 3B Kris Bryant, 2B/SS Nico Hoerner, 2B Jason Kipnis, 1B/DH José Martínez, 1B Anthony Rizzo, INF Ildemaro Vargas, 3B/1B Patrick Wisdom
- Vargas (IL) and Wisdom are not currently on the active roster.
Outfielders
CF Albert Almora, Jr, OF Billy Hamilton, OF Ian Happ, RF Jason Heyward, OF Cameron Maybin, LF Kyle Schwarber
- Almora is not currently on the active roster.
Catchers
Victor Caratini, Willson Contreras, P.J. Higgins, Josh Phegley
- Higgins and Phegley are not currently on the active roster.
