{"id":100998,"date":"2025-09-30T21:32:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=100998"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:32:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:32:26","slug":"cubs-wild-card-roster-full-26-man-postseason-list-named-to-face-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=100998","title":{"rendered":"Cubs Wild Card roster: Full 26-man postseason list named to face Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cubs Wild Card roster: Full 26-man postseason list named to face Padres originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Cubs are ready to roll for the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>First up in the postseason: The NL Wild Card Round vs. the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs have a deep roster, and they haven&#8217;t done anything too tricky with their 26-man group for the opening round of the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Boyd gets the ball for Game 1 against the Padres on Tuesday, and they&#8217;ve got starting pitchers Shota Imanaga, Colin Rea and Jameson Taillon available for the rest of the best-of-three series, too.<\/p>\n<p><b>MORE:\u00a0<\/b>Why Clayton Kershaw isn&#8217;t on Dodgers playoff roster<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full list:<\/p>\n<h2>Cubs Wild Card roster<\/h2>\n<h3>Pitchers (12)<\/h3>\n<p>Matthew Boyd, Shota Imanaga, Caleb Thielbar, Taylor Rogers, Drew Pomeranz, Colin Rea, Andrew Kittredge, Brad Keller, Daniel Palencia, Michael Soroka, Aaron Civale, Jameson Taillon<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<h3>Catchers (3)<\/h3>\n<p>Carson Kelly, Reese McGuire, Moises Ballesteros<\/p>\n<h3>Infielders (6)<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Busch, Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson, Matt Shaw, Justin Turner, Willi Castro<\/p>\n<h3>Outfielders (5)<\/h3>\n<p>Kyle Tucker, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Ian Happ, Seiya Suzuki, Kevin Alcantara<\/p>\n<h2>Key details on Cubs roster<\/h2>\n<p>The Cubs have versatility mostly in the form of Willi Castro, the trade deadline acquisition who can pretty much play everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>If Chicago needs a pinch-runner late in a game, it&#8217;ll likely be Kevin Alcantara.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Aaron Judge feels the postseason pressure and embraces the challenge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago is ready to rock in the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":100999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3400,112,2765,896,698,1828,282,2216,1242,1985,992,3937,2228,200,960,825,317,936,1238,1600,1964,227,1086,2041,292,592,117,2764,2517],"class_list":["post-100998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aaron-civale","tag-aaron-judge","tag-andrew-kittredge","tag-brad-keller","tag-caleb-thielbar","tag-carson-kelly","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-clayton-kershaw","tag-colin-rea","tag-daniel-palencia","tag-dansby-swanson","tag-dodgers-playoff-roster","tag-drew-pomeranz","tag-ian-happ","tag-jameson-taillon","tag-justin-turner","tag-kyle-tucker","tag-matt-shaw","tag-matthew-boyd","tag-michael-busch","tag-michael-soroka","tag-nico-hoerner","tag-pete-crow-armstrong","tag-reese-mcguire","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-seiya-suzuki","tag-shota-imanaga","tag-taylor-rogers","tag-willi-castro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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