{"id":44635,"date":"2025-03-27T21:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44635"},"modified":"2025-03-27T21:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T21:53:23","slug":"cubs-set-roster-for-domestic-opening-day-against-diamondbacks-with-flurry-of-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=44635","title":{"rendered":"Cubs set roster for domestic Opening Day against Diamondbacks with flurry of moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 The Cubs made a series of moves to set their roster for domestic Opening Day, which they announced Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>They officially selected reliever Brad Keller\u2019s contract, after bringing him in as a non-roster invitee. To clear a spot on the 40-man roster, they designated for assignment right-hander Cody Poteet, who they acquired from the Yankees this winter in the cost-cutting Cody Bellinger trade.<\/p>\n<p>They put relievers Tyson Miller (left hip impingement, retroactive to March 21) and Ryan Brasier (strained left groin, retroactive to March 25) on the 15-day IL, freeing up room on the active roster for Keller and Eli Morgan, who the Cubs recalled from Triple-A Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>They also put infielder Vidal Bruj\u00e1n on the 10-day IL with a sprained right elbow (retroactive to March 23), resolving the bench battle and bringing the Cubs\u2019 active roster to 26. For the Tokyo Series, they were allowed 29 active roster spots, with only 26 eligible to play in the two games against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Cubs\u2019 active roster for the stateside Opening Day against the Diamondbacks:<\/p>\n<h3>Starting pitchers (5)<\/h3>\n<p>LHP Justin Steele<\/p>\n<p>LHP Shota Imanaga<\/p>\n<p>RHP Jameson Taillon<\/p>\n<p>LHP Matt Boyd<\/p>\n<p>RHP Ben Brown<\/p>\n<h3>Relievers (8)<\/h3>\n<p>LHP Caleb Thielbar<\/p>\n<p>RHP Eli Morgan<\/p>\n<p>RHP Porter Hodge<\/p>\n<p>RHP Brad Keller<\/p>\n<p>RHP Colin Rea<\/p>\n<p>RHP Ryan Pressly<\/p>\n<p>RHP Nate Pearson<\/p>\n<p>RHP Julian Merryweather<\/p>\n<h3>Catchers (2)<\/h3>\n<p>Miguel Amaya<\/p>\n<p>Carson Kelly<\/p>\n<h3>Infielders (7)<\/h3>\n<p>1B Michael Busch<\/p>\n<p>2B Nico Hoerner<\/p>\n<p>SS Dansby Swanson<\/p>\n<p>3B Matt Shaw<\/p>\n<p>1B\/DH Justin Turner<\/p>\n<p>UTL Jon Berti<\/p>\n<p>UTL Gage Workman<\/p>\n<h3>Outfielders (4)<\/h3>\n<p>LF Ian Happ<\/p>\n<p>CF Pete Crow-Armstrong<\/p>\n<p>RF Kyle Tucker<\/p>\n<p>DH\/OF Seiya Suzuki<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-align-top=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Cubs face the Diamondbacks on Thursday for their domestic opening day.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By\u00a0<strong>Maddie Lee <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]<span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-align-top=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Brown represents a different option for the Cubs, whose starting pitchers have struggled to get strikeouts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By\u00a0<strong>Kyle Williams <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]<span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-align-top=\"\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Shaw, 23, the 13th pick of the 2023 draft, said his veteran teammates didn\u2019t give him any advice as he struggled, which he took as a vote of confidence.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>By\u00a0<strong>Kyle Williams <\/strong><\/p>\n<div>[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]<span data-date=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cubs put three players on the IL and designated Cody Poteet for assignment on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":44636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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