2011 Chicago Cubs Roster
2010 Record: 87-75
Lineup V.s. Right Handed Pitchers
# Pos Name Age Ratings 1 CF Weddo Tsugiharu 20 8-4-4-6-8 (10 Speed, 6 Range, 10 Outfield Arm) 2 SS B.J. Upton 26 8-9-7-7-8 (9 Speed, 9 Range, 6 Infield Arm) 3 3B David Wright 28 7-10-10-10-5 (6 Speed, 7 Range, 8 Infield Arm) 4 RF Jonny Gomes 29 6-8-9-6-4 (6 Speed, 7 Range, 7 Outfield Arm) 5 LF Gary Spruell 24 9-8-3-9-8 (7 Speed, 9 Range, 5 Outfield Arm) 6 1B Todd Helton 37 8-8-8-9-6 (3 Speed, 9 Range, 2 Infield Arm) 7 2B Wes Hodges 25 8-8-7-6-5 (7 Speed, 7 Range, 9 Infield Arm) 8 C Jordan Newton 25 6-8-6-5-7 (7 Speed, 8 Range, 6 Catcher Arm) 9 P (Jason Hirsh)
Lineup V.s. Left Handed Pitchers
# Pos Name Age Ratings 1 CF Weddo Tsugiharu 20 8-4-3-6-8 (10 Speed, 6 Range, 10 Outfield Arm) 2 SS B.J. Upton 26 8-8-7-7-8 (9 Speed, 9 Range, 6 Infield Arm) 3 3B David Wright 28 7-9-9-10-5 (6 Speed, 7 Range, 8 Infield Arm) 4 LF Jonny Gomes 29 6-8-9-6-4 (6 Speed, 7 Range, 7 Outfield Arm) 5 1B Chase Ulrich 23 7-3-7-7-7 (7 Speed, 8 Range, 3 Infield Arm) 6 2B Wes Hodges 25 8-8-7-6-5 (7 Speed, 7 Range, 9 Infield Arm) 7 RF Riley Cooper 23 7-10-8-4-7 (9 Speed, 8 Range, 9 Outfield Arm) 8 C Jordan Newton 25 7-9-6-5-7 (7 Speed, 8 Range, 6 Catcher Arm) 9 P (Jason Hirsh)
Noteable Bench Players
# Pos Name Age Ratings Last Season 1 SS/2B Yuniesky Betancourt 28 7-9-5-4-9 (8 Speed, 10 Range, 9 Infield Arm) .283, 10 SB's 2 1B Chase Ulrich 23 8-3-7-8-7 (7 Speed, 8 Range, 3 Infield Arm) .274, 14 HR's 3 OF Riley Cooper 23 6-10-8-4-7 (9 Speed, 8 Range, 9 Outfield Arm) 21 SB's, 12 HR's 4 C Geovany Soto 28 8-5-4-6-5 (2 Speed, 6 Range, 6 Catcher Arm) .317, 3 HR's 5 3B Tripper Johnson 28 7-7-6-4-5 (5 Speed, 6 Range, 8 Infield Arm) .268, 7 SB's
Could Contribute this Season
# Pos Name Age Ratings Current Actuals SP Ambrose Callahan 18 5-4-5 (10 Endurance, P: 8 Range) Talent 10-8-7 Current Actuals SP Dorian Myers 22 6-3-7 (10 Endurance, P: 2 Range) Talent 10-6-8 Current Actuals 2B Michael Antonio 20 6-9-2-4-8 (9 Speed, 6 Range, 8 Infield Arm) Talent 8-9-3-7-8 Current Actuals RF Fernando Martinez 22 7-7-6-3-7 (7 Speed, 8 Range, 7 Outfield Arm) Talent 8-7-7-4-7
Starting Rotation
# L/R Name Age Ratings 1 R Jason Hirsh 29 9-8-10, 9 Endurance, 52% Ground (9-10-10 Talent) 2 R Edwin Jackson 27 10-8-10, 9 Endurance, 59% Ground (10-8-10 Talent) 3 R Lance Broadway 27 6-9-9, 9 Endurance, 65% Ground (5-9-9 Talent) 4 R Dallas Buck 25 8-6-9, 9 Endurance, 63% Ground (8-6-9 Talent) 5 R Raymond Mejias 23 8-8-7, 10 Endurance, 33% Ground (9-8-7 Talent)
*The Bear Pit
# Role L/R Name Age Ratings 1 Mopup R Clint Everts 24 8-6-8, 6 Endurance, 39% Ground (9-6-8 Talent) 1 Middle R Brad Lidge 34 10-8-8 (10-9-9 Talent) 2 Middle R Oscar Villarreal 29 10-8-8 3 Middle R Erwin Boley 26 9-5-10 (10-5-10 Talent, 95-99MPH) 1 Setup R Bobby Jenks 28 10-6-10 2 Setup R Luther Kawakami 23 10-8-9 (10-8-10 Talent) 1 Closer R Ramon Ramirez 29 10-8-10 (10-9-10 Talent)
Key Losses:
SP, Mark Prior
3B, Evan Longoria
SS, Edgar Renteria
C, Willard Sabatini
MR, Brian Fuentes
Key Additions:
3B, David Wright
1B, Todd Helton
SP, Raymond Mejias
CL, Ramon Ramirez
CL, Brad Lidge
Bottom Line:
This is the best team the Cubbies have fielded since the 2008 squad that made the World Series. Weddo last year despite missing the first few sims to fill out in AAA broke the record for steals in a season with 136. BJ Upton added 50 SB's of his own to go with 23 homers. Cubbies got the prize of free agency and he's batting in three hole in David Wright. Jonny Gomes having filled out to 6 contact is coming off a good year of .294 BA with with 26 homers. Once Gary Spruell fills out the Cubbies could be very deadly 1-5 with still a huge bat in the 6 hole with the Helton/Ulrich platoon at 1B.
If these people play to their ratings offensively the Cubbies shall be very good. Add in the fact two HUGE arms to the pen to go with Kawakami and Jenks and you have the best pen in the national league perhaps. The starting rotation still has it's two aces with talented 3-5 pitchers who have under performed in the past. All in all though this Cubs team could make a run deep in the playoffs. It's just a matter of surviving the brutal NL Central.