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Here's What the Chicago Cubs Opening Day Roster, Lineup, and Pitching Rotation Will (Probably) Look Like

Here's What the Chicago Cubs Opening Day Roster, Lineup, and Pitching Rotation Will (Probably) Look Like

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Patrick K. Flowers
March 26, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

With the Cubs optioning Hayden Wesneski and Alexander Canario to Triple-A Iowa on Monday, we have what will probably be the Opening Day roster that heads to Arlington this week to take on the Rangers.

Here’s the expected group (alphabetically by group):

Starting Pitchers

Javier Assad

Kyle Hendricks

Shota Imanaga

Justin Steele

Jordan Wicks

Relief Pitchers

Yency Almonte

Adbert Alzolay

Jose Cuas

Mark Leiter Jr.

Luke Little

Julian Merryweather

Hector Neris

Drew Smyly

Catchers

Miguel Amaya

Yan Gomes

Infielders

Michael Busch

Garrett Cooper

Nico Hoerner

Nick Madrigal

Miles Mastrobuoni

Christopher Morel

Dansby Swanson

Outfielders

Cody Bellinger

Ian Happ

Seiya Suzuki

Mike Tauchman

As we discussed yesterday, we also have the Cubs' starting rotation (for the time being, with Javier Assad replacing Jameson Taillon).

Here’s what that will look like:

Justin Steele
Kyle Hendricks
Jordan Wicks
Shōta Imanaga
Javier Assad

And as Michael wrote on Monday, the lineup we saw against the Cardinals will likely be the one we see Craig Counsell deploy on Opening Day.

Ian Happ LF
Seiya Suzuki RF
Cody Bellinger CF
Christopher Morel 3B
Dansby Swanson SS
Nico Hoerner 2B
Michael Busch 1B
Yan Gomes C
Mike Tauchman DH

Just like that, we’ve got one more Cactus League game against the Cardinals tomorrow, and then it’s on to baseball that matters on Thursday night. Now you have (very likely) the 26-man roster, starting rotation, and Opening Day lineup.

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