Monday, January 19, 2009

Tons of Cubs are in WBC

Here's the list of Cubbies that are on the 45 man rosters for the WBC.

  • Ted Lilly; USA
  • Derrek Lee; USA
  • former Cub Mark DeRosa; USA
  • Rich Harden; Canada
  • Carlos Marmol; Dominican Republic
  • Alfonso Soriano; Dominican Republic
  • former Cub Moises Alou; Domincan Republic
  • Kosuke Fukudome; Japan
  • Geovany Soto; Puerto Rico
  • Jose Ascaino; Venezueala
  • Angel Guzman; Venezueala
  • Carlos Zambrano; Venezuala
  • Former Cub Henry Blanco; Venezaula

If all the guys make the 28-man roster, the Cubs could be short handed in Spring Training. That's 10 current guys on the Cubs 40-man roster playing. We'll have updates on stats for all Cubs playing in the WBC this March on this blog.

Cubs Minor Leaguers;

  • catcher Chris Robinson; Canada
  • infielder Dwayne Kemp; Netherlands
  • pitcher Hung-Wen Chen; Chinese Taipei
  • Alex Maestri; Italy
  • pitcher Ryan Searle; Australia

Cubs.com reports that Zambrano may not participate. Soto may not make the team for the Dominican because they have many talented catchers including Ivan Rodrigez and the Molina brothers. Rich Harden and some of the other Cubs have yet to decide whether they will play or not.

I'll keep you posted.

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