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15 Cubs Declared Minor League Free-Agents

Submitted by Arizona Phil on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 4:19am



CUBS 2019 MLB RULE 55 MINOR LEAGUE FREE-AGENTS:

Gioskar Amaya, INF

Yasiel Balaguert, 1B-OF (served as a coach with AZL Cubs #1 in 2019)

Trevor Clifton, RHP

Taylor Davis, C-1B

Enrique de los Rios, RHP

Phillip Evans, INF

Johnny Field, OF

Chih-Wei Hu, RHP

Erick Leal, RHP

Dixon Machado, INF

Chris Pieters, OF (served as a coach with AZL Cubs #2 in 2019)

Will Remillard, C (served as a coach with AA Tennessee in 2019)

Manuel Rondon, LHP

Allen Webster, RHP (was sent outright to AAA Iowa just prior to the 5 PM deadline)

Alex Wilson, RHP



RHP Corey Black (who spent the 2019 season on the AA Tennessee 60-day Injured List after undergoing TJS for the second time in his career in April), OF Charcer Burks, OF Roberto Caro, C Erick Castillo, RHP Oscar de la Cruz, LHP Luke Hagerty (who spent the 2019 season on the Myrtle Beach 60-day Injured List after undergoing surgery to repair a torn left flexor tendon in April), LHP Luis Lugo, and C Jhonny Pereda were eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league 6YFA, but each of them signed a 2020 minor league successor contract prior to being declared a 6YFA.

NOTE: All eight of these players will now be eligible for selection in next month's Rule 5 Draft, so it is possible that one or more could be added to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) when minor league reserve lists are established on 11/20 in preparation for the Rule 5 Draft.



LHP Danny Hultzen and RHP Colin Rea were eligible to be Rule 55 minor league 6YFA post-2019, but Hultzen's contract was selected and he was added to the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster) in September, and Rea had his contract selected and was added to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster Monday afternoon (just prior to the 5 PM Eastern deadline).