Early Guess at Cubs 25-Man Roster

Harry Pavlidis by Columnist Written on December 16, 2008
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Just throwing this out there. The back-up catcher and the right fielder are guesses. Jeff Samardzija is being talked about as a starter, even in Iowa (think Sean Marshall as the no. 5 once Marquis is moved) so he doesn't make the list.  I do expect Marshall to move into the rotation, opening another bullpen spot. And I'm not so sure about Wuertz.

For now, I'm listing 14 hitters and 11 pitchers. Hoffpauir could go for a corner infielder who can play third, too. Guesses/likely changes are marked with a *.



C Geovany Soto
1B Derrek Lee
2B Mark DeRosa
SS Ryan Theriot
3B Aramis Ramirez
LF Alfonso Soriano
CF Reed Johnson
CF Kosuke Fukudome
RF Milton Bradley*
PH Micah Hoffpauir*
OF Joey Gathright
C Paul Bako*
IF Mike Fontenot
IF Ronny Cedeno

SP Carlos Zambrano
SP Rich Harden
SP Ryan Dempster
SP Ted Lilly
SP Jason Marquis*
RP Sean Marshall*
RP Carlos Marmol
RP Kevin Gregg
RP Neal Cotts
RP Chad Gaudin
RP Michael Wuertz*

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