{"id":578637,"date":"2026-02-10T00:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/578637\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:47:08","slug":"18-nonroster-players-invited-to-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/578637\/","title":{"rendered":"18 nonroster players invited to spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs know they will get contributions this season from players who aren\u2019t yet on their 40-man roster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/02\/07\/chicago-cubs-storylines-spring-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spring training<\/a> presents an opportunity for those nonroster players to put themselves on the organization\u2019s radar. The Cubs on Monday announced invitations to big-league camp for 18 such players.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown by position:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pitchers (8):<\/strong> Jeff Brigham, Grant Kipp, Corbin Martin, Connor Noland, Connor Schultz, Collin Snider, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/01\/28\/chicago-cubs-trent-thornton-reese-mcguire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trent Thornton<\/a> and Jaxon Wiggins.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Catchers (3):<\/strong> Ariel Armas, Christian Bethancourt and Casey Optiz.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Infielders (4):<\/strong> Scott Kingery, Jonathon Long, B.J. Murray and Jefferson Rojas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outfielders (3):<\/strong> Brett Bateman, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/01\/26\/chicago-cubs-dylan-carlson-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Carlson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2026\/01\/28\/chicago-cubs-trent-thornton-reese-mcguire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chas McCormick<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The group notably features two of their top prospects in Wiggins and Rojas, while the position-player invitees give the Cubs depth options with big-league experience in Kingery, Carlson and McCormick.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson and McCormick have the clearest path to making the opening-day roster as the Cubs look for a fourth outfielder to back up their three starters. Both Carlson, a former first-round pick by the St. Louis Cardinals, and McCormick, who when healthy played well in Houston, can play all three outfield positions.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs hold their first formal workout for pitchers and catchers Wednesday at the team\u2019s complex in Mesa, Ariz. Their first full-squad workout is slated for next Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs know they will get contributions this season from players who aren\u2019t yet on their 40-man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":578638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[251079,960,1271,251078,5386,1818,251076,251077,251075,13222,170848],"class_list":{"0":"post-578637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chas-mccormick","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-dylan-carlson","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-jaxon-wiggins","15":"tag-jefferson-rojas","16":"tag-nonroster-invitations","17":"tag-scott-kingery","18":"tag-spring-training"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116043582430734990","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}