2016 Chicago Cubs Projected Lineup

Latest Lineup

	Player	POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	BB	K
1	Tommy La Stella	3B	139	17	2	9	0	0.273	0.365	0.417	0.782	18	27
2	Albert Almora	CF	107	12	3	14	0	0.290	0.309	0.477	0.786	3	19
3	Addison Russell	SS	511	65	21	94	5	0.243	0.324	0.425	0.748	53	130
4	Willson Contreras	LF	244	30	11	33	2	0.270	0.347	0.467	0.814	25	65
5	Javier Baez	1B	412	50	14	58	12	0.274	0.316	0.427	0.743	15	105
6	Matt Szczur	RF	177	29	5	22	2	0.260	0.314	0.401	0.715	13	38
7	Tim Federowicz	C	27	3	0	2	0	0.185	0.214	0.259	0.474	1	10
8	Munenori Kawasaki	2B	16	2	0	1	2	0.313	0.450	0.375	0.825	3	2

Upcoming Rotation

	Player	POS	IP	W	L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	SwStrike	Fastball
1	Jake Buchanan	SP	1	0	0	9.00	1.00	1	0	6.6%	89.0 mph
2	Jon Lester	SP	197	19	4	2.28	1.00	191	49	10.4%	92.0 mph
3	Kyle Hendricks	SP	185	16	8	1.99	0.97	166	43	8.1%	88.3 mph

Bullpen (Includes players on 40-man roster)

Role	Player	POS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	SwStrike	Fastball
Closer	Aroldis Chapman	RP	56	4	1	36	1.61	0.86	85	17	19.3%	99.5 mph
Setup	Justin Grimm	RP	51	1	1	0	4.21	1.37	63	23	13.7%	95.2 mph
Relief	Jake Arrieta	SP	192	18	7	0	2.85	1.05	186	74	11.1%	94.6 mph
Relief	John Lackey	SP	188	11	8	0	3.35	1.06	180	53	9.4%	91.6 mph
Relief	Jason Hammel	SP	166	15	10	0	3.83	1.21	144	53	10.9%	92.3 mph
Relief	Mike Montgomery	SP	98	4	5	0	2.57	1.17	92	37	8.5%	90.9 mph
Relief	Trevor Cahill	SP	64	4	4	0	2.64	1.30	66	35	9.3%	91.5 mph
Relief	Travis Wood	RP	59	4	0	0	3.05	1.15	47	23	9.8%	90.2 mph
Relief	C.J. Edwards	RP	34	0	1	1	3.44	0.82	49	14	9.7%	93.5 mph
Relief	Spencer Patton	RP	21	1	1	0	5.48	1.62	22	14	11.3%	92.0 mph
Relief	Brian Matusz	SP	9	0	0	0	14.00	2.89	3	9	12.7%	90.7 mph

DL

Role	Player	POS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	SwStrike	Fastball
DL	Joe Smith	RP	50	2	5	6	3.60	1.28	37	18	7.5%	88.3 mph
DL	Pedro Strop	RP	45	2	2	0	2.76	0.91	59	15	16.8%	95.1 mph
DL	Hector Rondon	RP	49	2	3	18	3.26	0.94	57	7	10.8%	96.4 mph

Other Pitchers

Role	Player	POS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	SwStrike	Fastball
Minors	Joel Peralta	RP	27	1	1	0	5.93	1.41	33	8	7.9%	89.4 mph

Bench (Includes players on 40-man roster)

Player	POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	BB	K
Kris Bryant	3B	589	120	39	101	8	0.295	0.389	0.564	0.953	74	151
Anthony Rizzo	1B	569	91	31	105	3	0.292	0.387	0.545	0.932	74	105
Jason Heyward	RF	519	59	7	47	10	0.231	0.305	0.324	0.629	51	91
Ben Zobrist	2B	511	90	15	72	6	0.270	0.385	0.429	0.814	94	79
Dexter Fowler	CF	446	82	13	48	12	0.276	0.390	0.451	0.841	75	123
Chris Coghlan	LF	254	35	6	30	2	0.193	0.292	0.327	0.619	33	72
Miguel Montero	C	235	31	7	31	1	0.213	0.325	0.345	0.670	37	57
Jorge Soler	LF	225	37	12	31	0	0.240	0.333	0.440	0.773	30	66
David Ross	C	163	24	10	32	0	0.233	0.343	0.454	0.797	30	53
Jeimer Candelario	3B	11	0	0	0	0	0.091	0.286	0.091	0.377	2	5
Ryan Kalish	LF	7	1	0	2	0	0.286	0.444	0.286	0.730	1	0

DL

Player	POS	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	BB	K
Kyle Schwarber	C	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.000	0.200	1	2

Others/Minors

Baseball America Top 10

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Rank	Player	Position
1	Gleyber Torres	SS
2	Willson Contreras	C
3	Ian Happ	OF
4	Duane Underwood	SP
5	Dylan Cease	SP
6	Albert Almora	OF
7	Billy McKinney	OF
8	Oscar de la Cruz	SP
9	Eloy Jimenez	OF
10	Jeimer Candelario	3B

Prospects361 Top 10

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Rank	Player	Position
1	Gleyber Torres	SS
2	Billy McKinney	OF
3	Ian Happ	OF
4	Duane Underwood	SP
5	Willson Contreras	C
6	Mark Zagunis	OF
7	Donnie Dewees	OF
8	Eloy Jimenez	OF
9	Ryan Williams	SP
10	Albert Almora	OF

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