DELUSIONAL CUBS FAN

I present to you the 2010 Chicago Cubs….

The final roster cuts have been made and the lineup is set.  Here is your Chicago Cubs roster on opening day 2010. Of course this roster will change throughout the year but it’s always interesting to look back at the team when you break camp and see what you had going into the season.

Chicago Cubs 2010 Opening Day Roster

Pitchers
64 Justin Berg
33 Esmailin Caridad
46 Ryan Dempster
32 Tom Gorzelanny
43 John Grabow
30 Ted Lilly
49 Carlos Marmol
45 Sean Marshall
29 Jeff Samardzija
40 James Russell
52 Carlos Silva
36 Randy Wells
38 Carlos Zambrano

Catchers
55 Koyie Hill
18 Geovany Soto

Infielders
28 Jeff Baker
17 Mike Fontenot
25 Derrek Lee
16 Aramis Ramirez
02 Ryan Theriot
09 Chad Tracy

Outfielders
24 Marlon Byrd
21 Tyler Colvin
01 Kosuke Fukudome
22 Xavier Nady
12 Alfonso Soriano

Chicago Cubs 2010 Roster Video

The Chicago Cubs starting lineup will include a lot of familiar faces from last year, with all of the Cubs position players returning with the exception of Milton Bradley, who has been replaced by the newly acquired free agent Marlon Byrd.

In the Cubs infield you will see all the 2009 starters returning: Derrek Lee at 1B, Mike Fontenot at 2B, Ryan Theriot at SS, Aramis Ramirez at 3B and Geovany Soto behind the plate. In the outfield you will have Alfonso Soriano in LF, Marlon Byrd in CF and Kosuke Fukudome moving back over to RF after a playing last season in center.  All three of the outfielders will need to perform because both former All Star Xavier Nady and former #1 draft pick Tyler Colvin will be looking for more playing time of the bench.

The 2010 Cubs opening day roster features four rookies, with three of those in the bullpen: Justin Berg
Esmailin Caridad and James Russell, as well as outfielder Tyler Colvin.

The Cubs bench looks stronger and more experienced than in 2009.  The Cubs 2010 bench players will be Jeff Baker, Tyler Colvin, Xavier Nady, Chad Tracy and Koyie Hill all providing reliable backups.

The starting rotation will consist of the returning Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster and Randy Wells in the top 3 spots and the newly acquired Carlos Silva and Tom Gorzelanny in the four and five spots.  One of those two pitchers will have to move to the bullpen when Ted Lilly returns.

The Cubs roster looks good, featuring both experience and youth.  The Cubs are breaking camp with an improved team over last year.

This is the year!  Go Cubs!