That's pretty simple. Barring injuries, there is virtually none.
Among the position players, twelve players are pretty much locks to leave spring training with guaranteed spots, viz., Contreras, Rizzo, Zobrist, Baez, Russell, Bryant, Happ, Schwarber, Almora, Heyward, LaStella, and a reserve catcher.
The catcher will either be Gimenez or Caratini. Most people are betting on Gimenez because of his prior success catching Darvish, but I wouln't count necessarily on that. Caratini is on the 40-man roster; Gimenez is not, so basically someone is going to have to be dropped from that set to make room for Gimenez. Maybe one of the marginal pitchers, but, still, that could be a reach.
The Cubs could elect to add a thirteenth position player, though, for some reason, they always seem to like having thirteen pitchers. Should they choose to go with thirteen position players, they might elect to carry three catchers. That still leaves a 40-man roster problem to accommodate Gimenez, though. More likely they would choose an outfielder, seeing as they have only two pure outfielders on the roster now. In that case, they might go out and grab a one-year contract for a Jon Jay type player. Maybe Jon Jay himself, as he is still unsigned.
As far as pitchers go, again, I don't see a lot of competition. Lester, Hendricks, Darvish, Quintana, and Chatwood are the five starters. Montgomery is the swingman. Morrow seems to be the closer. That leaves five or six more bullpen slots. You have to figure Edwards, Strop, Cishek, Duensing, and Wilson are certain to remain. That leaves one more spot should the Cubs go with thirteen and none should they go with twelve.
Grimm is likely to have quite a battle retaining his roster spot as he, along with Eddie Butler, is among the pitchers on the bubble who are out of options.
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