81 Cubs minor leaguers will be reporting to the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center at Mesa Riverview Park over the next few days.
57 of the players have been assigned to the "basic" (traditional) Cubs AZ Instructional League squad, 17 have been assigned to the "advanced" Instructs squad, and seven have been assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.
The "advanced" Instructs squad (actually a Cubs/Angels "co-op" team) will be playing games against other organizations, but the "basic" squad will be playing "sim" games and intrasquad games only.
Not including players who attended AZ Instructs last year and/or Extended Spring Training earlier this year, eight minor leaguers who played for the DSL Cubs #1 or DSL Cubs #2 in 2016 will be making their U.