76 Cubs minor leaguers have reported or will soon be be reporting to the Cubs Under Armour Performance Center at Mesa Riverview Park.
68 of the players have been assigned to Cubs AZ Instructs, and eight have been assigned to the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League.
There will be no "Advanced Instructs" this year. (The Cubs and Angels fielded a "co-op" team in AZ Advanced Instructs the previous two seasons). There are also no intrasquad games planned as of now (only instructional "sim" games)..
Not including players who attended AZ Instructs last year and/or Extended Spring Training earlier this year, twelve minor leaguers who played for the DSL Cubs #1 or DSL Cubs #2 in 2017 will be making their U.