Chicago Cubs depth chart and fantasy outlook

Pete Crow-Armstrong is the Cubs' best fantasy player for 2027, ranked 1 overall. The rotation as the club lists it starts with Kevin Gausman, Clay Holmes, Matthew Boyd. They went 89-73 in 2026, scoring 850 runs and allowing 703.

Lineup depth chart

Catcher

1.Carson Kelly#278
2.Miguel Amaya#756

First base

Second base

Third base

Shortstop

Left field

Center field

Right field

Designated hitter

Pitching staff

Rotation

1.Kevin Gausman#212
2.Clay Holmes#236
3.Matthew Boyd#156
4.Shota Imanaga#90
5.David Peterson#449
6.Ben Brown(Injured 60-Day)#359
7.Cade Horton(Injured 60-Day)#205

Bullpen

1.Jacob Webb#273
2.Ryan Zeferjahn#364
3.Caleb Thielbar#489
4.Ryan Rolison#496
5.Trent Thornton#458
6.Colin Rea#355
7.Aaron Civale#615
8.Javier Assad#367
9.Phil Maton(Injured 60-Day)#618
10.Hunter Harvey(Injured 60-Day)
11.Porter Hodge(Injured 60-Day)
12.Riley Martin(Injured 60-Day)
13.Braxton Garrett
14.Edward Cabrera#580
15.Justin Steele(Injured 60-Day)
16.Daniel Palencia#463

Cubs on the 2027 fantasy board

Chicago Cubs players on the 2027 fantasy board
Rank	Player	Age	2027 projection	Value
1	Pete Crow-Armstrong OFCHC	25	31 HR, 92 R, 89 RBI, 33 SB, .265 AVG	+13.4
38	Seiya Suzuki OFCHC	32	24 HR, 76 R, 79 RBI, 7 SB, .259 AVG	+6.0
90	Shota Imanaga SPCHC	33	11 W, 3.72 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 151 K	+3.9
96	Alex Bregman 3BCHC	33	23 HR, 76 R, 74 RBI, 3 SB, .259 AVG	+3.7
113	Nico Hoerner 2BCHC2B/SS	30	8 HR, 71 R, 59 RBI, 23 SB, .272 AVG	+3.1
119	Ian Happ OFCHC	32	21 HR, 77 R, 67 RBI, 7 SB, .232 AVG	+3.0
145	Michael Busch 1BCHC	29	23 HR, 74 R, 75 RBI, 4 SB, .249 AVG	+2.1
156	Matthew Boyd SPCHC	36	11 W, 3.69 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 117 K	+1.9
205	Cade Horton SPCHC	25	7 W, 3.09 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 65 K	+0.8
208	Dansby Swanson SSCHC	33	17 HR, 71 R, 62 RBI, 15 SB, .231 AVG	+0.7
212	Kevin Gausman SPCHC	36	9 W, 4.17 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 162 K	+0.6
236	Clay Holmes SPCHC	34	9 W, 3.57 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 103 K	+0.3
273	Jacob Webb RPCHC	33	5 W, 3.48 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 64 K	-0.3
278	Carson Kelly CCHC	32	14 HR, 54 R, 56 RBI, 2 SB, .247 AVG	-0.3
355	Colin Rea SPCHCSP/RP	37	9 W, 4.29 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 112 K	-1.1
359	Ben Brown SPCHCSP/RP	27	4 W, 3.90 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 73 K	-1.2
364	Ryan Zeferjahn RPCHC	29	4 W, 4.10 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 79 K	-1.2
367	Javier Assad SPCHCSP/RP	29	5 W, 3.76 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 58 K	-1.3
449	David Peterson SPCHCSP/RP	31	9 W, 4.33 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 136 K	-1.9
458	Trent Thornton RPCHC	33	4 W, 3.95 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 44 K	-2.0
463	Daniel Palencia RPCHC	27	2 W, 3.68 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 47 K	-2.0
489	Caleb Thielbar RPCHC	40	3 W, 4.26 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 57 K	-2.2
496	Ryan Rolison RPCHC	29	5 W, 4.28 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 51 K	-2.3
580	Edward Cabrera SPCHC	29	7 W, 4.61 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 114 K	-2.7
615	Aaron Civale SPCHCSP/RP	32	4 W, 4.42 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 78 K	-2.8

Cubs prospects on our top 100

Will Sanders
PCHCAAA, age 25
#98

The full top 100 prospects

By the Parlae deskDepth chart updated Oct 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number