CHC depth chart 2027

PROJ86-76=TOTAL86-76

Total WAR +40.4

hWAR +29.4

pWAR +11.0

C+2.4

1B+2.3

2B+3.0

SS+3.6

3B+3.6

LF+3.1

CF+6.1

RF+3.0

DH+2.2

SP+7.5

BP+3.6

Depth chart data updated: October 28, 2026

Infield

CSO FAR +0.0

Carson Kelly B/RPart-timeFAage 33

WAR+1.7

wRC+100

vL·vR111·95

BSR+0.3

FLD+0.2

PT363 PA

Miguel AmayaPart-time wRC+87 vL·vR93·84 BSR+0.3 FLD+0.1 PT232 WAR+0.8

Austin WynnsReserve wRC+89 vL·vR94·87 BSR+0.1 FLD-0.1 PT46 WAR+0.2

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT7WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+90FLD+0.2PROJ+2.4TOTAL+2.4

1BSO FAR +0.0

Michael Busch B/LStarterage 29

WAR+2.6

wRC+120

vL·vR95·130

BSR+0.2

FLD+5.1

PT605 PA

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT43WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+113FLD+5.1PROJ+2.3TOTAL+2.3

2BSO FAR +0.0

Nico Hoerner B/RStarterFAage 30

WAR+2.7

wRC+103

vL·vR123·96

BSR+2.1

FLD+6.0

PT523 PA

Pedro RamírezPart-time+DH wRC+95 vL·vR95·95 BSR+0.6 FLD-0.2 PT125 WAR+0.4

Position TotalPA648wRC+101FLD+5.8PROJ+3.0TOTAL+3.0

SSSO FAR +0.0

Dansby Swanson B/RStarterage 33

WAR+3.2

wRC+110

vL·vR125·105

BSR+1.9

FLD+2.1

PT536 PA

Gabriel AriasReserve wRC+82 vL·vR89·79 BSR+0.3 FLD+0.4 PT108 WAR+0.3

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT4WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+107FLD+2.5PROJ+3.6TOTAL+3.6

3BSO FAR +0.0

Alex Bregman B/RStarterage 33

WAR+3.6

wRC+121

vL·vR129·118

BSR+0.2

FLD+2.5

PT573 PA

Matt ShawPlatoon · vs L+RF wRC+100 vL·vR115·95 BSR+0.5 FLD+0.3 PT75 WAR+0.2

Position TotalPA648wRC+116FLD+2.8PROJ+3.6TOTAL+3.6

Outfield

LFSO FAR +0.0

Ian Happ B/SStarterFAage 32

WAR+2.8

wRC+120

vL·vR120·120

BSR+0.4

FLD+3.7

PT569 PA

Michael ConfortoPlatoon · vs RFA+DH/RF wRC+118 vL·vR119·118 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.1 PT79 WAR+0.3

Position TotalPA648wRC+119FLD+3.6PROJ+3.1TOTAL+3.1

CFSO FAR +0.0

Pete Crow-Armstrong B/LStarterage 25

WAR+6.3

wRC+132

vL·vR106·141

BSR+5.4

FLD+13.1

PT619 PA

Tyrone TaylorReserve · vs L+RF wRC+92 vL·vR98·89 BSR+0.2 FLD+0.1 PT29 WAR+0.1

Position TotalPA648wRC+126FLD+13.2PROJ+6.1TOTAL+6.1

RFSO FAR +0.0

Seiya Suzuki B/RStarterFA+DHage 32

WAR+2.2

wRC+131

vL·vR141·127

BSR+0.6

FLD+0.5

PT375 PA

Matt ShawPlatoon · vs L+3B wRC+100 vL·vR115·95 BSR+0.6 FLD+0.4 PT87 WAR+0.3

Michael ConfortoPlatoon · vs RFA+LF/DH wRC+118 vL·vR119·118 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.0 PT58 WAR+0.2

Greg JonesReserve wRC+120 vL·vR120·120 BSR+0.6 FLD+0.0 PT60 WAR+0.3

Tyrone TaylorReserve · vs L+CF wRC+92 vL·vR98·89 BSR+0.3 FLD+0.2 PT53 WAR+0.1

Replacement (call-up)wRC+75PT15WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+119FLD+1.0PROJ+3.0TOTAL+3.0

DHSO FAR +0.0

Seiya Suzuki B/RStarterFA+RFage 32

WAR+1.3

wRC+131

vL·vR141·127

BSR+0.3

FLD+0.3

PT217 PA

Michael ConfortoPlatoon · vs RFA+LF/RF wRC+118 vL·vR119·118 BSR+0.0 FLD-0.1 PT111 WAR+0.4

Pedro RamírezPart-time+2B wRC+95 vL·vR95·95 BSR+0.3 FLD-0.1 PT63 WAR+0.2

Kevin AlcántaraReserve wRC+86 vL·vR94·83 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.2 PT42 WAR+0.0

Alex BregmanStarter+3B wRC+121 vL·vR129·118 BSR+0.0 FLD+0.2 PT39 WAR+0.2

Tyrone TaylorReserve · vs L+CF/RF wRC+92 vL·vR98·89 BSR+0.1 FLD+0.1 PT21 WAR+0.0

OPENwRC+75PT155WAR+0.0

Position TotalPA648wRC+107FLD+0.5PROJ+2.2TOTAL+2.2

Rotation

ROTATIONSO FAR +0.0Starting Rotation

Clay HolmesSP3

WAR+0.3

ERA4.01

FIP4.20

K%19.1

WPA/GS+1.2%

PT148 IP

Outs/GS16.3

Avg Start49

Matthew BoydSP4

WAR+1.5

ERA4.07

FIP4.34

K%19.7

WPA/GS+0.0%

PT155 IP

Outs/GS17.0

Avg Start50

Shota ImanagaSP5

WAR+1.0

ERA4.29

FIP4.79

K%22.8

WPA/GS+2.0%

PT172 IP

Outs/GS16.6

Avg Start53

Colin ReaSWINGIP44GS8Outs/GS14.2ERA4.61K%17.9WPA/GS-5.4%WAR+0.2

Edward CabreraDEPTHIP20GS4Outs/GS14.5ERA4.72K%24.1WPA/GS-6.1%WAR+0.1

Javier AssadDEPTHIP30GS5Outs/GS14.3ERA4.62K%16.3WPA/GS-5.4%WAR+0.1

Ben BrownDEPTHILIP27GS5Outs/GS14.4ERA3.79K%26.3WPA/GS+0.8%WAR+0.6

Aaron CivaleDEPTHFAIP32GS6Outs/GS14.0ERA4.60K%18.7WPA/GS-5.3%WAR+0.1

Kevin GausmanSPFAIP175GS32Outs/GS17.0ERA4.00K%24.2WPA/GS+0.1%WAR+2.6Avg Start51

David PetersonSPFAIP88GS16Outs/GS15.9ERA4.17K%20.2WPA/GS-2.2%WAR+0.9

SP1OPEN

SP2OPEN

Section TotalIP891GS162PROJ+7.5TOTAL+7.5

Bullpen

BULLPENSO FAR +0.0Bullpen

Jacob WebbCLHI-LEV

WAR+0.2

ERA4.01

FIP4.28

K%24.4

WPA/App-0.2%

PT68 IP

Outs/App3.1

Ryan ZeferjahnSUHI-LEVIP66Outs/App3.1ERA3.97K%31.2WPA/App-0.1%WAR+0.4

Daniel PalenciaSUHI-LEVIP49Outs/App3.0ERA3.73K%29.2WPA/App+0.2%WAR+1.1

Caleb ThielbarHLIP52Outs/App2.7ERA4.10K%26.1WPA/App-0.3%WAR+0.2

Phil MatonHLILIP40Outs/App2.8ERA3.97K%24.8WPA/App-0.1%WAR+0.2

Hunter HarveyMIDILIP27Outs/App3.1ERA4.09K%25.9WPA/App-0.3%WAR+0.3

Trent ThorntonMIDIP51Outs/App3.2ERA4.46K%18.7WPA/App-0.8%WAR+0.0

Ryan RolisonMIDIP59Outs/App3.3ERA5.04K%17.2WPA/App-1.6%WAR+0.0

Tyler FergusonMOPIP35Outs/App3.2ERA4.57K%23.2WPA/App-1.0%WAR+0.0

Porter HodgeMOPILIP33Outs/App3.1ERA4.19K%28.9WPA/App-0.4%WAR+0.1

Jordan WicksMOPIP24Outs/App4.3ERA4.94K%17.2WPA/App-1.5%WAR+0.2

Riley MartinMOPILIP18Outs/App3.4ERA4.37K%26.9WPA/App-0.7%WAR+0.0

Braxton GarrettMOPIP28Outs/App4.5ERA4.28K%21.3WPA/App-0.6%WAR+0.8

Gavin HollowellMOPIP17Outs/App3.2ERA4.74K%25.0WPA/App-1.2%WAR+0.0

NEXT UPGrant KippSP · AAAIP30

NEXT UPGabe KlobositsRP · AAAIP18

NEXT UPEvan TaylorRP · AAAIP20

Section TotalIP567PROJ+3.6TOTAL+3.6

Future Depth Chart — CHC

Click a year tab for the projected lineup, rotation, and team WAR

PEAK 2027 · 74W · 26.9 WAR OFF-BOOKS 7YR $216M AGE 30.9 ↘ 29.4 WINDOW no projected contention years

NL Central · 2027

#1MIL104#2CHC93#3STL84#4PIT84#5CIN75

Projected: 74–88 Team WAR: 26.9 Avg Age: 30.9 Est. Payroll: $148M FA Budget Room: $90M (CBT $238M) RETOOL

Position Players

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Carson Kelly (33)	1.2	$8.0M
	Owen Ayers (26)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Michael Busch (29)	2.3	$4.8M
	Owen Miller (30)	0.1	$0.8M
2B	Nico Hoerner (30)	2.7	$21.6M
	Pedro Ramírez (23)	0.1	$0.8M
SS	Dansby Swanson (33)	2.1	$25.3M
	Gabriel Arias (27)	0.1	$1.0M
3B	Alex Bregman (33)	3.2	$35.0M
	BJ Murray (27)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	Ian Happ (32)	2.4	$17.9M
	Breyner Figuereo (19)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (25)	4.2	$14.0M
	Kane Kepley (23)	0.1	$0.0M
RF	Seiya Suzuki (32)	2.8	$13.9M
	Matt Shaw (25)	0.1	$0.8M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pitchers

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Will Sanders (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M
	Brooks Caple (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M
	Brandon Birdsell (prospect)	0.9	$0.8M
RP	Grant Kipp (prospect)	0.8	$0.8M
	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Dawson Netz (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M

Off The Books for 2027

No major contracts expired entering this year

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Owen Ayers (27)	0.8	$0.8M
	Logan Poteet (24)	0.0	$0.0M
1B	Michael Busch (30)	1.8	$6.5M
	Owen Miller (31)	-0.0	$0.3M
2B	Pedro Ramírez (24)	1.4	$0.8M
	James Triantos (25)	0.0	$0.0M
SS	Dansby Swanson (34)	1.1	$25.3M
	Gabriel Arias (28)	0.0	$1.7M
3B	Alex Bregman (34)	1.7	$35.0M
	BJ Murray (28)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	Derik Alcantara (23)	0.0	$0.0M
	Ethan Conrad (24)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (26)	5.8	$18.0M
	Kane Kepley (24)	0.2	$0.0M
RF	Matt Shaw (26)	0.8	$0.8M
	Josiah Hartshorn (21)	0.1	$0.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Brandon Birdsell (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
RP	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M
	Grant Kipp (prospect)	0.2	$0.8M
	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.2	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Owen Ayers (28)	1.1	$0.8M
	Logan Poteet (25)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Michael Busch (31)	1.4	$7.7M
	Owen Miller (32)	0.0	$2.2M
2B	Pedro Ramírez (25)	1.5	$0.8M
	James Triantos (26)	0.0	$0.8M
SS	Dansby Swanson (35)	0.3	$25.3M
	Jose Escobar (24)	0.0	$0.0M
3B	Alex Bregman (35)	0.8	$35.0M
	BJ Murray (29)	0.1	$0.8M
LF	Jordan Nwogu (30)	0.0	$0.0M
	Andy Garriola (29)	0.0	$0.0M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (27)	5.7	$22.0M
	Kane Kepley (25)	0.3	$0.8M
RF	Josiah Hartshorn (22)	1.3	$0.8M
	Matt Shaw (27)	0.1	$1.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Brandon Birdsell (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
RP	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Nazier Mulé (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Owen Ayers (29)	1.1	$0.8M
	Logan Poteet (26)	0.1	$0.0M
1B	Owen Miller (33)	0.0	$3.3M
	Edgar Alvarez (29)	0.0	$0.8M
2B	Pedro Ramírez (26)	1.4	$4.6M
	James Triantos (27)	0.1	$0.8M
SS	Jose Escobar (25)	0.4	$0.0M
	Angel Cepeda (24)	0.0	$0.0M
3B	BJ Murray (30)	0.3	$0.8M
	Alex Bregman (36)	0.0	$35.0M
LF	Derik Alcantara (25)	0.1	$0.0M
	Jordan Nwogu (31)	0.0	$0.8M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (28)	5.5	$25.0M
	Kane Kepley (26)	0.4	$0.8M
RF	Josiah Hartshorn (23)	1.6	$0.8M
	Matt Shaw (28)	0.1	$2.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.8	$0.8M
	Nazier Mulé (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
RP	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Dawson Netz (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Daniel Bastardo (22)	1.2	$0.0M
	Owen Ayers (30)	0.1	$3.6M
1B	Edgar Alvarez (30)	0.0	$0.9M
2B	Pedro Ramírez (27)	1.3	$7.2M
	James Triantos (28)	0.0	$0.9M
SS	Jose Escobar (26)	0.5	$0.9M
	Juan Cabada (23)	0.1	$0.9M
3B	BJ Murray (31)	-0.0	$0.9M
	Michael Hallquist (29)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Derik Alcantara (26)	0.1	$0.0M
	Jordan Nwogu (32)	0.0	$0.9M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (29)	5.2	$26.0M
	Kane Kepley (27)	0.4	$0.9M
RF	Josiah Hartshorn (24)	1.7	$0.9M
	Matt Shaw (29)	0.0	$2.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Nazier Mulé (prospect)	0.8	$0.8M
	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
RP	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Dawson Netz (prospect)	0.2	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Daniel Bastardo (23)	1.3	$0.0M
	Owen Ayers (31)	0.1	$4.7M
1B	Edgar Alvarez (31)	0.0	$0.9M
2B	Pedro Ramírez (28)	1.1	$9.2M
	James Triantos (29)	0.0	$1.0M
SS	Jose Escobar (27)	0.5	$0.9M
	Juan Cabada (24)	0.1	$0.9M
3B	BJ Murray (32)	0.0	$3.0M
	Matt Halbach (29)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Derik Alcantara (27)	0.1	$0.9M
	Jordan Nwogu (33)	0.0	$0.9M
CF	Pete Crow-Armstrong (30)	4.8	$0.8M
	Kane Kepley (28)	0.3	$7.0M
RF	Josiah Hartshorn (25)	1.7	$5.4M
	Greg Jones (34)	0.0	$4.6M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Nazier Mulé (prospect)	0.8	$0.8M
	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.6	$0.8M
	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
RP	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.3	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Daniel Bastardo (24)	1.3	$0.9M
	Logan Poteet (29)	0.1	$0.9M
1B	Edgar Alvarez (32)	0.0	$3.0M
2B	Karson Simas (32)	0.0	$3.0M
	Drew Bowser (31)	0.0	$0.9M
SS	Juan Cabada (25)	0.6	$0.9M
	Juan Tomas (25)	0.1	$0.9M
3B	BJ Murray (33)	0.0	$5.0M
	Matt Halbach (30)	0.0	$0.9M
LF	Jordan Nwogu (34)	0.0	$3.0M
	Andy Garriola (33)	0.0	$3.0M
CF	Kane Kepley (29)	1.9	$10.8M
	Justin Dean (36)	0.0	$5.0M
RF	Josiah Hartshorn (26)	1.8	$9.1M
	Kade Snell (31)	0.0	$3.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Nazier Mulé (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M
	Jostin Florentino (prospect)	0.5	$0.8M
	Brooks Caple (prospect)	0.4	$0.8M
RP	Will Sanders (prospect)	0.2	$0.8M
	Jaxon Wiggins (prospect)	0.2	$0.8M

Minor-league depth by level — CHC

Top projected players at each affiliate level, ranked by 2027 projected WAR. Click a header to sort.

AAA · 12 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Owen Miller	1B	30	2027	+0.6	-0.2
BJ Murray	3B	27	2028	+0.5	1.6
James Triantos	2B	24	2028	+0.4	1.9
Chas McCormick	CF	32	—	+0.1	0.3
Ben Cowles	SS	27	2028	-0.1	0.0
Casey Opitz	C	29	—	-0.1	-0.1
PITCHERS
Will Sanders	P	25	2029	+1.3	2.7
Brandon Birdsell	P	27	2028	+0.9	1.1
Grant Kipp	P	27	2029	+0.8	1.0
Jaxon Wiggins	P	25	2028	+0.5	1.9

AA · 13 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Owen Ayers	C	26	2029	+0.9	5.0
Miguel Useche	C	26	2029	+0.5	0.7
Ariel Armas	C	24	2029	+0.2	1.4
Dom Krupinski	2B	23	2028	+0.1	1.0
Carter Trice	CF	24	2028	+0.0	0.6
Alex Madera	SS	26	—	+0.0	0.1
PITCHERS
Brooks Caple	P	24	2028	+1.2	3.1
Dawson Netz	P	26	2029	+0.5	1.1

A+ · 15 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Kane Kepley	CF	23	2028	+1.0	13.8
Josiah Hartshorn	RF	20	2028	+0.8	11.6
Justin Stransky	C	24	2028	+0.4	1.8
Jose Escobar	SS	22	2029	+0.1	4.4
Angel Cepeda	SS	21	2028	+0.0	2.6
Brennan Hudson	C	23	2028	+0.0	0.8
PITCHERS
Jostin Florentino	P	22	2028	+0.2	1.9
Nazier Mulé	P	22	2028	+0.0	2.3

A · 12 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Logan Poteet	C	23	2029	+0.8	5.0
Corey Nunez	SS	23	2028	+0.1	1.2
Juan Cabada	SS	19	2028	+0.0	4.8
Derik Alcantara	OF	22	2028	+0.0	0.9
Darlyn De Leon	2B	22	2028	+0.0	0.8
Jhoander Irigoyen	C	24	2028	+0.0	0.1

ROK · 9 projected players

Player	Pos	Age	ETA	2027 WAR	cWAR
Breyner Figuereo	OF	19	2028	+0.3	-0.1
Daniel Bastardo	C	18	2028	+0.1	10.5
Fernando Cruz	SS	20	2029	+0.0	3.8
Leonel Vivas	SS	20	2028	-0.1	1.2
Stharling De Los Santos	SS	19	2028	-0.1	0.0
Juan Tomas	SS	19	2028	-0.2	3.7