CWS Depth Chart — 2026

Total WAR +17.3

hWAR +8.3

pWAR +9.0

C+0.9

1B+1.7

2B+1.1

SS+1.7

3B+0.7

LF+0.3

CF+1.1

RF+0.6

DH+0.2

SP+3.0

BP+6.0

Depth chart data updated: May 13, 2026

Infield

C

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Edgar Quero	456	81	-7.2	+0.4
Reese McGuire	192	67	+3.9	+0.6
Total	648	77	-3.4	+1.0

1B

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Munetaka Murakami	295	145	+0.0	+1.8
Replacement (call-up)	353	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	107	+0.0	+1.8

2B

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Chase Meidroth	531	89	+0.6	+1.2
Brooks Baldwin IL	116	91	-1.7	-0.1
Replacement (call-up)	1	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	89	-1.1	+1.1

SS

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Colson Montgomery	385	94	+4.4	+1.7
Replacement (call-up)	263	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	86	+4.4	+1.7

3B

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Miguel Vargas	531	88	-4.3	+0.7
Replacement (call-up)	117	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	86	-4.3	+0.7

Outfield

LF

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Austin Hays IL	171	101	-0.6	+0.3
Replacement (call-up)	477	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	82	-0.6	+0.3

CF

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Luisangel Acuña	330	82	+0.8	+0.8
Tristan Peters	244	78	-0.8	+0.2
Michael A. Taylor	74	78	+0.9	+0.2
Total	648	80	+0.9	+1.2

RF

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Mike Tauchman	271	107	-1.6	+0.6
Joshua Palacios	244	99	-2.7	+0.2
Everson Pereira IL	133	68	-0.3	-0.1
Total	648	96	-4.6	+0.7

DH

Player	PA	wRC+	FLD	WAR
Andrew Benintendi	450	104	-8.2	+0.2
Replacement (call-up)	198	75	0.0	0.0
Total	648	95	-8.2	+0.2

Starting Rotation

Player	IP	eGS	ERA	FIP	K%	WAR
Sean Burke	108	20	4.56	4.99	23.2%	+0.4
Anthony Kay	56	10	5.06	4.34	23.7%	+0.4
Davis Martin	100	18	4.51	4.74	18.7%	+0.6
Erick Fedde	119	22	4.60	4.80	16.9%	+0.6
Noah Schultz	59	11	4.46	4.46	22.0%	+0.4
Drew Thorpe IL	25	5	4.99	4.67	20.1%	+0.2
Tyler Schweitzer	84	15	4.77	4.77	18.8%	+0.5

Bullpen

Player	IP	eApp	ERA	FIP	K%	WAR
Seranthony Domínguez ★	48	48	3.95	4.06	27.4%	+0.5
Jordan Leasure ★	26	26	4.72	4.70	26.7%	+0.0
Jordan Hicks	68	68	4.49	4.33	20.4%	+0.6
Grant Taylor	45	45	3.89	3.21	29.3%	+0.9
Sean Newcomb	67	67	3.30	3.66	23.5%	+1.1
Chris Murphy	15	15	4.42	4.59	21.7%	+0.0
Bryan Hudson	40	40	3.48	4.15	24.3%	+0.4
Mike Vasil IL	23	23	3.83	4.72	19.3%	+0.2
Prelander Berroa IL	15	15	4.12	4.65	24.0%	+0.1
Jonathan Cannon	33	33	5.03	4.97	18.0%	+0.1
Owen White	66	66	4.94	4.94	18.2%	+0.2
Shane Smith	52	52	4.05	4.20	23.6%	+0.6
Elvis Peguero	39	39	4.00	4.54	21.1%	+0.1
Duncan Davitt	37	37	4.49	4.49	20.9%	+0.3
Jedixson Paez	34	34	4.24	4.24	22.6%	+0.2
Lucas Sims	32	32	5.11	5.17	22.1%	+0.0
Fraser Ellard	29	29	4.28	4.49	26.0%	+0.1
Edgar Navarro	27	27	4.43	4.43	22.5%	+0.1
Ky Bush	25	25	5.17	4.88	20.0%	+0.1
Brandon Eisert	22	22	4.37	4.36	24.1%	+0.2
Penn Murfee	18	18	4.71	4.72	20.6%	+0.1
Tyler Gilbert	18	18	4.13	4.07	23.4%	+0.2
Alex Colomé	18	18	4.36	4.36	22.5%	+0.1
Dominic Leone	16	16	4.97	4.82	22.4%	+0.0
Miguel Castro	13	13	4.53	4.47	21.7%	+0.1
Steven Wilson	10	10	4.46	4.64	22.0%	+0.0

Future Depth Chart — CWS

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PEAK 2031 · 77W · 31.8 WAR OFF-BOOKS 7YR $178M AGE 27.1 → 28.0 WINDOW no projected contention years

AL Central · 2026

#1MIN108#2DET107#3CLE105#4KC102#5CWS97

Projected: 66–96 Team WAR: 19.7 Avg Age: 27.1 Est. Payroll: $54M FA Budget Room: $184M (CBT $238M) REBUILD

Position Players

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Kyle Teel (24)	1.1	$0.8M
	Edgar Quero (23)	0.1	$0.8M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (26)	2.4	$17.0M
	LaMonte Wade Jr. (32)	0.2	$9.2M
2B	Chase Meidroth (25)	2.8	$0.8M
	Luisangel Acuña (24)	0.1	$0.8M
SS	Colson Montgomery (24)	2.3	$0.8M
	Sam Antonacci (23)	0.3	$0.7M
3B	Miguel Vargas (26)	1.3	$4.4M
	Ryan Galanie (26)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	Dustin Harris (27)	0.6	$0.1M
	Austin Hays (31)	0.1	$5.0M
CF	Derek Hill (30)	1.1	$0.9M
	Tristan Peters (26)	0.0	$0.8M
RF	Mike Tauchman (35)	0.7	$5.4M
	Joshua Palacios (31)	0.1	$2.5M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Pitchers

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Mason Adams (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.4	$0.8M
	Shane Murphy (prospect)	1.0	$0.8M
RP	Riley Gowens (prospect)	1.0	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	0.9	$0.8M
	Kohl Simas (prospect)	0.7	$0.8M

Off The Books for 2026

No major contracts expired entering this year

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Kyle Teel (25)	2.8	$0.8M
	Stiven Flores (21)	0.2	$0.0M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (27)	4.0	$17.0M
	Dario Borrero (23)	-0.0	$0.0M
2B	Chase Meidroth (26)	2.0	$0.8M
	Rikuu Nishida (26)	0.2	$0.0M
SS	Sam Antonacci (24)	3.1	$0.8M
	Colson Montgomery (25)	0.4	$0.8M
3B	Miguel Vargas (27)	1.7	$8.7M
	Jeral Perez (22)	0.1	$0.0M
LF	Braden Montgomery (24)	1.2	$0.0M
	Dustin Harris (28)	0.1	$0.8M
CF	Derek Hill (31)	0.9	$3.1M
	Tristan Peters (27)	0.1	$0.8M
RF	Zach DeLoach (28)	-0.2	$0.2M
	Tyler Neslony (33)	-0.1	$0.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
	Mason Adams (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
	Christian Oppor (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M
RP	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M
	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M
	Shane Murphy (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Kyle Teel (26)	3.0	$0.8M
	Stiven Flores (22)	0.3	$0.0M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (28)	3.6	$0.8M
	Dario Borrero (24)	-0.0	$0.0M
2B	Chase Meidroth (27)	2.0	$0.8M
	William Bergolla Jr. (23)	0.3	$0.8M
SS	Sam Antonacci (25)	3.3	$0.8M
	Colson Montgomery (26)	0.5	$0.8M
3B	Jeral Perez (23)	1.3	$0.0M
	Eduardo Herrera (21)	0.2	$0.0M
LF	Braden Montgomery (25)	1.8	$0.8M
	Christian Gonzalez (21)	0.2	$0.0M
CF	Everson Pereira (27)	0.9	$0.8M
	Tristan Peters (28)	0.1	$0.8M
RF	Zach DeLoach (29)	-0.2	$0.4M
	Tyler Neslony (34)	-0.1	$0.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Christian Oppor (prospect)	1.7	$0.8M
	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.7	$0.8M
	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
RP	Mason Adams (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M
	Shane Murphy (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Kyle Teel (27)	3.0	$5.9M
	Stiven Flores (23)	0.4	$0.0M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (29)	3.2	$7.3M
	Dario Borrero (25)	0.0	$0.0M
2B	William Bergolla Jr. (24)	2.2	$0.8M
	Chase Meidroth (28)	0.3	$4.2M
SS	Sam Antonacci (26)	3.4	$7.4M
	Colson Montgomery (27)	0.5	$7.0M
3B	Jeral Perez (24)	1.6	$0.8M
	Eduardo Herrera (22)	0.2	$0.0M
LF	Braden Montgomery (26)	2.1	$0.8M
	Christian Gonzalez (22)	0.3	$0.0M
CF	Samuel Zavala (25)	1.1	$0.8M
	Leandro Alsinois (24)	0.1	$0.0M
RF	Tyler Neslony (35)	0.0	$0.8M
	Zach DeLoach (30)	-0.1	$0.6M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Christian Oppor (prospect)	2.0	$0.8M
	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.8	$0.8M
	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
RP	Luis Reyes (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
	Mason Adams (prospect)	1.4	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Stiven Flores (24)	3.0	$0.0M
	Jose M. Mendoza (22)	0.4	$0.0M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (30)	2.8	$11.1M
	Dario Borrero (26)	0.0	$0.0M
2B	William Bergolla Jr. (25)	2.5	$0.9M
	Javier Mogollon (24)	0.3	$0.0M
SS	Caleb Bonemer (24)	3.6	$0.9M
	Billy Carlson (24)	0.5	$0.9M
3B	Eduardo Herrera (23)	2.1	$0.0M
	Alejandro Cruz (23)	0.3	$0.0M
LF	Christian Gonzalez (23)	2.6	$0.0M
	Braden Montgomery (27)	0.3	$0.9M
CF	Samuel Zavala (26)	1.3	$0.9M
	Leandro Alsinois (25)	0.2	$0.0M
RF	Tyler Neslony (36)	0.0	$0.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Christian Oppor (prospect)	2.1	$0.8M
	Luis Reyes (prospect)	2.0	$0.8M
	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.7	$0.8M
RP	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M
	Mason Adams (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Stiven Flores (25)	3.3	$0.9M
	Jose M. Mendoza (23)	0.5	$0.0M
1B	Munetaka Murakami (31)	2.5	$15.1M
	Dario Borrero (27)	0.0	$0.0M
2B	William Bergolla Jr. (26)	2.6	$5.2M
	Javier Mogollon (25)	0.4	$0.9M
SS	Caleb Bonemer (25)	3.9	$0.9M
	Billy Carlson (25)	0.6	$0.9M
3B	Eduardo Herrera (24)	2.4	$0.0M
	Jesus Premoli (24)	0.3	$0.0M
LF	Christian Gonzalez (24)	3.1	$0.0M
	Frank Mieses (23)	0.4	$0.0M
CF	Samuel Zavala (27)	1.3	$0.9M
	Leandro Alsinois (26)	0.2	$0.0M
RF	Tyler Neslony (37)	0.0	$0.9M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Luis Reyes (prospect)	2.3	$0.8M
	Christian Oppor (prospect)	2.2	$0.8M
	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
RP	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.6	$0.8M
	Hagen Smith (prospect)	1.4	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.2	$0.8M

Pos	Player	WAR	Salary
C	Stiven Flores (26)	3.4	$0.9M
	Jose M. Mendoza (24)	0.5	$0.9M
1B	Dario Borrero (28)	0.1	$0.9M
	Nick Podkul (35)	0.0	$3.0M
2B	William Bergolla Jr. (27)	2.7	$9.1M
	Javier Mogollon (26)	0.4	$0.9M
SS	Billy Carlson (26)	4.1	$0.9M
	Caleb Bonemer (26)	0.6	$8.0M
3B	Eduardo Herrera (25)	2.7	$0.9M
	Alejandro Cruz (25)	0.4	$0.9M
LF	Christian Gonzalez (25)	3.4	$0.9M
	Alan Escobar (23)	0.4	$0.9M
CF	Sam Antonacci (29) (prospect) SS→CF	2.9	$0.8M
	Leandro Alsinois (27)	0.2	$0.9M
RF	Tyler Neslony (38)	0.0	$3.0M
DH	FA — replacement level	0.0	—

Role	Player	WAR	Salary
SP	Luis Reyes (prospect)	2.3	$0.8M
	Christian Oppor (prospect)	2.1	$0.8M
	Tanner McDougal (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
RP	Grant Umberger (prospect)	1.5	$0.8M
	Hagen Smith (prospect)	1.3	$0.8M
	Juan Carela (prospect)	1.1	$0.8M

Farm System

Name	Pos	Level	Age	Career WAR
Billy Carlson	SS	A	20	42.3
Caleb Bonemer	SS	A+	20	41.6
Jehancarlos Mendez	SS	ROK	18	41.3
Yordani Soto	SS	ROK	17	39.4
Jefrank Silva	SS	ROK	18	38.8