Twenty Cubs minor league players were declared MLB Rule 55 minor league free-agents at 5 PM (Eastern) this past Friday.
Among the more notable Cubs 6YFA are 2015 Cubs minor league strikeout leader RHSP Felix Pena, 2015 PCL Pitcher of the Year RHSP Carlos Pimentel, RHRP Starling Peralta, RHP (ex-OF) Jae-Hoon Ha, OF Pin-Chieh Chen, and RHRP Blake Parker.
Six other players (OF-1B Mike Baxter, OF Quintin Berry, INF Jonathan Herrera, LHRP James Russell, RHRP Brian Schlitter, and C Taylor Teagarden) had previously elected to be an Article XIX-A or Article XX-D minor league free-agent as the resuilt of being outrighted to the minors either during or after the conclusion of the MLB regular season, because the player either had accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time and/or had been outrighted to the minors previously in his career
Four Cubs minor leaguers who were eligible to be a Rule 55 6YFA (RHP Frank Batista, C Willson Contreras, INF Ryan Dent, and RHP Jose Rosario) signed minor league successor contracts prior to being declared free-agents.