Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."
As of Monday, 513 players have been made minor-league free agents, per this article at Baseball America.
Usually, the reason for this is that players get to six years of minor league service, at which time they are automatically free agents. Some of these players are being let go for other reasons.
Here’s the list of Cubs minor leaguers who are now free agents:
RHP Luis Devers (Advanced-A)
RHP Jimmy Endersby (Double-A)
RHP Manuel Espinoza (Double-A)
RHP Saul Gonzalez (Low-A)
RHP Daniel Missaki (Double-A)
RHP Eduarniel Nunez (Triple-A)
RHP Cameron Sanders (Triple-A)
RHP Trey Supak (Triple-A)
RHP Riley Thompson (Triple-A)
RHP Blake Whitney (Double-A)
LHP Lucas Luetge (Triple-A)
LHP Blake Weiman (Double-A)
C Caleb Knight (Triple-A)
3B David Bote (Triple-A)
SS Reivaj Garcia (Triple-A)
SS Fabian Pertuz (Double-A)
SS Luis Verdugo (Double-A)
OF Ezequiel Pagan (Double-A)
OF Cole Roederer (Double-A)
OF Trayce Thompson (Triple-A)Of note in that list:
- Saul Gonzalez was acquired by the Cubs in the Mychal Givens trade in 2021.