I like to track how ex-Cubs are performing across the majors during the season, but I’ve had some difficulties finding a definitive list of all the players who played in at least one game for the Cubs at the major league level, and are currently in the league with another team.
The latest tool that I’ve used for this is the Baseball Reference Frivoloty tool for players with multiple teams: https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/players-who-played-for-multiple-teams-franchises.fcgi
It was still a very manual effort, but I was at least able to see which Cubs had played with another team last season, and it was fairly easy to track down the list of Cubs who moved on for 2026.
Some interesting tidbits:
- A few players the Cubs acquired in trades have gone back to the teams that traded them: Yency Almonte to the Dodgers, Caleb Kilian to the Giants and Jose Cuas to the Royals
- A few recent ex-Cubs are playing in Asia: Trey Wingenter and Alexander Canario in Japan and Chris Flexen in Korea
- Patrick Wisdom returned from the Korea league to sign a minor league deal with the Mariners
- Nelson Velazquez is trying to catch on with the Cardinals
- There are 10 former Cubs on the Mets Spring Training roster – with 4 of them on the 40-man for New York
- Matt Mervis has moved on to the Nationals as a non-roster player
- Keegan Thompson signed a deal with the Rockies, and is on their 40-man roster
- The Twins brought in 4 ex-Cubs this offseason: Victor Caratini, Andrew Chafin, Julian Merryweather and Taylor Rogers.
Here is my attempt at a definitive list of Ex-Cubs in the Majors:
| Player | Team | On 40-man roster? |
|---|---|---|
| Jeimer Candelario | Angels | No |
| Jorge Soler | Angels | Yes |
| Nick Madigal | Angels | No |
| Drew Pomeranz | Angels | Yes |
| Isaac Parades | Astros | Yes |
| Hayden Wesneski | Astros | Yes |
| Nate Pearson | Astros | Yes |
| Tom Cosgrove | Astros | No |
| Aaron Civale | Athletics | Yes |
| Brooks Kriske | Athletics | No |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | Athletics | Yes |
| Brendon Little | Blue Jays | Yes |
| Tommy Nance | Blue Jays | Yes |
| Reece McGuire | Brewers | No |
| Rob Zastryzny | Brewers | Yes |
| Trevor Megill | Brewers | Yes |
| Nelson Velasquez | Cardinals | No |
| Carlos Santana | Diamondbacks | Yes |
| Ildemaro Vargas | Diamondbacks | No |
| Michael Soroka | Diamondbacks | Yes |
| David Bote | Dodgers | No* |
| Kyle Tucker | Dodgers | Yes |
| Yency Almonte | Dodgers | No |
| Caleb Kilian | Giants | No |
| Michael Fulmer | Giants | No |
| Cody Heuer | Guardians | No |
| Shaun Armstrong | Guardians | Yes |
| Miles Mastobuoni | Mariners | Yes |
| Patrick Wisdom | Mariners | No |
| Michael Rucker | Mariners | No |
| Chistopher Morel | Marlins | Yes |
| Owen Caissie | Marlins | Yes |
| Jesus Tinoco | Marlins | No |
| Jared Young | Mets | Yes |
| Luis Torrens | Mets | Yes |
| Mike Tauchman | Mets | No |
| Vidal Brujan | Mets | Yes |
| Adbert Alzolay | Mets | No |
| Brooks Raley | Mets | Yes |
| Carl Edwards Jr. | Mets | No |
| Craig Kimbrel | Mets | No |
| Nick Burdi | Mets | No |
| Robert Stock | Mets | No |
| Matt Mervis | Nationals | No |
| Sergio Alcantara | Nationals | No |
| Richard Lovelady | Nationals | Yes |
| Trevor Williams | Nationals | IL |
| Luis Vasquez | Orioles | No |
| Andrew Kittredge | Orioles | Yes |
| Enoli Parades | Orioles | No |
| Nick Castellanos | Padres | Yes |
| Jason Adam | Padres | Yes |
| Jeremiah Estrada | Padres | Yes |
| Yu Darvish | Padres | IL |
| Kyle Schwarber | Phillies | Yes |
| Brad Keller | Phillies | Yes |
| Genesis Cabrera | Phillies | No |
| Joc Pederson | Rangers | Yes |
| Chris Martin | Rangers | Yes |
| Ryan Brasier | Rangers | No |
| Hunter Bigge | Rays | Yes |
| Manual Rodriguez | Rays | IL |
| Willson Contreras | Red Sox | Yes |
| Aroldis Chapman | Red Sox | Yes |
| Pierce Johnson | Reds | Yes |
| Kris Bryant | Rockies | IL |
| Nicky Lopez | Rockies | No |
| Willi Castro | Rockies | Yes |
| Jose Quintana | Rockies | Yes |
| Keegan Thompson | Rockies | Yes |
| Eli Morgan | Royals | No |
| Hector Neris | Royals | No |
| Jose Cuas | Royals | No |
| Gage Workman | Tigers | No |
| Javier Baez | Tigers | Yes |
| Tomas Nido | Tigers | No |
| Zach McKinstry | Tigers | Yes |
| Scott Effross | Tigers | No |
| Victor Caratini | Twins | Yes |
| Andrew Chafin | Twins | No |
| Julian Merryweather | Twins | No |
| Taylor Rogers | Twins | Yes |
| Anthony Kay | White Sox | No |
| Sean Newcomb | White Sox | Yes |
| Tyson Miller | White Sox | No |
| Cody Bellinger | Yankees | Yes |
| Kervin Castor | Yankees | Yes |
| Alexander Canario | Free Agent | Japan |
| Billy Hamilton | Free Agent | |
| DJ LeMahieu | Free Agent | |
| Jason Heyward | Free Agent | |
| Jon Berti | Free Agent | |
| Justin Turner | Free Agent | |
| Mrtin Maldanado | Free Agent | Retired |
| Nick Martini | Free Agent | |
| Tucker Barnhart | Free Agent | Retired |
| Chris Flexen | Free Agent | Korea |
| Jorge Lopez | Free Agent | |
| Justin Wilson | Free Agent | |
| Marcus Stroman | Free Agent | |
| Rich Hill | Free Agent | |
| Trey Wingenter | Free Agent | Japan |
| Wade Miley | Free Agent |
Cubs in 7 
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