2015 at Wrigley: The Year of the Beard

The Cubs current 40-man roster, broken down by beardliness:

Players with a full beard commitment:


Jake Arrieta

Dallas Beeler:

Justin Grimm:

Jon Lester:

Jason Motte:

Joseph Ortiz:

Blake Parker:

Neil Ramirez:

Brian Schlitter:

Dan Straily:

Travis Wood:

Rafael Lopez:

Start of Something Wonderful:

Jason Hammel:

Eric Jokisch:

Zac Rosscup (more like 5 o'clock shadow, so he does need to work on this):

Jacob Turner, sporting the "It's Only 5 O'Clock Shadow, But I'll Try Harder Next Year" Beard:

Welington Castillo:

Miguel Montero:

Tommy La Stella:

Mike Olt:

Matt Szczur:

Something On The Chin (We'll Take It):


Felix Doubront

CJ Edwards:

Edwin Jackson:

Hector Rondon (it's there, pencil thin, but there):

Pedro Strop:

Arismendy Alcantara: 

Javier Baez:

Luis Valbuena:

Junior Lake; 

Jorge Soler: 

The Ones Who Don't Need It, But We Won't Complain If You Get it:



Kyle Hendricks, sporting the "I'm a Little Baby and This is the Most Beardly I Can Be!" Beard:

Tsuyoshi Wada, sporting the "I Don't Think a Beard Can Grow Here" Beard:

Anthony Rizzo, sporting the "I'm Anthony Rizzo and I Don't Need a Beard Because I'm Anthony Rizzo" Beard:

Chris Coghlan, sporting the "I May Be Clean Shaven, But the Hair on My Head is Curly and Interesting" Beard:

Ryan Sweeney, sporting the "Beardless Beard of Perfection" Beard:

TRY HARDER:

Mike Kickham, sporting the "I Came From the Giants So I Didn't Want to Grow a Beard and Be Associated with Their Beards, But I Will Grow One in Chicago!" Beard:

Starlin Castro, sporting the "I Have No Beard So Just Trade Me" Beard

Christian Villanueva, sporting the "I Know I Need to Try Harder" Beard: