Cubs Add Three to 40-man Roster

The Cubs have added three players to their MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), one day in advanceA of the November 20th deadline that requiresA MLB clubs to submitA major league and minor league reserve lists to the MLB office.A . RHPs Mitch Atkins and Justin Berg were selected from Iowa, and RHP Marcos Mateo was selected from Daytona, and with the addition of the three, the Cubs now have 36 players on their MLB Reserve List.A A Notably absent from the list are LHP Donald Veal (the Cubs 2005 2nd round pick) and 2B Nate Spears (acquired along with two other prospects from the Baltimore Orioles in January 2006 for OF Corey Patterson), meaning both will be eligible for selection in next month's Rule 5 Draft.A And I would say that it's very likely thatA Veal will getA selected, and somewhat likely that Spears will be, too. A A A A North Carolina native, Atkins checks in atA 6'3/220, and he just turned 23 last month. He was the Cubs 7th round selectio...