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Out of all the players trying to earn major league roster spots this spring, nobody has it tougher than the guys at Chicago Cubs camp.

As you would expect, the defending champs showed up to spring training with very few roster spots to fill. As we covered in January, there was only one opening on their bench and two on their pitching staff.

Not a whole lot has changed since then, so there are quite a few players in camp with the Cubs who are running out of time and luck with Opening Day now just a few weeks away.

We're going to take a look at the team's projected 25-man roster as things stand now and all the 40-man guys and non-roster invitees who wouldn't make the cut as a result. Of those, we'll then focus in on five players of particular interest.