Proposal #6 25 Man Roster
MLB teams have the choice between how many pitchers or position players they want on their MLB active roster. For instance, there may be times when the Rays carry 11 pitchers and the Sox carry 10, totally a strategy for what suites their needs at the time.
I propose we move to a 25 man roster adding a position for U/P. GM preference on whether to carry a 2nd U spot or a 11th P.
Astros are coming, we have 20 man minor leagues and I doubt we will have SOT expansion. No better time than now to move to a 25 man roster!
I like it.
So would this be effective 2012 or 2013 when the Astros come to the AL? I’m kind of against adding to the rosters, we just keep thinning out the free agent pool year and year out.
I like it.
Don’t like it. We already added a 10th pitcher, and to add another roster spot without amending salary cap formula would be a mistake.
Don’t like it.
We all know where JM will come down on this….
We use the average of all MLB team payrolls for our cap # and those MLB teams have 25 guys, yet we only had 23 ( now 24) man rosters.
I like it.
I think we need to be careful with trying to align ourselves with MLB. I think at times it is good for the leauge but it’s not always what is best and in this case I think 25 players with a cap, potentially, less than 100M, is a not a good idea, IMO.
I think I’m most in favor of the idea of a flex position. Whether its a 24th or 25th spot matters less to me.
The free agent pool is already pretty thin, would we still expand rosters in September?
Don’t like it.