The 26th Man: Position Player or Pitcher?

[Greg Pappas]

It's early yet, but I'm curious... with the implementation of a 26th player to MLB rosters starting in 2020, will Hyde/Elias go with an extra position player or go with yet another pitcher?  13/13 or 12 position players and 14 pitchers? After seeing how bad the pen was this year and how often we needed a position player on the mound, my best guess would be a pitcher. What say you?

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

Chris Davis.

[mdbdotcom]

36 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Chris Davis.

Game. Over.

[olddogger]

Thought MLB had said 13 was the limit on pitchers for 26-man roster.  Don't have a reference handy tho...

Reference:  https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/mlb-mlbpa-agree-single-trade-deadline-expanded-rosters.html

Apparently that has yet to be finalized

 

[Tx Oriole]

51 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Chris Davis.

That’s who I think.

[7Mo]

5 minutes ago, olddogger said:

Thought MLB had said 13 was the limit on pitchers for 26-man roster.  Don't have a reference handy tho...

Reference:  https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/03/mlb-mlbpa-agree-single-trade-deadline-expanded-rosters.html

Apparently that has yet to be finalized

 

Right. Not yet determined. 

Furthermore, the number of pitchers a club can carry on the active roster will be capped at a certain number, to be decided by the aforementioned joint committee. To adhere to that rule, clubs will have to designate each of their players as either a pitcher or a position player prior to each player’s first day on the active roster for a given season

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-rules-changes

[Greg Pappas]

I had not realized that a limit of 13 pitchers (or 14) was being considered. Obviously that could make this thread moot. Mods, perhaps we should close the thread until that determination has been made.