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Cincinnati Reds option Tejay Antone, Josh VanMeter as roster size shrinks

The rush to get the Major League Baseball season up and going in the midst of a pandemic was always going to feature some odd quirks. While many of the in-game rule changes have been more obvious - 7 inning doubleheaders, runners starting on 2B in extra innings - one of the somewhat mundane changes had been the expansion of rosters to a full 30 players, in part to provide additional resources to teams prepping on short notice, and in part due to there being no Minor League season to keep non-regulars in form.

Well, today marked the deadline for teams to shrink rosters from 30 down to 28, a mark that will remain for the rest of the season.