The Cincinnati Reds, and every other team throughout Major League Baseball, must reduce their active roster from 30 players to 28. The rosters were initially expanded to help provide depth in the event of injury. Which three players are in jeopardy of being cut when the Reds roster is reduced to just 28 players.
According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Player’s Association has informed its members that rosters will be set at 28 players effective Thursday and remain at the level until the end of the 2020 season. Initially, teams were to begin with a 30-man roster that was reduced to 28 after two weeks, and then 26 two weeks after that.