The Detroit News · Apr 1, 2020
If baseball comes back with expanded rosters, what will Tigers look like?
Detroit — Today’s exercise feels a bit presumptuous, certainly optimistic.
But if and when the coronavirus loosens its evil grip on our lives and baseball returns, teams are expected to be afford a few extra roster spots for at least the first month. It wasn’t formally written into the agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association last week, but it is expected that teams will be able to start the season with as many as 30 players, instead of 26.
Dawel Lugo. (Photo: Elise Amendola, AP)Which makes sense. If they are going to schedule a doubleheader a week and take away off days to cram in as many games as possible, then teams will need extra manpower.