The Los Angeles Dodgers are off Thursday but the club still conducted roster changes by optioning both Adam Kolarek and Zach McKinstry to their alternate training site at USC. Doing so brought the Dodges active roster to the required 28 players.
While MLB allowed for teams to begin the 2020 season with an expanded roster of 30 players, the plan was always to trim two weeks into the season. Also expected to follow was reducing rosters to 26 players two weeks after that, where they would remain for the rest of the year.
However, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and multiple teams experiencing outbreaks, MLB is permitting active rosters to remain at 28 players and taxi squad to increase from three to five for the remainder of the season.