September is here, which means crowded dugouts, endless pitching changes and players you haven't seen since spring training are coming in tow. Historically (this season included), teams have been able to call up any player on their 40-man roster in September. Starting next season rosters must consist of 28 players in September, and top out at 26 players in every other month.
Roster expansion is still a hot-button topic in baseball circles, so our staff weighs in on the best way for roster manipulation to be handled in the final month of the regular season.
Tom Verducci
September baseball has been an outright travesty for years because of expanded rosters, but especially so recently because of bullpen usage.