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I like the idea of allowing all of the players on the 40-man roster being able to come up in September, but having a 20-man pitching staff is a bit much.  I would like to see teams have 30 players eligible for every game and have a maximum of 10 pitchers eligible (meaning 9 relievers).  The day's starter would be the only starter needed.
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I agree it's too much, but most teams don't call up that many players any way.
 

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catman said:
I like the idea of allowing all of the players on the 40-man roster being able to come up in September, but having a 20-man pitching staff is a bit much.  I would like to see teams have 30 players eligible for every game and have a maximum of 10 pitchers eligible (meaning 9 relievers).  The day's starter would be the only starter needed.
Thoughts?
The problem with that is that with those 9 relievers, 4 of them aren't going to pitch in the game unless it hits super-late extra innings. That leaves a 5-man bullpen -- a closer, a set up, a 7th inning, and 2 specialists. On a 40 man roster, that's way too low of a number. As it right now with the Sox, our pen is more deep than that (Kimbrel, Reed, Workman, Kelly, Barnes, Hembree, Scott, Abad)
 
I don't see how 20 pitchers is too much. Its not like you need the hitters anyways -- 20 hitters is an entire second unit plus two, and in your scenario its just adding more guys to that number, to create three units. I'd much rather have a deeper pen than have extra minor league pinch runners because you can't trust them to hit yet
 

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