MLB wants to go back to 15-day disabled lists

Photo by Andrew Weber/Getty ImagesOver the last couple of years, since Major League Baseball changed its minimum disabled-list stay from 15 days to 10, teams have used this to place more pitchers on the DL and rotate some of their top minor-league pitchers through their bullpens. We’ve dubbed this the “Iowa Shuttle” here and the Cubs have had some success with it.

There’s a report out Thursday morning that MLB wants to change all this:

Major League Baseball has proposed going back to a 15-day disabled list and increasing the time optioned players usually must spend in the minor leagues, a person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press, moves aimed at reducing the use of…