C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic‘s beat reporter for the Cincinnati Reds, recently reported that that Reds GM Dick Williams said that there’s a possibility that MLB rosters will be expanded (temporarily) from the new standard of the 26-man active roster. Obviously, this would be a big change for the Colorado Rockies and the other MLB teams because it would signal to some other big changes.
If extra players are agreed to on the roster for the entirety of the season, that likely means that the Commissioner’s office and the MLBPA agreed on playing the full 162 game slate.