Prior to the 2021 season, Major League Baseball finalized a plan to streamline the minors, dropping 42 affiliated teams and settling at 120—four affiliates per team. As part of this plan, a Domestic Reserve List was instituted, limiting teams to 180 players during the season and 190 during the offseason.
To get a more in-depth look at the Domestic Reserve List, you can check out my primer. For today, while we are in the doldrums of the offseason, I thought I’d recap some of the basic rules that make up the list and take a look at where the Pittsburgh Pirates stand at the moment.