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MLB And MLBPA Agree to 14 Pitchers For May

MLB Communications announced on Twitter that Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association have agreed to keep a 14-pitcher maximum until May 29.

By agreement between @MLB and the @MLBPA as the parties monitor player health, the maximum of 13-pitchers on Active Rosters set to begin on May 2nd will instead go into effect on May 30th; a 14-pitcher maximum will be in place from May 2nd-29th.

— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) April 26, 2022

Active rosters will go from a maximum of 28 players to 26 on May 2, and on May 30, the maximum number of pitchers a team can have on an active roster will reduce to 13.