Lookout Landing · Aug 14, 2020
~15 players the Mariners should add to their alternate site
Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images If you’re looking for some good news about Minor League Baseball, there might finally be some on the horizon. Baseball America has reported growing momentum for a plan that would allow teams to add up to 15 more players to their player pools, raising the total number from 60 to 75. While nothing is certified, such a move has multiple benefits, assuming MLB can continue to maintain COVID-19 protocols and safely integrate another 450 players into their respective alternate sites. That’s a big IF, but MLB’s work thus far has been cautiously encouraging, and slight expansions to the player pool would have several benefits.