Navigating the 28-man active roster

[slugga27]

I just made it to the 2020 off-season, and I'm stumped as to how I should handle the fact that I no longer have 40 spots on the active roster when signing free agents. I feel like this could lead to unnecessary or premature cuts. Has anyone done any testing with temporarily setting the expanded roster size back to 40 for the off-season. IIRC, this is how it is in real life. Effectively, when I'm signing new free agents, I am forced to make cuts that I may otherwise wait to make until the conclusion of spring training.

[ryanivr]

Originally Posted by slugga27

I just made it to the 2020 off-season, and I'm stumped as to how I should handle the fact that I no longer have 40 spots on the active roster when signing free agents. I feel like this could lead to unnecessary or premature cuts. Has anyone done any testing with temporarily setting the expanded roster size back to 40 for the off-season. IIRC, this is how it is in real life. Effectively, when I'm signing new free agents, I am forced to make cuts that I may otherwise wait to make until the conclusion of spring training.

The way it's been in the past, is that the limit wouldn't actually be a "limit" in the off-season. You'd regularly run into your roster saying 30/25 or whatever.

Haven't played enough this year yet to see if it's any different. But try just adding someone even if the roster is full.

[slugga27]

I’ll try that. To be honest, I never went past 40 on the active roster previously.


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[Biggio509]

Originally Posted by slugga27

I just made it to the 2020 off-season, and I'm stumped as to how I should handle the fact that I no longer have 40 spots on the active roster when signing free agents. I feel like this could lead to unnecessary or premature cuts. Has anyone done any testing with temporarily setting the expanded roster size back to 40 for the off-season. IIRC, this is how it is in real life. Effectively, when I'm signing new free agents, I am forced to make cuts that I may otherwise wait to make until the conclusion of spring training.

Still kind of new to 21 but in 20 I ran a game with the new rules. You can have more than 28 on the active roster in the offseason. Pretty sure that is the same in 21 but I haven't completed a season yet. Mostly playing perfect team. The active rule roster limit doesn't apply to the majors or minors in the offseason. You can put as many as you want on "active" if it is the offseason. I am not sure it automatically gives a contract and moves them to the 40 if you move someone up from the minors in the offseason. It doesn't when ST starts but it might not in the offseason either. I wait until to ST to move up the maybe make the 40 man roster candidates just in case.

[slugga27]

I was able to add more to the roster than 28. Never knew I could do that.


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