SocraticGadfly: Should MLB expand rosters to 26?

June 22, 2011

Should MLB expand rosters to 26?

I think Jeremy Crasnick has a good idea - with one omitted exception.

Expand to 26 in exchange for killing the DH.

That said, Crasnick gets Whitey Herzog-era St. Louis Cardinals history plain wrong.

Right-handed reliever Todd Worrell did NOT play the OF "in emergencies." Rather, lefty Ken Dayley came in as an early equivalent of today's LOOGY, or left-handed one-out guys, relievers, and Whitey kept Todd in the game by moving him to the OF for one batter.

And, getting the facts correct slightly undercuts his argument.

That said, 26 on a roster would be great. But, let's kill the DH in exchange and speed games up a bit.

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