Reds roster to shrink to 28 on Thursday, but not any further

When the 2020 Major League Baseball season started, we knew it was going to be weird. There were rules put in place specifically because of everything that’s going on, and one of those rules was the number of active players on the roster. Before COVID-19 took over the planet, the rosters this season were going to be expanded to 26 players – up one player from where they have been seemingly forever. But with COVID-19 shutting down spring training and then rushing Summer Camp into a quick ramp up to get the season going, rosters were expanded to 30 players to begin the season. That roster size was set to drop to 28 players after two weeks of the season, and then another two weeks later to 26 players.

Well, the first part of that is still true. On Thursday at noon, teams must drop two players from their 30-man roster and get to a 28-player roster for their big league team. But that’s going to be the final number for the rest of the season. And that number will also carry forward into the postseason, too, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.

Original plan was for rosters to reduce from 30 to 28 on Thursday and then to originally agreed upon 26 in another two weeks. Union telling players adjustment was made “in light of the health and safety challenges we have seen in the first couple of weeks of the season.” https://t.co/nvHFLbcUQ7

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 4, 2020

This is helpful for two guys who otherwise would be sent back to play at Prasco Park in 16 days. More service time for whoever those players are. More money for whoever those players are, too. And if the team makes it into the playoffs it’ll get two additional guys some playoff experience.

Here’s how the Cincinnati Reds MLB and Prasco Park rosters look:

Cincinnati Reds MLB Roster
First	Last	Post	First	Last	Pos
Tejay	Antone	RHP	Curt	Casali	C
Trevor	Bauer	RHP	Kyle	Farmer	C/INF
Luis	Castillo	RHP	Christian	Colón	INF
Anthony	DeSclafani	RHP	Matt	Davidson	INF
Amir	Garrett	LHP	Freddy	Galvis	INF
Sonny	Gray	RHP	Mike	Moustakas	2B
Raisel	Iglesias	RHP	Eugenio	Suárez	3B
Nate	Jones	RHP	Josh	VanMeter	INF/OF
Michael	Lorenzen	RHP	Joey	Votto	1B
Tyler	Mahle	RHP	Shogo	Akiyama	OF
Brooks	Raley	LHP	Nick	Castellanos	OF
Cody	Reed	LHP	Phillip	Ervin	OF
Lucas	Sims	RHP	Travis	Jankowski	OF
Pedro	Strop	RHP	Nick	Senzel	CF
Tucker	Barnhart	C	Jesse	Winker	OF
Cincinnati Reds Prasco Park Roster
First	Last	Post	First	Last	Pos
R.J.	Alaniz	RHP	Mark	Kolozsvary	C
Jesse	Biddle	LHP	Francisco	Peña	C
David	Carpenter	RHP	Alex	Blandino	INF
Jose	De León	RHP	Jose	Garcia	INF
Hunter	Greene	RHP	Robel	García	INF
Ryan	Hendrix	RHP	Jonathan	India	INF
Joel	Kuhnel	RHP	Alfredo	Rodriguez	INF
Nick	Lodolo	LHP	Aristides	Aquino	OF
Alex	Powers	RHP	Stuart	Fairchild	OF
Sal	Romano	RHP	Boog	Powell	OF
Tony	Santillan	RHP
Tyler	Thornburg	RHP

Mac624 August 4, 2020

Can the manager be one of the two sent to Prasco? Or maybe find some decent bullpen help. Ugly start for a team that’s should be way better than they.

Eric Davis Morgan Larkin Bench August 4, 2020

Agreed on bell ,captain hook !
I would send out
Lh raley
Davidson

MK August 4, 2020

One thing to consider is BobSteve will be back at some point, so that will be another cut. I would pick Davidson Ramey too.

SaveTheFarm August 5, 2020

Breaking news…..I follow TJ Friedl on Instagram and he appears to be in Cincinnati. Another body in Prasco?

Cincinnati Reds MLB Roster

Cincinnati Reds Prasco Park Roster

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