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Originally Posted by HoustonGM
Hm, I can't find anything one way or another on whether or not the 2021 roster sizes continued into 2022 or if it's just an org-wide limit like you mentioned.
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https://www.si.com/mlb/phillies/arou...t-trade-rumors
There was a 180 limit before 2022. To my knowledge no minor league has changed its roster limits. It works like college football where there is a total roster limit and a limit of scholarship players within the limit. 180 total each AAA/AA can only have 28, A team 30, and DSL 35. The remaining is the max you can have in the rookie leagues.
https://www.thecubreporter.com/book/export/html/3562
This is from 2021 when the 180 limit applied.
So it list the roster limits for each team but list all the minor league contracts that are on the domestic reserve roster.
DOMESTIC RESERVE LIST
180 players are RESERVED (roster is full), plus four players are on the RESTRICTED LIST and 17 are on the 60-DAY IL
Minor league active limits from A- to AAA = 118 so that allows up to 62 players in the rookie league. Note that draftees are exempt until after the first day after the world series.
Anyone with a minor league contract must be on the reserve list. If the proposal went through for 150 that would allow up to 32 players who were not just signed in the rookie leagues or essentially 52 players since there is a 20 round draft. It would essentially mean all teams only have 1 rookie league team instead of some having 2 and others 1 or have to deal with an average of 27 on each rookie league team. So fewer guys would hang on if they aren't promoted in 4 years.
Also note DSL has its only international list that doesn't count in this until a DSL player is placed on the domestic reserve list. They can't go back to the international list after that.