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Posted: **Sun Sep 2, 2007 3:59 pm**

Since teams can have up to 40 players on the roster, can you use all 40 in a game, or is the GM limited to 25 players per each individual game?

There's a lot of strategy that goes into the 25 man roster, I'm just curious if anyone knows how that works.

Thanks.

Posted: **Sun Sep 2, 2007 4:36 pm**

Each Major League Baseball team maintains both a 25-man roster and a 40-man roster of players. Players on the 25-man roster are eligible to play in official major league games throughout the season. The 40-man roster includes the players on the 25-man roster plus as many as 15 other players who are either on the team's 15-day disabled list (see below) or who are in the team's minor league system. From September 1 through the end of the regular season, any player on the 40-man roster (also referred to as the "expanded roster") is eligible to play in an official regular season game. Players must be on a team's 40-man roster as of September 1 to be eligible for post-season play.

So essentially you can use only the 25 players in a game, but the other 40 can be used once you reach the playoffs.

Posted: **Mon Sep 3, 2007 2:04 am**

actually, as I read it:

September 1 through the end of the regular season, any player on the 40-man roster (also referred to as the "expanded roster") is eligible to play in an official regular season game

it sounds like it's 40 players potentially availalble to play during the regular season games after Sept 1.

But playoff rosters are cut to 25 - that I know. Though, usually teams switch from 5 pitcher rotations to 4 pitcher rotations, which allows an extra position or bull pen player.

Posted: **Mon Sep 3, 2007 5:47 am**

I believe you can use all of them if you want to.

Posted: **Mon Sep 3, 2007 7:38 pm**

YungNeef wrote:I believe you can use all of them if you want to.

Yeah you can I just wrote my explanation backwards... :lol:

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Question about expanded rosters?

Question about expanded rosters?