September call-ups used to be more interesting, when teams could basically promote the entire 40-man roster (and some actually did that). It was a way of rewarding long-time minor leaguers with a cup of coffee in the big leagues, or looking at prospects play at the MLB level for a few weeks.

In the most recent CBA, owners reduced the September roster limit to just 28, meaning only two players can be added after Sept. 1. This is too few, in my view. Sure, 40 was too many, occasionally leading to ridiculous parades of relievers (with Bruce Bochy being the worst offender — just check out this 2015 game where he used nine relievers in three innings). Teams can’t do that anymore anyway with the three-batter minimum, but I still think a limit of 30 would be more useful. Of course, teams also sa

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