If baseball returns this summer one proposed change would be to allow teams 30-man rosters. Here is a projection of how the Washington Nationals team will look.
All the cards are on the table and the two sides must now agree if baseball is going to be played this summer. One of the proposed changes in the shortened season would call for teams to have 30-man rosters. This bodes very well for the Washington Nationals, who return as World Series Champions.
The Nationals were one of baseball’s oldest teams last year and they brought back a lot of the veteran guys to help defend the title. Roster expansion is great to protect from injury, though for the sake of resting old bodies, it’s even better for the Nats.
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When (if) the teams take the field on July 1st, here is what the Nationals 30-man roster could look like.
Starting Pitchers
Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, Patrick Corbin, Anibal Sanchez, Joe Ross, Austin Voth
This is the bread and butter of the team right here. Each one of the top five had a memorable outing in the 2019 postseason. Keeping the arms healthy will be a big part of how the Nationals season goes, so don’t be surprised to see the team start with a six-man rotation early on until the arms are back into early season form. Had there been a competition for the fifth starter on a 25-man roster it would have been between Ross and Voth. With expanded rosters, they both make the team easily without pressure from anyone else in the Nats system.