What happened: Teams would set their 26-man active rosters each Monday, with exceptions for injuries, trades, waiver claims and specified absences. Other proposals would revise Rule 5 Draft eligibility and confine most free-agent activity to a December window before a transaction moratorium lasting until February.
Why it matters: The package would reshape roster management and compress an offseason market that often stretches toward spring training. Its cap-and-floor condition places those changes inside the central economic dispute as negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement continue.
By the numbers: The active roster would remain at 26 but allow 14 pitchers instead of 13; teams currently average 13.9 pitchers per week. The in-season option limit would fall from five to four, while minimum injured-list stays would become one full week for position players and two for pitchers.
What to watch: Watch for the MLBPA’s response and whether either side separates the roster provisions from the proposed cap-and-floor system.