I meant to post in the previous thread discussing the proposal of the new active lineup that, if I remember right, reduced the hitters to 9 (position players plus 1 DH) while having pitchers at 12 (5SP and 7RP)
I didn’t vote in that thread because I had some concerns about imbalance of hitter and pitcher spots and wasn’t sure. Somebody in that thread made a good point and got me thinking and I looked into it further and I’m satisfied it’s a good idea.
Last year there was 605 hitter and 730 pitchers who accrued points (positive or negative) which makes sense as teams use more pitchers than hitters as pitchers seem to be more injury prone, volatile year to year (especially bullpen) etc.
So based on what’s actually available for our teams in the way of points accruing players, the most even balance is 10 hitters to 12 pitchers. That said, 9 is close and a nice clean baseball number.
I’d be happy going to the lineup proposed before as a way of ensuring some teams are able to fill their hitting slots providing the change takes place starting in 2020 of course to give people time to adjust.