With the injured list being at 10 days and with players only being required to spend 10 days in the minors before being recalled (except in case of injury) it's almost like having a 40-man active roster. Every team takes advantage of this, especially with pitchers. Next year the rules are changing so it will be more difficult to shuttle players from AAA. The injured list is going back to 15 days and pitchers will have to spend 15 days in the minors before being recalled (again, except in case of injury). The active roster will be at 26 next year. I'm sure the intent was to reduce the shuttling of pitchers between AAA and the majors, but teams that have good pitching depth at AAA will still be shuttling pitchers just as often.