Trouble Counting

Count von Count, Pirates 40 man advisor

The 40 man roster is supposed to be 40 men at this time of the year. The Pirates officially announced the signing of Kevin Correia on Friday at 5 PM. By adding Correia the roster stood at 41, but since apparently the MLB offices close early or something on Friday, the club supposedly had until Monday, to making a corresponding move.

It is a little after midnight, now on Tuesday and there are still 41 men on the roster. That to me does not make much sense at all. There should have been a corresponding move, no?

It was rumored over the weekend that they may have been buying time to trade Ryan Doumit to free up a space.  That may have been the case, but it still does not mean that they could possibly go into Tuesday with a overfull roster. It would have been easy to remove some pitcher from the roster to make room but they did not.

Are we indeed going to see some trade? Or is the club exploiting some little known rule that allows for the extended roster at this time of the year? Whatever it is, I am getting a little anxious to see the move that is made.