Kind of agree with others....if you're players #17-22 would you rather be on the team...or be cut? My son's school normally only had 28-30 in the entire program....so on days we played JV and Varsity, the Varsity would only have 15-16....which was ok, as we only had 1 or 2 kids that were PO's. If you are a bigger school with the option of having PO's, I could see keeping 22 kids....8 starting position players and a starting DH.....5 or 6 backups and 6 or 7 PO's. Again, I'm not sure why there is an issue with numbers....unless your coach treats it like rec ball and says "everybody plays" lol.