Introducing, the Professional Baseball Circuit. A 12-Team Daily-Sim Fictional League

[jpeters1734]

The Pro Baseball Circuit is purposely designed to be unique and small with a little bit of a classic feel. With 22 regular season sims, each completing a 4-game series, the seasons will be quick without sacrificing the day-to-day immersion!


Full League Name (Initials): Professional Baseball Circuit (PBC)
League Website: www.probaseballcircuit.com
Interest Form: Join the PBC!!
StatsPlus Home: PBC StatsPlus
League Reports: PBC Reports
OOTP Version: OOTP 24 (yearly upgrade)
Players: Fictional
# Of Teams: 12 total. 2 divisions of 6
Exports Days: Daily Export deadline 6 AM MT / 8 AM ET
League Time Per Sim: 5 days
Season Length: 88 games
Current Season: 2004 (5th Season)

History of baseball prior to the PBC formation

Throughout the 20th century, baseball was largely a regional sport, with players participating in amateur and semi-pro leagues. Notable leagues during this era included the Northeastern Diamond League (NDL), Atlantic Coast Baseball Alliance (ACBA), Midwest Majors Baseball Association (MMBA), Lone Star Baseball Confederation (LSBC), and Sunset Coastal Baseball League (SCBL).

By the late 1980s, major cities like New York and Boston from the NDL, Washington and Philadelphia from the ACBA, Chicago and Detroit from the MMBA, Dallas and Houston from the LSBC, and Los Angeles and San Francisco from the SCBL transitioned to be fully professional teams. Consequently, these pro teams greatly overshadowed their amateur and semi-pro counterparts, primarily due to financial advantages.

In the 1990s, as the digital age dawned with the rise of the internet, whispers of a new fully professional super league grew louder. By spring 1999, these whispers materialized into the Professional Baseball Circuit, which boasts teams from cities including New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and Houston. The inaugural season began on June 7th, 2000.

In the wake of this baseball landscape transformation, many teams from the established amateur and semi-pro leagues sought affiliation with the new pro teams, aiming to serve as reserve and developmental squads. This shift resulted in the modern minor league system. Consequently, non-affiliated regional leagues faded into obscurity, as aspiring professional baseball players now primarily set their sights on the pro circuit.

Distinctive Features of the PBC

The PBC aims to stand out among online leagues. This is a distinct, fictional league in a fictional baseball world. While the core of the game remains, elements like finance, schedules, and roster regulations might diverge from the MLB.

Our league has three defining characteristics:

1. Player Extensions: Instead of standard extensions, all players will enter free agency to negotiate new contracts. The exception is players tagged as a “Face of the Franchise” (see rule book).

2. Draft Mechanics: The PBC uses a unique method to determine the draft order each season. We use a draft lottery, but we don't simply give weaker teams better odds. League activity such as exporting and voting for awards/all-stars account for half of the lottery odds. Additionally, all teams are included in the lottery.

3. Financial System: We've established a salary cap and balanced finances to ensure fairness. This levels the playing field, preventing any one team from gaining an edge just through financial strength. Every GM in the PBC has the power to determine their team's path.

Game and Sim Schedule

The PBC operates on a unique 88-game schedule, where each team plays two 4-game series against all others in their league.

We sim every day, typically at 7 AM ET, for 5 in-season days per sim, 4-game series and an off day. During the post season, we sim home stand to home stand (and will also try to sim multiple times in a night as long as the participating playoff teams are exported).

If interested, send me a PM with your name, email, and team you would like to manage.

Teams of the East Division


Teams of the West Division

Logos generously provided by the wonderful modders within our community.

[jpeters1734]

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[jaymojangles]

Texans please

[jpeters1734]

The league is filling up fast, we have 5 spots remaining in CHI, WSH, HOU, SF, STL.

We hope to get started in the next couple of days

[jpeters1734]

4 spots remaining in CHI, WSH, HOU, STL!

[jpeters1734]

STL is taken. CHI, WSH, and HOU remain

[jpeters1734]

Only 2 spots left! Washington and Houston remain. Houston has the #1 pick and Washington has the #3 pick in the upcoming amateur draft!


EDIT: all teams are taken

[Skipple]

Come join this highly engaging league! Daily sims are awesome.

[jpeters1734]

We have recently changed sim times from the morning to the evening with great success and are now live-streaming every sim over Twitch.

[jpeters1734]

3 spots open, we're winding down our first season

[Jwalk100]

This is a great league for the fast sim league enthusiast.

[Jax Powers]

I'd like to join

[jpeters1734]

Available Teams: As of 20 OCT 23

[jpeters1734]

We just got to free agency after the 2000 season and have one opening, Detroit

[jpeters1734]

New York and Detroit are available

[jpeters1734]

Edit: spot is filled

[jpeters1734]

Contact me for openings

[jpeters1734]

We have an opening

[jpeters1734]

contact me for openings