New to OOTP are rookie leagues not mean't to be playable?

[Tonco]

I just purchased OOTP21 and was interested in starting out at the rookie leagues. I selected mlb league. I was looking at some teams and noticed that some don't seem to have enough batters (at least one team had none at all, just pitchers). Other teams do not have players filled in some positions. Which is why I wondered if these leagues are not meant to be played in? Are there other leagues that are also in a similar state? thanks.

[Lukas Berger]

Originally Posted by Tonco

I just purchased OOTP21 and was interested in starting out at the rookie leagues. I selected mlb league. I was looking at some teams and noticed that some don't seem to have enough batters (at least one team had none at all, just pitchers). Other teams do not have players filled in some positions. Which is why I wondered if these leagues are not meant to be played in? Are there other leagues that are also in a similar state? thanks.

The rookie leagues play short season schedules, which means that they only play over 3 months or so out of the year.

So in the periods of time where they are not playing games, the rosters can and do vary greatly as to the amount of players kept on them. Closer to the season start though, the teams will fill out those rosters so there are enough players for the start of the season.