Overview
- The new league will open with four teams using 15-player rosters and a seven-week schedule played at neutral venues to be announced.
- Players will be compensated from a $95,000 per-team pool for the inaugural season, with pay allocated per game and by experience.
- Roughly 100 athletes advanced from summer tryouts to the inaugural draft, including Mo’ne Davis, Kelsie Whitmore and Japan’s Ayami Sato.
- Organizers said the four cities were selected for their market size and strong baseball fan bases in the first pro women’s circuit in North America since 1954.
- Co-founder Justine Siegal, noted as the first woman to coach for an MLB team, and league chair Assia Grazioli‑Venier are leading competition and investment efforts.