Overview
- All 2026 games will be played over seven weeks at 5,200-seat Robin Roberts Stadium in Springfield starting Aug. 1, with the venue reserved exclusively for the league.
- The live snake draft on Nov. 20 will begin with San Francisco selecting first to build 15-player rosters from a pool narrowed after tryouts that drew more than 600 athletes.
- Teams representing Boston, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco will compete at the neutral site, which the league highlighted for its central location and ties to an 1875 paid women’s game.
- Player compensation will draw from a $95,000 per-team salary pool, with in-season living costs covered and a share of sponsorship revenue allocated to players.
- Golden Rule Entertainment will run 2026 baseball operations and is set to launch a Springfield-based developmental league in 2027 as the WPBL advances its single-entity model backed by an oversubscribed ~$3 million Series A.