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PBL Eligibility Rules

The position players on a Member Club’s Active Roster shall have completed no more than two (2) prior years of professional baseball experience (as defined below) as of January 1st in a season's calendar year.

The Pitchers on a Member Club’s Active Roster shall have completed no more than three (3) prior years of professional baseball experience (as defined below) as of January 1st, 2025.

For purposes of calculating prior years of professional baseball experience, a year of professional experience is defined as follows:

• POSITION PLAYERS - 30 games played
• STARTING PITCHERS - 7 games started
• PITCHERS - 18 games played

Professional experience includes previous play in all professional leagues, domestic or international, including Complex Leagues, but does not include the MLB Draft League, the United Shore Professional Baseball League, the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, nor leagues in the Caribbean Federation (including the Dominican Summer League and Venezuelan Summer League), the Australian Baseball League or any other leagues that might become “winter ball” leagues.

FRANCHISE PLAYERS

Clubs may designate one Franchise Player per season, subject to the following requirements:

  1. Player must have previously played no less than two (2) years in the PBL.
  2. Player must have finished the immediately prior season with the Club that will tag him as a Franchise Player in the current season.
  3. Player may only spend one (1) year tagged as a Franchise Player.
  4. Franchise Players are allowed to be a player-coach, like any other roster member.
  5. If a Club loses a Franchise Player to injury or transfer to an MLB club, the Club may request permission from the League President to replace such player with another qualified Franchise Player. Such a request shall be made to the President in writing setting forth the circumstances involved. The President shall promptly decide, in his sole discretion, whether to approve or disapprove the request after considering the circumstances.

ROSTER LIMITS

  1. No member Club shall have more than 25 players on their Active Roster at any time, nor less than 22, except that a club may add a 26th player who (i) has been drafted at the conclusion of any PBL Tryout Camp, over whom the drafting team has exclusive signing rights from the draft until 21 days after opening day; or (ii) has registered and attended any PBL Tryout Camp occurring in a current league year, including: the previous season's midseason and post-season drafts, and the current season's pre-season and midseason draft.

For more information contact players@pioneerleague.com