From the Commish – Whalehead League Baseball

From the Commish

Join the Whalehead League!

May 24, 2024 The Commish 1

The Whalehead League is a longtime league with a rich history of over 30 years. The league has played various simulations over the years. We switched over to OOTP in 2019.

WLB is a shadow MLB league. We play with only current players, whose ratings get updated to OOTP Live Update Ratings at the completion of our World Series and after the MLB season ends. This update schedule allows us to begin the off-season with player values close to their real-life values. […]

New Competitive Balance Picks to be Awarded!

December 18, 2022 The Commish 0

Smallest Market WLB Teams to Get a Little Help! Our economic system, compared to MLB, is designed to compress the differences between the largest market team (the Yankees) and the smallest market team (the Marlins) […]

2022-2023 Players to Retire

September 21, 2022 The Commish 0

ORG Lg Count ATL AAA 2 ATL AA 3 ATL A+ 6 ATL A 8 ATL R 21 BAL AAA 4 BAL AA 6 BAL A+ 3 BAL A 4 BAL R 4 BOS AAA […]

2022-2023 Realignment

November 19, 2021 The Commish 0

Update: 9/5/2022 With the expansion, the realignment is up in the air. It will be discussed in Discord as more GMs get added. Updated: 11/22/2021 We need an established rule in place before I start […]

2022 Incentive Point Bazaar (IP$)

October 17, 2021 The Commish 19

Check out the Incentive Point $ystem to find out how to earn and spend your IP$! Updated: 1/16/2022 ATL265 225 94 BAL0 BOS125 87 37 0 CHC0 COL180 130 DET117 HOU0 LAA77 LAD147 22 MIA0 […]

November 2021 – New Minor League Free Agents

August 26, 2021 The Commish 0

With our draft and update changes, we’ll now be adding new Top 30 Prospects as free agents at the start of the off-season. Here’s a list of new minor league free agents. Tm_RK PLAYER POS […]

Players in Danger of being Retired at End of 2021 WLB Season

August 13, 2021 The Commish 0

This is a list of players currently listed as free agents in MLB. If the players don’t sign with a real MLB organization by the end of the year (real), they will be retired at […]

Players to be Retired at end of 2021 Season

August 13, 2021 The Commish 0

Here is a list of players who I couldn’t match up as active in OOTP 22’s 2021 season file. There is a chance my database matches misclassified a player, so take a look and let […]

International Players for Nov 2021 – Amateur Draft

August 3, 2021 The Commish 0

67 Players 11/15/21 MLB BA PLAYER Pos BIRTHPLACE Age DOB Ht Wt B T 19 21 Victor Acosta SS El Limon, Dominican Republic 17 6/10/04 5-11 170 S R 24 Starling Aguilar INF Dominican Republic […]

2021-2022 Off-Season Changes

July 26, 2021 The Commish 0

Update: 11/21/2021 Trading of Draft Selections Starting with the 2022 Rookie Draft, teams may not trade draft selections for one year. Roster Limits I stumbled upon the newest copy of the MLB Rules. As a […]