I could only get my current DR team, with more IP and AB than needed, to right at exactly $130MM too

I may switch to a US team if we keep current limit

I'll start creating my team and see what I can get a US team to cap wise. I may switch to a lower cap to make it more fair

After doing a couple mock US teams I think I may even drop the cap to $120M. Still leaning towards the $125M-$130 range but I think that helps some of the international teams be more competitive and still provides plenty of quality so it is still a true "best on best". Let me know your thoughts

I think $130M is good. U.S. and Canada can both reach that.

Bumping this. This is a great idea for a league!

Thank you. Still a lot of great teams left too. Japan, Mexico and basically every US combo

I'll try Venezuela - years tbd

Venezuela 2005-2014 - thx

I'm at $125M for my Venezuela roster without paying any attention to the budget and with an excess of ABs (7100) and 1500+ IP.

Cuba in at $137.672M

Posted by alexishongam on 2/27/2026 11:55:00 PM (view original):
Cuba in at $137.672M

Would you be willing to cut to $130M? Sounds like that cap is optimal for most of the rosters in the league so far

Posted by giannivanaco on 2/28/2026 1:00:00 AM (view original):

Posted by alexishongam on 2/27/2026 11:55:00 PM (view original):
Cuba in at $137.672M

Would you be willing to cut to $130M? Sounds like that cap is optimal for most of the rosters in the league so far

Sure. I'm going to wait a little until I make the change but I am willing.

Sounds good. I'll have a league number out shortly. Waiting to see how many commitments we get so I know whether to make it a 16, 20 or 24 team league

Posted by giannivanaco on 2/26/2026 1:35:00 PM (view original):
With the World Baseball Classic about two weeks away, I would like to start signups for a league designed after the WBC. It'll be a standard 24 team league, with divisions aligned based on geography, era and competitiveness (similar to the actual WBC). It will be a $120-$140 mil salary cap (still deciding), universal DH, no WW, clones or AAA. 1930-present. Each team chosen will be exclusive, however there can be more than 1 team per country, based on the following parameters:

United States: any 3 year period (ie United States 2023-2025)- like the real WBC
Dominican Republic: any 6 year period (ie DR 2017-2023)
Venezuela: any 10 year period (Venezuela 2010-2020)

Every other team can use anybody born in their country in the WIS database for roster construction.

Based on my research, these restrictions will level the playing field and ensure each team in the league will be competitive. There will likely be about 12-14 US teams, and about 10-12 international teams. Division alignment will ensure each team has a chance to win, while also simulating a real WBC.

Please claim your team in the forum. I will claim my team about halfway through and then provide a league number.

I've done some research into it for Canada
but it looks like 31 players at a total of $150 million

Don't know how many positions your league would have for each team.
And of those positions, I don't know how many are bench positions.