Caribbean Baseball League Rules:
General Rules:
- All players will earn a salary of US $850/month or the equivalent in each country's native currency.
- All games will last 9 innings.
- All pitchers must bat.
- All games will last 9 innings.
- All Teams are only allowed to field a max of 26 players.
- All teams play 70 games.
- The Dominican & Puerto Rico divisions play 14 games against all 5 other teams (7h/7a).
- The Mexican & Venezuelan divisions play 10 games against all 7 other teams (5h/5a).
- The regular season starts in October and ends in January.
- The post season is a 4-team best-of series tournament.
- Each series consist of 3 games except for the Caribbean Series, with consists of 5 games.
- Each league will host the post season in a 4-year rotating cycle using a total of 3 stadiums for each series.
- The cycle is Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela.