2024 Season Highlights

 In the Superior League Boston and Las Vegas earn first round byes. Cleveland will play Toledo, and Utah will play Baltimore in the wild card round.

In the Major League Denver and Bay Area get the byes, New York will play Hawaii in the Wellington Gehrig Bear Classic, and Hollywood will play Philadelphia.

Two pitchers on opposite ends of their careers thew no-hitters.

Stephen Hamburg, 36, no-hit Detroit, walking 2 and strikeout out 11. Joe Hill, 24 and in his first full season, no-hit Las Vegas. He walked 2 and struck out 9.

During a 5 hit game against Utah, Wellington Bear hit his 500th career homer.

Miguel Tejawa and Bobby Barrios reached the 3000 hit level.

John Branton hit 60 homers in his first full season. He had a pair of 3-homer games.

Anthony Henderson went 16-9, led the league with a 2.35 ERA, and struck out 293. He is the favorite to win the Roger Chillingworth award, which would make it three in a row for him.

Aster hits 30 homers and steals 104 bases, the first player to reach the 30/100 level in baseball history. She stole more bases than any cat ever. The previous record for most homers by someone with 100 steals was 23, by Aruba Skywalker in 1986. Aruba now owns the team with the best record in 2024, the Boston Beaneaters.

Home Run Derby

 Orlando's Scott Herrera takes the prize, defeating Barry Rayburn in the finals at the Hawk's nest.

Tomorrow Bill the Cat manages the Superior League in his home ballpark, with the Major League led by Nomad Garciajawa.

2024 OOTP Draft Round 2

1. Cleveland, OF Manuel Toro, Central AZ

2. Hawaii, OF Josh Cedano, DeLaSalle HS

3. Mars, OF Luis Salazar, WVU

4. Florida, OF Zane Meredith, Crenshaw HS

5. Springfield, OF Santiago Apodaca, Sheridan HS

6. Texas, P Octavio Iturbe, Portland

7. Philadelphia, 2B Bob Madden, South Carolina

8. Alaska, P Rafael Vargas, Barstow CC

9. Miami, C Gonzalo Gutierrez, Minnesota State

10. Toronto, P Antonio Perez, Chicago HS

11. Hollywood, OF Tomas Valenzuela, Southern Miss

12. St Louis, P Avery McClure, Arizona State

13. Green Day, OF Felix Barajas, Stephenson HS

14. Portland

15. Chicago

16. Phoenix

17. Louisville

18. Baltimore

19. NY Cobra

20. Orlando

21. Denver

22. Bay Area

23. Charlotte

24. Detroit

25. Utah

26. Las Vegas

27. Boston

28. Toledo

29. NY Knights

30. LA Shockers

2024 OOTP Draft

1. Alaska, OF Rafael Martinez, Pepperdine

2. Miami, OF Juan Solo, Jonesboro HS

3. Hawaii, OF Dathcha Lewis, Nevada

4. Mars, 3B Cesar Alonzo, North Carolina

5. Texas, OF Scott Thomas, Triton HS

6. Cleveland, OF Arturo Brito, Rutgers

7. Florida, 1B Martin Garcia, Rockwell HS

8. Springfield, C Manuel Gonzalez, Point Loma

9. Philadelphia, P Marcos Yanez, Prairie View

10. Toronto, OF Martin Canales, Chandler-Gilbert

11. Hollywood, P Roberto Lopez, North Carolina

12. St. Louis, P Miguel Lopez, Lee's Summit HS

13. Green Day, 1B Jose Cabrera, Washington HS

14. Portland, 3B Gonzalo Perez, Upper Moreland HS

15. Chicago, P Frank Barter, Windsor HS 

16. Phoenix, OF Sergio Ramirez, Pittsburgh

17. Louisville, OF Marcos Vega, Hamilton HS

18. Baltimore, OF Archie Averill, Georgia Tech

19. NY Cobra, OF Craig Holmes, Drew HS

20. Orlando, 1B Dimacali Avancena, Rustin HS

21. Denver, C Claudio Fernandez, UCLA

22. Bay Area, P Antonio Mora, Florida Southern

23. Charlotte, OF Lonzo Solo, Georgia Tech

24. Detroit, OF Pedro Pineda, UC-Irvine

25. Utah, 3B Pancho Rea, Liberty Christian HS

26. Las Vegas, 1B Walter the Bruce, Calvary Murrietta HS 

27. Boston, P Robert Dehoyos, Stanford

28. Toledo, OF Adrian Gonzalez, Cal State Fullerton

29. NY Knights, P Eduardo Maes, Vanderbilt

30. Los Angeles, OF Tony Medina, Arizona State

Supplemental round 1

1. Miami, OF Jesse Rogers, Woodside Priory HS

2. Hollywood, P Julio Mendoza, Amelia Academy HS

3. Baltimore, OF, Vincente Soliz, UT Arlington

Championship trophy presentation

 The trophy was presented to Bay Area manager Nomad Garciajawa on Christmas morning.

Snow Sox find Jesus

 While other teams chase after the latest free agents from other leagues, the Snow Sox may have already signed their next superstar in a surprise under the radar signing.

Harmon "Buck" Bokai, who played in Japan last year, and Gidget Peveto, from the Canine League, are likely to receive contracts worth several hundred million each. Meanwhile, the Snow Sox have already signed Jesus Guerra, a 26-year-old shortstop who has a similar left-handed swing to Corey Seager. The Snow Sox were able to sign Jesus to a standard minor league contract, though he may well end up starting on opening day, depending on how things go in spring training.

Guerra was found playing in an independent league in South Shore Kentucky, a town with barely 1,000 residents that sits on the Ohio river. Guerra is part of the town's small Hispanic population, which according to wikipedia is 0.24% of the city. The other are his single mother, Maria, and his younger sister, Isabella.

Guerra did not play baseball in high school as his grades were not good enough to maintain eligibility. He eventually dropped out and found employment at a local manufacturer of vertical grain lumber products. Although he had not previously played baseball, last year a co-worker convinced him to fill in for the company team. Turns out, he was a natural, playing shortstop and hitting .743 with 16 homers in a 28 game season. The team happened to catch the attention of a Snow Sox scout, who informed farm director Isei Hayagawa. Hayagawa took one look, and quickly signed him last month before other teams were aware that such a talented player even existed.

The signing was completed at Giovanni's Pizza, and Hayagawa left town with a potential All Star Shortstop.

Qualifying offer

 This year, only 3 free agents received the qualifying offer:

Billy Bass, Miami

Jose Encarnacion, Baltimore

Cristobal Rangel, Hollywood.

All 3 rejected it. Teams that sign him will have to forfeit some kind of draft pick, and the teams losing them will gain draft picks. The details depend on the financial circumstances of the teams, but these days will not involve first round picks.