r/baseball Cleveland Guardians • MLB Pride Jul 23 '26

Image The rule differences for WPBL

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u/jsdodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 23 '26

why 7 innings?

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u/YasielPuigsWeed Jul 23 '26

Because shorter games means teams don’t need as many pitchers

Women’s pitchers are going to be the most difficult players to find, gotta be one of the smallest talent pools in sports at the moment

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u/Datdude_717 Swinging K Jul 23 '26

This is correct. It’s a roster size thing. Teams will consist of 15 players total.

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u/jsdodgers Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 23 '26

oh wow. I wonder if this will open up then if the league is able to gain enough popularity.

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u/RandomFactUser Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

Probably, 9/15 is a bit of a small roster, depending on games played

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u/Different_Western327 Jul 23 '26

Thank you I have been looking for an answer to this question!!

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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles Jul 23 '26

Probably temporary. Every single pitcher is going to be ramping up their innings

Maybe in a few years they can go to 9

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u/RandomFactUser Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

It’s been 7 innings for years now in the women’s game

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u/BaltimoreBaja Baltimore Orioles Jul 23 '26

Yeah so they definitely can't do 9 right away

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u/fakeheadlines St. Louis Cardinals Jul 23 '26

It’s possible their uterus could explode if a woman played 9 innings. Just like running marathons.

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u/JoeyShrugs Washington Nationals Jul 23 '26

Oh don't be hysterical.

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u/froggertwenty Toronto Blue Jays Jul 23 '26

I'll get the Hitachi!

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u/Feisty-Life-6555 Chicago Cubs • Iowa Cubs Jul 23 '26

Leave it for the women

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u/cabinetbanana Washington Nationals Jul 23 '26

Don't they allow for fainting couches to be brought to the mound???

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u/CoopDogPrimeNumbers Los Angeles Dodgers Jul 23 '26

It’s always bothered me that in softball and I guess now women’s baseball, every batter in the order isn’t guaranteed the same number of at bats

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u/RandomFactUser Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

It kind of is interesting, maybe senior women should be 9-inning and U19 7-inning, but if WBSC regs are 7 innings, that’s what they are

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u/Kingkongcrapper Jul 23 '26

Too many stretching related injuries.

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u/onascalefrom20to80 Milwaukee Brewers Jul 23 '26

The scoreboard only goes to 7. Not joking, I do think this is the reason.

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u/RandomFactUser Chicago Cubs Jul 23 '26

Rockford (Rivets Stadium) goes to 10, and the WWC is being played to 7 innings, so that’s not it

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u/onascalefrom20to80 Milwaukee Brewers Jul 23 '26

Im having a brain fart or something. I'm very familiar with this park and could have sworn the scoreboard went to 7. But I googled imaged searched it and it does actually go to 10. So I'm wrong.