The Business of Baseball
You own the club. Now you can sell pieces of it. 0.4.0 is the biggest update since Early Access began.
The Rights desk: your club's biggest checks, on your terms
Four of the most valuable things your club owns are now yours to sell:
- Local TV and streaming
- The sleeve patch
- The outfield signage
- The name on your ballpark
Sell them year to year, or shop them for a real deal. Sign for a season at a time, or in free play take the whole thing up front. Renew it, let it lapse, or buy your way out.
Before you sign anything, your CFO lays out what every offer pays at three different records, so you know what a bad year costs you before it happens. Cash up front can save a season. Guess wrong on your club and the deal you loved in March can cost you in October.
It works in every mode. In The Pariah, sponsors pay what they think your name is worth.
International signing day
One day. One class. Every club bidding at once. See who else is in on the kids you want, then hand the day to your scouting director or make every offer yourself. Miss on one and you may watch him grow up in someone else's system.
Real roster rules
Every club breaks camp with 26. When a player gets hurt, he goes on the injured list and someone from the farm takes his spot. The calls are yours: bring a kid up, send a man down, put a veteran on waivers and see if anyone claims him, or move a pitcher between the rotation and the pen. The other 29 front offices play by the same rules.
A league that was already running when you bought in
Start a new Classic league and last season has already happened. There's a defending champion, final standings, award winners and careers with history behind them. Last winter's unsigned free agents are still on the market on day one, so your first move could be the bargain the rest of the league passed on. The full schedule is up from Opening Day.
Pitching that plays like the real thing
A starter who's cruising goes deeper. Relievers work to their roles. The win goes to the pitcher who earned it. Your ace pitches like an ace again.
A board that keeps score
In free play, the board's expectations now follow your record as owner. Build a winner and the bar rises with you.
And the details that make it feel real
- Every season on a player's stat line shows the club he played it for.
- Box scores show where each man played that day.
- No more amateur designated hitters. Your DH is the bat whose glove you can live without.
- Move a starter to the pen, or give a reliever his shot in the rotation.
Saves carry over as always.
If you've been waiting for PENNANT to grow up, this is the one. Buy in, sell the rights, and tell us what your league did. And if you like where it's headed, a review helps more than you'd think.