Every team hires a General Manager from a shared pool of 50 candidates. These are fictional baseball executives — each with a unique personality, reputation, strengths, weaknesses, and career history. Some are analytical prodigies. Some are old-school lifers. Some are cheap gambles with unknown ceilings. Some are expensive veterans coasting on reputation.

GBL and PRL draft from the same pool. This is one baseball universe with two leagues. A GM you wanted might get hired by a team in the other league before you pick.

Your GM sends you briefings throughout the season — trade recommendations, roster evaluations, reactions to real MLB news that affects your BBM team. Their personality shapes the advice. An Aggressive GM sees every slump as a sell signal. A Conservative GM counsels patience. An Eccentric GM might suggest something brilliant or something insane.

Briefings arrive as short emails or messages. Most include a simple decision: A, B, or C. You can engage deeply or click one button and move on. The system respects your time.

A second staff position opens. Each team hires a Scout from a new wave of candidates entering the pool. Your Scout monitors the free agent wire, tracks real MLB news for players relevant to your roster, and can be assigned to shadow a rival team’s roster for a week.

Higher-skilled Scouts surface intelligence earlier. A great Scout tells you about a breakout rookie before the rest of the league notices. A mediocre Scout tells you what you already know.

Pitching Coach and Hitting Coach candidates enter the market. Your Pitching Coach analyzes rotation usage and bullpen deployment. Your Hitting Coach recommends lineup construction based on platoon splits and upcoming opponents.

With three staff members, trait interactions begin. An Analytical GM paired with an Old School Hitting Coach generates conflict events. Two Ambitious staffers create power struggles. Two Loyal staffers create synergy. Your front office becomes a living ecosystem of personalities.

The Marketing Director and Clubhouse Manager arrive. This is when the economic system goes live. Your Marketing Director sets ticket prices, runs promotions, and manages merchandise strategy. Revenue flows from attendance — which is driven by your BBM team’s real performance.

Your Clubhouse Manager affects team morale. High morale generates positive press coverage. Low morale generates drama. The trade deadline becomes a pressure cooker as your full staff weighs in with competing recommendations.

The Groundskeeper arrives. Stadium quality becomes a managed asset. Your facility page — themed to your team’s identity — gains upgradeable rooms: Scouting Department, Film Room, Training Center, Analytics Lab. Each upgrade improves the quality of advice your staff provides and the prestige of your front office.

By September, every team has a full front office of up to seven staff members, a managed budget, a facility with upgrades, and a season’s worth of narrative history. The playoff push plays out with the full system running.