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FuzzyRussianHat · 05-25-2025, 07:22 AM

Among the many organizations to expand for the 2030 season was South Asia Baseball. SAB had added four teams to the Indian League in 2025 with the plan of later adding four to the Southeast Asia League. The five year gap was designed to avoid oversaturating the talent pool if they had added eight teams all at once.

Joining the league would be the Can Tho Typhoon (Vietnam), Nay Pyi Taw Capitals (Myanmar), Korat Renegades (Thailand), and Rajshahi Red Pandas (Bangladesh). With these additions, SEAL now had five Vietnamese teams, four from Bangladesh, three from Myanmar, and two from Thailand. This was in addition to the individual teams from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Nepal.

The expansion did also bring realignment for SEAL, which had always previously been a two-division league. Now with 18 teams, a switch would be made to three divisions of six teams each, matching the Indian League. The new pairings would have a South Division with Bangkok, Can Tho, Colombo, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Phnom Penh; a West Division with Chittagong, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Khulna, Mandalay, and Rajshahi; and a Central Division with Hai Phong, Hanoi, Korat, Nay Pyi Taw, Vientiane, and Yangon.

South Asia Baseball also expanded the postseason for the first-time since its 1980 founding by adding an additional wild card. The three division champs advance to the divisional series, while the two wild cards will have a best-of-three wild card round hosted entirely by the higher seed. The Divisional Series remains a best-of-five in a HHH-AA format, followed by HH-AAA-HH best of sevens for the LCS and SAB Championship.

One final change made for 2030 was lowing the minimum service time required for free agency from six to five years. This would join EAB, CABA, and OBA for the fewest years required among the world leagues. SAB had never changed its number from six since the 1980 founding. SAB however remained more restrictive than other world leagues in terms of letting local talent leave and outside talent enter.

05-25-2025, 07:22 AM	#2258
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,211	2030 SAB Expansion Among the many organizations to expand for the 2030 season was South Asia Baseball. SAB had added four teams to the Indian League in 2025 with the plan of later adding four to the Southeast Asia League. The five year gap was designed to avoid oversaturating the talent pool if they had added eight teams all at once. Joining the league would be the Can Tho Typhoon (Vietnam), Nay Pyi Taw Capitals (Myanmar), Korat Renegades (Thailand), and Rajshahi Red Pandas (Bangladesh). With these additions, SEAL now had five Vietnamese teams, four from Bangladesh, three from Myanmar, and two from Thailand. This was in addition to the individual teams from Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Laos, and Nepal. The expansion did also bring realignment for SEAL, which had always previously been a two-division league. Now with 18 teams, a switch would be made to three divisions of six teams each, matching the Indian League. The new pairings would have a South Division with Bangkok, Can Tho, Colombo, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Phnom Penh; a West Division with Chittagong, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Khulna, Mandalay, and Rajshahi; and a Central Division with Hai Phong, Hanoi, Korat, Nay Pyi Taw, Vientiane, and Yangon. South Asia Baseball also expanded the postseason for the first-time since its 1980 founding by adding an additional wild card. The three division champs advance to the divisional series, while the two wild cards will have a best-of-three wild card round hosted entirely by the higher seed. The Divisional Series remains a best-of-five in a HHH-AA format, followed by HH-AAA-HH best of sevens for the LCS and SAB Championship. One final change made for 2030 was lowing the minimum service time required for free agency from six to five years. This would join EAB, CABA, and OBA for the fewest years required among the world leagues. SAB had never changed its number from six since the 1980 founding. SAB however remained more restrictive than other world leagues in terms of letting local talent leave and outside talent enter. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports The Level Playing Field: Alternate MLB History From 1884-Onward Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)