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Last year in the league teams were drafted and only 2 total moves regarding signing and trading players were made. This year the founders of the league decided to take a different approach. Each team was assigned an owner and the owner was free to sign any player, as long as it was approved by the owners of the league. Already, teams are making big moves. The first move made was Jared Atkinson signing Parker Boyd to a  2 series deal. Parker was not in the league last year but being a good baseball player, we expect much out of this young prospect. The next moves made were when Paul Snowman signed both Ryan Cavanagh and Connor Caprio to the league. Connor Caprio was an all-star last year and the Preds are sure happy to have him return. Following that Christian Snowman signed Connor's brother Cameron, who was also a league all-star last year. Christian and Cam were teammates last year and held second in their division. The final move made so far was Antonio Saravia signing Tristan Kennedy, who is also a former player. Last year Tristan was on the Spinners and hit a clutch grand slam that carried the Spinners to beat the Drifters.  

The preliminary tournament of the NWBL turned out to be a huge success. All teams participated in the invitational, and all teams had a good showing. Most games were close, the largest run differential being when the Spinners beat the Drifters by 6. All other games were within one or two runs. In the first round of the tourney, Mike Sands and the Spinners took down Robert Atkinson and the Marlins. The Spinners only squeaked by the first round, due to an uncharacteristic pitching performance by Mike Sands. On the other side of the bracket, the Predators only beat the Bears by a run. Antonio Saravia shocked the league with an outstanding performance, holding Paul Snowman, who won his division last year, to just one run. Antonio Saravia and his team are sure to have a good season this year. In the semifinals, the Spinners beat the Drifters in three innings, but the game was put under protest and they were forced to continue in the fourth. Although the Spinners still proceeded to win, it gave Jared Atkinson and the Drifters a fair chance at the title. In the other semifinal game, The Predators beat the Waves by just one run. It was a solid performance by both teams and gave Paul Snowman some trouble with his road to the championship. That brings it to the finals. Predators, Spinners. In the top of the first, Paul Snowman allowed 2 hits, but no runs and no errors. Then he had a good inning at the plate and went up 5-0. Then when he went back in the field Sands came right back at him with a 5 run inning of his own. And he threw a perfect inning to retire the side and to send the game into the third inning. In the third, Mike Sands had the inning of his life. Taking advantage over Paul's dead arm he scored 7 runs and made the game 12-5. Then, in the bottom of the third inning, Paul Snowman had a comeback of his own, but it didn't take him far enough which led the Spinners to a 12-10 victory. See the bracket below.