Editing Pacific Coast League (section)

==Structure and season==
The league is divided into two divisions, East and West, of five teams each. As of the 2022 season, all teams play a 150-game schedule, beginning in late March and concluding in late September.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Franco |first1=Anthony |title=Triple-A Baseball Season Expanded to 150 Games |url=https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/triple-a-baseball-season-expanded-to-150-games.html |publisher=MLB Trade Rumors |date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=March 21, 2022}}</ref>

=== Players ===
The Pacific Coast League uses a [[salary cap]]. As of the 2024 season, clubs are required to spend a maximum of [[United States dollar|US$]]1,610,000 on player compensation, with a minimum salary of $35,800 per player.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=J. J. |date=2024-05-08 |title=How Much Are Minor League Baseball Players Paid In 2024? |url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/how-much-are-minor-league-baseball-players-paid-in-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=College Baseball, MLB Draft, Prospects - Baseball America |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Blank |first=Jeff |date=2023-12-18 |title=How Much Do Triple A Minor League Baseball Players Make |url=https://sportslawblogger.com/how-much-money-do-minor-league-baseball-players-make-at-triple-a.html |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=SportsLawBlogger.com |language=en-US}}</ref> For players aged 23 and younger on standard contracts, only 50% of their salary counts towards the cap (up to $250,000 total). There is also a separate salary cap for coaches and technical staff.

Rosters are limited to a size of 28 players on Opening Day weekend, although up to 9 players can be signed on the roster before the transactions date limit.

===Championship and interleague play===
[[File:2015 AAA All-Star Game dugout.jpg|thumb|right|PCL All-Stars at the 2015 [[Triple-A All-Star Game]]]]

Beginning with the 2023 season, the regular season is split into two halves. After the completion of the season, the winners of each half meet in a best-of-three series to determine a [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|league champion]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/triple-a-national-championship-game-2023 |title=2023 Triple-A National Championship Game Set for Sept. 30 in Las Vegas |website=Minor League Baseball |date=March 28, 2023 |accessdate=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The PCL champion then meets the [[International League]]'s champion in the [[Triple-A National Championship Game]], a single game to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball, which has been held annually since 2006, excluding 2020 and 2021. Previously, the PCL champion also competed in the [[Triple-A World Series]] (1983, 1998–2000), [[Junior World Series]] (1919), and other sporadic postseason competitions throughout the league's history.

Other interleague play occurred during the [[Triple-A All-Star Game]]. Traditionally, the game took place on the day after the mid-summer [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game]].<ref name=Omaha2015>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-68763994|title=Omaha Storm Chasers and Werner Park to Host 2015 Triple-A Baseball All-Star Game|work=Omaha Storm Chasers|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=March 5, 2014|access-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref> The game was meant to mark a symbolic halfway-point in the season (though not the mathematical halfway-point which, for most seasons, is usually one month prior). During the All-Star break, no regular-season games were scheduled for two days before the All-Star Game itself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41859966|title=Durham Lands 2014 Triple-A ASG|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=February 20, 2013|access-date=August 19, 2014}}</ref>