Major League Baseball is following in the pixelated footsteps of the NBA -- which recently ran an NBA 2K Players Tournament featuring stars like Kevin Durant and Trae Young -- with a longer-term video game spin of its own.
The MLB The Show Players League began Friday, with a 29-game season scheduled to run through the month of April -- culminating with a World Series on May 2.
Each of the 30 MLB teams is represented by a real-life member of that team's roster, who controls himself and his teammates against other MLB players and their teams.