The 2023 WPF season was the first season of competition for the

Women's Professional Fastpitch Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021 and launched its first official season in 2023. The league is unrelated to the d ...

. Four WPF teams competed in this season:

Smash It Sports Vipers Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States. The new league began its promotional campaign in 2021 and launched its first official season in 2023. The league is unrelated to the d ...

USSSA Pride The USSSA Pride is a professional softball team based in Viera, Florida, and a former member of Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). Founded in 2009, they previously played in National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) from 2009 to 2019. They play their home ...

Oklahoma City Spark Association of Fastpitch Professionals (AFP) is a professional women's fastpitch softball league in the United States consisting of independent teams in collaboration to create a platform for competition at the highest level. The new league began ...

and Texas Smoke.

League Business

WPF announced the addition of

as an expansion team for 2023. Seminole State College softball head coach Amber Flores will be their coach. On November 7 the Spark announced their home games would be played at

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Jocelyn Alo Jocelyn Aloha Pumehana Alo (born September 23, 1998) is an American professional softball player for the Oklahoma City Spark of the Association of Fastpitch Professionals (AFP). She played college softball for the Oklahoma Sooners softball, Okla ...

was traded to

in exchange for draft picks and cash considerations. Oh Jan 25, 2023, the Vipers announced their home stadium for the 2023 season will be Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. WPF announced the addition of a second expansion team for 2023 in Texas. Former MLB player

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is their owner. The team name was revealed be the Texas Smoke, with their home in Austin, Texas. Professional wrestler

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was later announced as co-owner of the Smoke.

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softball coach Tori Tyson was named the Smoke's head coach. On April 28, 2023, the Smoke announced their 2023 home field will Roberts Family Field at

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Transactions

Drafts

2023 WPF expansion draft

WPF held a expansion draft to help stock to rosters of the Smoke and the Spark with certain players from the Pride and Vipers. Following are the picks: Expansion draft results

2023 WPF college draft

The 2023 WPF college draft took place on April 17, 2023 at the Yale Theatre in Oklahoma City. All four WPF teams participated in a six-round draft, claiming 24 players. Key

Free agency

The table below shows the signings of free agents for the 2023 season.

Trades

Retired

Rosters

USSSA Pride

Smash It Sports Vipers

Oklahoma City Spark

Texas Smoke

Standings

League standings

Source:

Schedule

All stats come from

Game log

Statistical Leaders

2023 WPF Playoffs and Championships

The 2023 WPF Playoffs and Championships were held at Signature Field at Choccolocco Park in

Oxford, Alabama Oxford is a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, Calhoun, Talladega County, Alabama, Talladega, and Cleburne County, Alabama, Cleburne counties in the U.S. state, State of Alabama, United States. The population was 22,069 at the 2020 United States ...

August 9–13. All four teams qualify and were seeded based on the final standings. The first seed played the fourth seed on a best-of-three series, and the second seed played the third seed in another best-of-three series. The winners played each other in a best-of-three series that determined the champion. Source:

Women's Professional Fastpitch Awards Night

Source:

Trade Notes

Round 1: Round 2: Round 3: Round 4: Round 5: Round 4:

References

Gamesheets

External links

WPF Official Site
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