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2025 Caribbean Series
The 2025 Caribbean Series was the 67th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, scheduled from January 31 to February 7, 2025, at Estadio Nido de los Águilas in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
| Tournament details |
|---|
| Mexico |
| Mexicali |
| Estadio Nido de los Águilas |
| January 31 – February 7, 2025 |
| 5 |
| Leones del Escogido (5th title) |
| Charros de Jalisco |
| Indios de Mayagüez |
| Cardenales de Lara |
| 14 |
| 201,119 (14,366 per game) |
| Esmil Rogers (Leones del Escogido) |
The 2025 Caribbean Series was the 67th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, scheduled from January 31 to February 7, 2025, at Estadio Nido de los Águilas in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
The series featured the winners of the respective winter league baseball leagues of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC): the four full members (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela), plus special guest and first-time participant Japan.
The Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Republic defeated the Charros de Jalisco of Mexico with a 1–0 victory in the Final to claim their fifth title and first since 2012.
A single round-robin format; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two semifinal losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.
In the United States, MLB Network broadcast the tournament in its entirety in English while ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ broadcast in Spanish.
Japan was represented by "Japan Breeze," a team organized by former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Alex Ramírez and assisted in coaching by former MLB players Keiichi Yabu and Hisanori Takahashi. The team included players from Japan's industrial and independent minor leagues.
The final game of the Preliminary Round saw Jesús Vargas of the Cardenales de Lara throw an 8-inning no-hitter against Japan Breeze.
| Country | Team | Manager | Means of qualification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | Leones del Escogido | Albert Pujols | Winners of the 2024–25 Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) |
| Japan | Japan Breeze | Alex Ramírez | Invited by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC) |
| Mexico | Charros de Jalisco | Benji Gil | Winners of the 2024–25 Mexican Pacific League (LMP) |
| Puerto Rico | Indios de Mayagüez | Wil Cordero | Winners of the 2024–25 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPRC) |
| Venezuela | Cardenales de Lara | Henry Blanco | Winners of the 2024–25 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) |
Time zone: Mexicali (UTC−08:00)
| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 31 | 13:30 | Cardenales de Lara | 0–2 | Leones del Escogido | Estadio Nido de los Águilas | 11,495 |
| 2 | 20:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 1–8 | Charros de Jalisco | 17,000 | ||
| 3 | February 1 | 12:50 | Leones del Escogido | 12–1 | Japan Breeze | 11,850 | |
| 4 | 17:50 | Charros de Jalisco | 2–1 | Cardenales de Lara | 17,000 | ||
| 5 | February 2 | 12:50 | Japan Breeze | 2–3 | Indios de Mayagüez | 13,355 | |
| 6 | 17:50 | Leones del Escogido | 0–2 | Charros de Jalisco | 17,000 | ||
| 7 | February 3 | 12:00 | Cardenales de Lara | 10–5 | Indios de Mayagüez | 13,232 | |
| 8 | 17:00 | Charros de Jalisco | 7–2 | Japan Breeze | 17,000 | ||
| 9 | February 4 | 14:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 10–7 | Leones del Escogido | 11,167 | |
| 10 | 19:00 | Japan Breeze | 0–10 (8) | Cardenales de Lara | 13,309 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| February 5 | ||||||
| 3 Leones del Escogido (F/11) | 5 | |||||
| February 7 | ||||||
| 2 Cardenales de Lara | 4 | |||||
| 3 Leones del Escogido | 1 | |||||
| February 5 | ||||||
| 1 Charros de Jalisco | 0 | |||||
| 4 Indios de Mayagüez | 1 | |||||
| 1 Charros de Jalisco | 3 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| February 6 | ||||||
| 4 Indios de Mayagüez | 7 | |||||
| 2 Cardenales de Lara | 4 |
| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | February 5 | 14:00 | Leones del Escogido | 5–4 (11) | Cardenales de Lara | Estadio Nido de los Águilas | 11,901 |
| 12 | 19:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 1–3 | Charros de Jalisco | 17,000 |
| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | February 6 | 19:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 7–4 | Cardenales de Lara | Estadio Nido de los Águilas | 11,810 |
As of February 7, 2025
The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.
| Batting leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco | .462 |
| 4 tied with | 6 | |
| Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco | 5 |
| Eddie Rosario | Indios de Mayagüez | 4 |
| Danry Vásquez | Cardenales de Lara | |
| Billy Hamilton | Charros de Jalisco | 4 |
| Rudy Martin | ||
| Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara | .500 |
| .733 | ||
| 1.233 |
- Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game
| Pitching leaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| 5 tied with | 0.00 | |
| Trevor Clifton | Charros de Jalisco | 2 |
| Justin Yeager | Indios de Mayagüez | |
| Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | 8.0 |
| Luis Leroy Cruz | Indios de Mayagüez | 7 |
| Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | |
| Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | 0.38 |
- Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game
| Pos. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SP | Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara |
| RP | Trevor Clifton | Charros de Jalisco |
| C | Francisco Mejía | Leones del Escogido |
| 1B | Yamaico Navarro | Leones del Escogido |
| 2B | Michael Wielansky | Charros de Jalisco |
| 3B | Kelvin Gutiérrez | Leones del Escogido |
| SS | Jack Mayfield | Charros de Jalisco |
| LF | Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco |
| CF | Billy Hamilton | Charros de Jalisco |
| RF | Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara |
| DH | Danry Vásquez | Cardenales de Lara |
| Man. | Benji Gil | Charros de Jalisco |
| Country | Broadcaster(s) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | TLN (English)Univision Canada (Spanish) | |
| Curaçao | Telecuraçao | |
| Dominican Republic | Digital15 | |
| Japan | Rakuten TV | |
| Mexico | TVC DeportesYouTube | |
| Puerto Rico | WAPA Deportes | |
| South America | 1Baseball | |
| United States | MLB Network/MLB.tv (English)ESPN Deportes/ESPN+ (Spanish) | |
| Venezuela | TelevenBymSportIVC |
- Official website (Spanish)
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