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2025 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
CountryMexico
CityMexicali
Venue(s)Estadio Nido de los Águilas
DatesJanuary 31 – February 7, 2025
Teams5
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The 2025 Caribbean Series is 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.[1]

The series will feature 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.[1]

Tournament format

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A single round-robin format; each team faces each other once. The four teams with the best records advance to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two semifinal losers meet in the 3rd place match and the two winners meet in the final to decide the tournament champion.[1]

Summary

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In the United States, MLB Network will air the tournament in its entirety in English.[2] While ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ will air the telecast in Spanish.[3]

Japan will be represented by "Japan Breeze," a team organized by former Major League Baseball (MLB) player Alex Ramírez and assisted in coaching by former MLB players Keiichi Yabu and Hisanori Takahashi.[4] The team will include players from Japan's industrial and independent minor leagues.[5]

The final game of the Preliminary Round saw Jesús Vargas of the Cardenales de Lara throw an 8-inning no-hitter against Japan Breeze.[6][7][8]

Participating teams

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Country Team Manager Means of qualification
 Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido[9] Dominican Republic Albert Pujols Winners of the 2024–25 Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM)
 Japan Japan Breeze[5] Venezuela Alex Ramírez Invited by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC)
 Mexico Charros de Jalisco[10] Mexico Benji Gil Winners of the 2024–25 Mexican Pacific League (LAMP)
 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez[11] Puerto Rico Wil Cordero Winners of the 2024–25 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPRC)
 Venezuela Cardenales de Lara[12] Venezuela Henry Blanco Winners of the 2024–25 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP)

Preliminary round

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1 Mexico Charros de Jalisco (H) 4 4 0 19 4 +15 1.000 — Advanced to knockout stage
2 Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 4 2 2 21 9 +12 .500 2
3 Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido 4 2 2 21 13 +8 .500 2
4 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez 4 2 2 19 27 −8 .500 2
5 Japan Japan Breeze 4 0 4 5 32 −27 .000 4
Source: CPBC
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
(H) Hosts

Schedule

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Time zone: Mexicali (UTC−08:00)
Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium Attendance
1 January 31 13:30 Cardenales de Lara Venezuela 0–2 Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido Estadio Nido de los Águilas 11,495
2 20:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 1–8 Mexico Charros de Jalisco 17,000
3 February 1 12:50 Leones del Escogido Dominican Republic 12–1 Japan Japan Breeze 11,850
4 17:50 Charros de Jalisco Mexico 2–1 Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 17,000
5 February 2 12:50 Japan Breeze Japan 2–3 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez 13,355
6 17:50 Leones del Escogido Dominican Republic 0–2 Mexico Charros de Jalisco 17,000
7 February 3 12:00 Cardenales de Lara Venezuela 10–5 Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez 13,232
8 17:00 Charros de Jalisco Mexico 7–2 Japan Japan Breeze 17,000
9 February 4 14:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 10–7 Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido 11,167
10 19:00 Japan Breeze Japan 0–10 Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 13,309

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
February 5
 
 
3
Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido (F/11)		5
 
February 7
 
2
Venezuela Cardenales de Lara		4
 
3
Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido
 
February 5
 
1
Mexico Charros de Jalisco
 
4
Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez		1
 
 
1
Mexico Charros de Jalisco		3
 
Third place play-off
 
 
February 6
 
 
4
Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez
 
 
2
Venezuela Cardenales de Lara

Semi-finals

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Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium Attendance
11 February 5 14:00 Leones del Escogido Dominican Republic 5–4 (11) Venezuela Cardenales de Lara Estadio Nido de los Águilas 11,901
12 19:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico 1–3 Mexico Charros de Jalisco 17,000

Third-place play-off

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Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium Attendance
13 February 6 19:00 Indios de Mayagüez Puerto Rico Venezuela Cardenales de Lara Estadio Nido de los Águilas

Final

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Game 14 – February 7, 2024 19:00 at Estadio Nido de los Águilas in Mexicali, Baja California
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mexico Charros de Jalisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Statistical leaders

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The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.

Batting

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Statistic Name Team Total/Avg
Batting average* United States Rudy Martin Mexico Charros de Jalisco .462
Hits 4 tied with[note 1] 6
Runs United States Rudy Martin Mexico Charros de Jalisco 5
Runs batted in 2 tied with[note 2] 4
Stolen bases 2 tied with[note 3] 4
On-base percentage* Venezuela Alexi Amarista Venezuela Cardenales de Lara .500
Slugging percentage* Venezuela Alexi Amarista Venezuela Cardenales de Lara .733
OPS* Venezuela Alexi Amarista Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 1.233

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game

Pitching

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Statistic Name Team Total/Avg
ERA 5 tied with[note 4] 0.00
Saves 2 tied with[note 5] 2
Innings pitched Venezuela Jesús Vargas Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 8.0
Strikeouts 2 tied with[note 6] 7
WHIP* Venezuela Jesús Vargas Venezuela Cardenales de Lara 0.38

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

Awards

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All-Tournament Team
Pos. Player Team
SP
RP
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
DH
Man.

Broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster(s) Source
Canada TLN (English)
Univision Canada (Spanish) 		[13]
Curaçao Telecuraçao [14]
Dominican Republic Digital15 [15]
Japan Rakuten TV [14]
Mexico TVC Deportes
YouTube 		[16]
Puerto Rico WAPA Deportes [17]
South America 1Baseball [14]
United States MLB Network/MLB.tv (English)
ESPN Deportes/ESPN+ (Spanish) 		[18][19]
Venezuela Televen
BymSport
IVC 		[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2025 Caribbean Series in Mexico". SeriedelCaribe.net. December 11, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ^ "Caribbean Series to air in English on MLB Network". MLB.com. January 22, 2025. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "Caribbean Series exclusively in Spanish on ESPN Deportes". espnpressroom.com. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe Temporada 2025 - Clasificatoria Juego no. 3 Estadio el Nido de los Aguila" (in Spanish). seriedelcaribe.net. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Who are the Japan Breeze?". World Baseball. January 20, 2025. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  6. ^ "Japan-Venezuela - Box Score". espn.com. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  7. ^ "Venezuela's Cardenales de Lara No-Hit Japan Breeze In 10-0 Mercy Rule Win". World Baseball. February 5, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  8. ^ "With no-hitter and first mercy rule in Caribbean Series" (in Spanish). seriedelcaribe.net. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  9. ^ "Escogido win LIDOM" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  10. ^ "Charros win Serie de Mexico" (in Spanish). LMP.mx. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  11. ^ "Indios reach 20th title" (in Spanish). LIGAPR.com. January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  12. ^ "Cardenales win 7th title" (in Spanish). LVBP.com. January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  13. ^ "TLN Media Group Hits a Home Run With Exclusive Canadian Broadcast Coverage of the Caribbean Series". TLN. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d Tallarini, Matt (January 31, 2025). "How To Follow the 2025 Caribbean Series Outside the U.S." World Baseball Network. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  15. ^ Bautista, Robie (January 31, 2025). "Digital 15 transmitió Rep. Dominicana vs. Venezuela por Serie del Caribe (31/01/2025)". G Mix. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  16. ^ Manrique, Andrés (February 1, 2025). "TVC Deportes EN VIVO hoy - dónde ver juego México vs. Venezuela por TV y Streaming". G Mix. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  17. ^ A. Rodríguez Torres, Génesis (January 31, 2025). "Mexicali 2025: Itinerario de la Serie del Caribe por Wapa Deportes". WAPA. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  18. ^ Venn, David (January 31, 2025). "The Caribbean Series is underway: Watch on MLB Network, MLB.TV". MLB. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  19. ^ Brito, Santa (January 30, 2025). "ESPN Presents 2025 Caribbean Series Exclusively on ESPN Deportes & ESPN+". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved February 1, 2025.

Notes

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  1. ^ Rudy Martin, Alexi Amarista, Eduardo García, Socrates Brito
  2. ^ Danry Vásquez, Eddie Rosario
  3. ^ Billy Hamilton, Rudy Martin
  4. ^ Brooks Hall, Johnny Cueto, Eonald Medrano, Max Castillo, Jesús Vargas
  5. ^ Trevor Clifton, Justin Yeager
  6. ^ Jesús Vargas, Luis Leroy Cruz

See also

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2025 Serie de las Américas

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