2024 Frontier League season

The 2024 Frontier League season was the 31st season of operation (30th season of play) of the Frontier League (FL). The regular season began on May 9, 2024, and ended on September 1, 2024.

The playoffs concluded on September 14, with the Québec Capitales defeating the Washington Wild Things in the finals in four games, winning their third consecutive championship and 10th in franchise history.

Team and rule changes

After the 2023 season, the league announced a new expansion team had been awarded to Brockton, Massachusetts, and the team would play in Campanelli Stadium. On December 15, 2023, the expansion team was named the Knockouts.

As a result of the league announcing the New England Knockouts as the new expansion franchise, the Empire State Greys would not return for the 2024 season and would be dormant.

The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, East and West.

The season be played with a 96-game schedule; teams played four series, two home and two road, against their seven division rivals. Each team visited two clubs from the opposite division while hosting two different teams. The top three teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, with the first-place teams qualified as regular season champions, and the second and third-place teams played each other in a wild card game.

The FL's total player compensation budget was increased by $520,000 compared to 2023 to a total of $895,000 with a minimum of $26,200 per player.

Regular season standings + East Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 y – Québec Capitales956431.674--2 x – Tri-City ValleyCats935241.55911.03 x – Ottawa Titans945242.55311.5 4 e – New York Boulders965244.53713.05 e – Trois-Rivières Aigles954451.46319.06 e – New England Knockouts933855.40925.07 e – New Jersey Jackals943361.35130.58 e – Sussex County Miners953362.34731.0

+ West Division Regular Season Standings Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 y – Washington Wild Things936528.699--2 x – Gateway Grizzlies945836.6177.53 x – Lake Erie Crushers955144.54314.54 e – Schaumburg Boomers965145.53114.55 e – Florence Y'alls944450.46821.56 e – Evansville Otters964155.42725.57 e – Windy City ThunderBolts964056.41726.58 e – Joliet Slammers953758.38929.0

y – Clinched division x – Clinched playoff spot e – Eliminated from playoff contention

Statistical leaders Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR John Cristino New England Knockouts 26 AVG Tyreque Reed Washington Wild Things .341 RBIs Matt Warkentin Joliet Slammers 83 SB Austin White New England Knockouts 60

Pitching Stat Player Team Total W James Bradwell Québec Capitales 12 ERA Kevin Pindel Windy City ThunderBolts 2.00 SO Deylen Miley Gateway Grizzlies 161 SV Gyeongju Kim Washington Wild Things 28

Awards

All-star selections

East Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeam C John Cristino Knockouts 1B Dalton Combs Aigles 2B Cory Acton Miners 3B AJ Wright Titans SS Austin Dennis Boulders OF David Vinsky Boulders OF LP Pelletier Aigles OF Justin Gideon Capitales

+Reserves PositionPlayerTeam C Oscar Campos ValleyCats C Joe DeLuca Boulders 1B Peyton Isaacson Boulders 2B Jesmuel Valentín Capitales 3B Chris Kwitzer Boulders SS Kyle Crowl Capitales OF Raphael Gladu Aigles OF Austin White Knockouts OF Jonathan Lacroix Capitales

+PitchersPlayerTeam Brandon Backman Boulders Erasmo Pinales Titans Ryan Sandberg Capitales Tucker Smith Aigles Frank Moscatiello Capitales Blaine Traxel Boulders Dylan Smith Boulders Yuhi Sako Jackals Grant Larson Titans James Bradwell Capitales

West Division +Elected starters PositionPlayerTeam C Alfredo González Crushers 1B Matthew Warkentin Slammers 2B Alec Craig Boomers 3B DJ Stewart Grizzlies SS Tyler Depreta-Johnson Boomers OF Christian Fedko Boomers OF TJ Reeves Y'alls OF Hank Zeisler Y'alls

+Reserves PositionPlayerTeam C Sergio Gutierrez Y'alls C Drew Stengren Slammers C John Tuccillo Crushers 1B David Mendham Otters 1B Christian Kuzemka ThunderBolts 2B Gabe Holt Grizzlies 2B Ed Johnson Y'alls 3B Brian Fuentes Y'alls 3B Logan Thomason Crushers SS Abdiel Diaz Grizzlies SS Jarrod Watkins Crushers OF Caleb McNeely Wild Things OF Chase Dawson Boomers

+PitchersPlayerTeam Jack Eisenbarger Crushers Kevin Pindel ThunderBolts Cole Cook Boomers Gyeongju Kim Wild Things Zach Kirby Wild Things Kobe Foster Wild Things Christian Scafidi Crushers Anthony Escobar Crushers Trevor Kuncl Crushers Lukas Veinbergs Grizzlies Ben Terwilliger Y'alls Zach Smith Otters Christian James Wild Things

All-star game MVP — David Mendham (Evansville Otters)

End of year awards Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Caleb McNeely Washington Wild Things Pitcher of the Year James Bradwell Québec Capitales Rookie of the Year TJ Reeves Florence Y'alls Manager of the Year Patrick Scalabrini Québec Capitales

Playoffs

Format The second-place team will host the third-place team from their division in a wild-card game on September 3. The winner of these games will face their division winners in a best-of-three divisional series, with the division winners hosting games 2 and 3 (if necessary). The championship playoffs shall be scheduled to begin on the second day following the scheduled completion of the division playoffs. The championship series will be a best-of-five format. The team advancing with the best regular-season record will host games 3, 4, and 5 (if necessary). In the event of a tie, tie-breaking procedures as outlined in league rules will be utilized.

Playoff bracket

Notable players Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Frontier League in 2024 Mario Feliciano (Trois-Rivières) Miguel Gómez (New Jersey) Alfredo González (Lake Erie) Alfredo Marte (New York) Jesen Therrien (Trois-Rivières) Jesmuel Valentín (Québec)

Other notable players who played in the Frontier League in 2024 Chris Kwitzer (New York) Assaf Lowengart (New York) Brandon Marklund (Québec) Brandon McIlwain (Washington) Robb Paller (New Jersey) Juremi Profar (Québec) Roniel Raudes (New Jersey)

2024 Frontier League season

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