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.
Tournament format 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.
Summary 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.
Participating teams CountryTeamManagerMeans of qualificationLeones del Escogido Albert PujolsWinners of the 2024–25 Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM)Japan Breeze Alex RamírezInvited by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC)Charros de Jalisco Benji GilWinners of the 2024–25 Mexican Pacific League (LMP)Indios de Mayagüez Wil CorderoWinners of the 2024–25 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPRC)Cardenales de Lara Henry BlancoWinners of the 2024–25 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP)
Preliminary round Standings
Schedule Time zone: Mexicali (UTC−08:00) GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumAttendance1January 3113:30Cardenales de Lara 0–2 Leones del EscogidoEstadio Nido de los Águilas11,495220:00Indios de Mayagüez 1–8 Charros de Jalisco17,0003February 112:50Leones del Escogido 12–1 Japan Breeze11,850417:50Charros de Jalisco 2–1 Cardenales de Lara17,0005February 212:50Japan Breeze 2–3 Indios de Mayagüez13,355617:50Leones del Escogido 0–2 Charros de Jalisco17,0007February 312:00Cardenales de Lara 10–5 Indios de Mayagüez13,232817:00Charros de Jalisco 7–2 Japan Breeze17,0009February 414:00Indios de Mayagüez 10–7 Leones del Escogido11,1671019:00Japan Breeze 0–10 (8) Cardenales de Lara13,309
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumAttendance11February 514:00Leones del Escogido 5–4 (11) Cardenales de LaraEstadio Nido de los Águilas11,9011219:00Indios de Mayagüez 1–3 Charros de Jalisco17,000
Third-place play-off
GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadiumAttendance13February 619:00Indios de Mayagüez 7–4 Cardenales de LaraEstadio Nido de los Águilas11,810
Final
Statistical leaders
The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.
Batting leadersStatisticNameTeamTotal/AvgBatting average* Rudy Martin Jr. Charros de Jalisco .462Hits 4 tied with 6Runs Rudy Martin Jr. Charros de Jalisco 5Runs batted in Eddie Rosario Indios de Mayagüez 4 Danry Vásquez Cardenales de LaraStolen bases Billy Hamilton Charros de Jalisco 4 Rudy Martin Jr.On-base percentage* Alexi Amarista Cardenales de Lara .500Slugging percentage* .733OPS* 1.233 * Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game
Pitching leadersStatisticNameTeamTotal/AvgERA 5 tied with 0.00Saves Trevor Clifton Charros de Jalisco 2 Justin Yeager Indios de MayagüezInnings pitched Jesús Vargas Cardenales de Lara 8.0Strikeouts Luis Leroy Cruz Indios de Mayagüez 7 Jesús Vargas Cardenales de LaraWHIP* Jesús Vargas Cardenales de Lara 0.38 * Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game
Awards
+ All-Tournament TeamPos.PlayerTeamSP Jesús Vargas Cardenales de LaraRP Trevor Clifton Charros de JaliscoC Francisco Mejía Leones del Escogido1B Yamaico Navarro Leones del Escogido2B Michael Wielansky Charros de Jalisco3B Kelvin Gutiérrez Leones del EscogidoSS Jack Mayfield Charros de JaliscoLF Rudy Martin Charros de JaliscoCF Billy Hamilton Charros de JaliscoRF Alexi Amarista Cardenales de LaraDH Danry Vásquez Cardenales de LaraMan. Benji Gil Charros de Jalisco
Broadcasting Country Broadcaster(s) SourceCanadaTLN (English)Univision Canada (Spanish)CuraçaoTelecuraçaoDominican RepublicDigital15JapanRakuten TVMexicoTVC DeportesYouTubePuerto RicoWAPA DeportesSouth America1BaseballUnited StatesMLB Network/MLB.tv (English)ESPN Deportes/ESPN+ (Spanish)VenezuelaTelevenBymSportIVC
References
Notes
See also 2025 Serie de las Américas
External links Official website (Spanish)