The 2025 FCBL season was the 15th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a collegiate summer baseball league in the Northeastern United States, since its creation in 2010.
The Norwich Sea Unicorns entered the season as two-time defending champions, having defeated the Westfield Starfires, two games to zero, in the league's 2024 championship series.
Season schedule The league is scheduled to operate with six teams during the 2025 season. The Brockton Rox ceased operation, with its name taken on by a professional team previously known as the New England Knockouts in the Frontier League.
The Pittsfield Suns got scheduled to sit out the season, as Wahconah Park was not be ready. With an even number of teams in the league, the Road Warriors were dropped from the schedule.
The season will be played with a 62-game schedule, with the regular season starting on May 28 and concluding on August 9. The top four teams in the regular season standing will qualify for the playoffs that start on August 10.
Regular season standings
Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 x – Worcester Bravehearts614516--2 x – Vermont Lake Monsters6240225.53 x – New Britain Bees61293216.04 x – Norwich Sea Unicorns61283317.05 Nashua Silver Knights60243620.56 Westfield Starfires61174428.0
x – Clinched playoff spot
Statistical leaders
Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR Shaun McMillan Vermont Lake Monsters 11 AVG Patrick Shrake Nashua Silver Knights .342 RBIs Shaun McMillan Vermont Lake Monsters 52 SB Cole Patterson Nashua Silver Knights 23
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W Various Players Various Teams 5 ERA Garret Garbinski New Britain Bees 0.70 SO John Delgado Vermont Lake Monsters 53 SV Sean Gamble Vermont Lake Monsters 10
Awards
Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Shaun McMillan Vermont Lake Monsters Pro Prospect of the Year Shaun McMillan Vermont Lake Monsters Pitcher of the Year John Delgado Vermont Lake Monsters Relief Pitcher of the Year Evan Mello New Britain Bees Manager of the Year Luke Beckstein Worcester Bravehearts
Playoffs
Format The postseason will feature four teams playing a best-of-three format for both the semifinals and championship series.
In the semifinals, the #1 seed will play the #4 seed and the #2 seed will play the #3 seed in a best-of-three series. The winners will play in the championship.
The team with the highest points percentage shall be home in game 1, on the road for game 2 and if necessary home for game 3. The sites for the games can be changed if mutually agreed upon by the two teams and the commissioner.
The following will be used as tiebreaking procedure:
1. Total Points Percentage
2. Points
3. Head-to-Head
Playoff bracket
See also 2025 Major League Baseball season 2025 Prospect League season
References