The 2026 FCBL season is the 16th 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. There are 7 FCBL teams.
The Norwich Sea Unicorns entered the season as three-time defending champions, having defeated the New Britain Bees, two games to one, in the league's 2025 championship series.
Season schedule The league is scheduled to operate with seven teams during the 2026 season.
It was announced during the offseason that the Lowell Spinners, who were a professional Class A Short Season minor league affiliate that played in the New York–Penn League, would be revived and join the league. It would be the first time that the city of Lowell, Massachusetts would have summertime baseball since the Spinners lost their minor league affiliation in the 2021 reorganization of Minor League Baseball (MiLB).
The Pittsfield Suns are again scheduled to sit out the season, as Wahconah Park will be demolished and a new stadium will not be ready, making the return date of the team unknown.
The season will be played with a 60-game schedule, with the regular season starting on May 27 and concluding on August 10. The top four teams in the regular season standings will qualify for the playoffs that start on August 11.
Regular season standings
Pos Team G W L Pct. GB1 Vermont Lake Monsters423012--2 New Britain Bees3922176.53 Nashua Silver Knights4020209.04 Norwich Sea Unicorns41192210.55 Worcester Bravehearts41192210.56 Lowell Spinners44182613.07 Westfield Starfires39152413.5
x – Clinched playoff spot
Statistical leaders
Hitting Stat Player Team Total HR AVG RBIs SB
Pitching Stat Player Team Total W ERA SO SV
Awards
All-star selections
+Hitters PositionPlayerTeam C 1B 2B 3B SS OF OF OF UT DH
+Pitchers PositionPlayerTeam SP SP SP SP RP RP RP RP
End of year awards Award Player Team Most Valuable Player Pro Prospect of the Year Pitcher of the Year Relief Pitcher of the Year Manager of the Year
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 2026 Appalachian League season 2026 Major League Baseball season 2026 Northwoods League season 2026 PGCBL season 2026 Prospect League season
References