# 2025 Caribbean Series

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 5th title and first since 2012.

## Tournament format

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.

## Summary

In the United States, MLB Network will air the tournament in its entirety in English. While ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ will air the telecast in Spanish.
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. The team will include 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

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

## Preliminary round
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Charros de Jalisco (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 1.000 | — | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Cardenales de Lara | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 | .500 | 2 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Leones del Escogido | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | +8 | .500 | 2 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 4 | Indios de Mayagüez | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 27 | −8 | .500 | 2 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 5 | Japan Breeze | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 32 | −27 | .000 | 4 | |

### Schedule

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

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| February 5 | February 5 |
| 3 Leones del Escogido (F/11) | 5 |
| 3 Leones del Escogido (F/11) | 5 | February 7 | February 7 |
| 2 Cardenales de Lara | 4 | February 7 | February 7 |
| 2 Cardenales de Lara | 4 | 3 Leones del Escogido | 1 |
| February 5 | February 5 | | 3 Leones del Escogido | 1 |
| February 5 | February 5 | 1 Charros de Jalisco | 0 |
| 4 Indios de Mayagüez | 1 | 1 Charros de Jalisco | 0 |
| 1 Charros de Jalisco | 3 | | |
| 1 Charros de Jalisco | 3 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | February 6 | February 6 |
| | | 4 Indios de Mayagüez | 7 |
| | | 2 Cardenales de Lara | 4 |

### Semi-finals

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

### Third-place play-off

| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium | Attendance |
| 13 | February 6 | 19:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 7–4 | Cardenales de Lara | Estadio Nido de los Águilas | 11,810 |

### Final

Game 14 – February 7, 2024 19:00 at Estadio Nido de los Águilas in Mexicali, Baja California 75 °F (24 °C), Partly Cloudy :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Leones del Escogido | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Charros de Jalisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| WP: Esmil Rogers (1–1) LP: Manny Bañuelos (0–1) Sv: Jimmy Cordero (2) Attendance: 18,000 Boxscore |||||||||||||

## Statistical leaders

    As of February 7, 2025
The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.
Batting leaders :
| Statistic | Name | Team | Total/Avg |
| Batting average* | Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco | .462 |
| Hits | 4 tied with | 4 tied with | 6 |
| Runs | Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco | 5 |
| Runs batted in | Eddie Rosario | Indios de Mayagüez | 4 |
| Runs batted in | Danry Vásquez | Cardenales de Lara | 4 |
| Stolen bases | Billy Hamilton | Charros de Jalisco | 4 |
| Stolen bases | Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco | 4 |
| On-base percentage* | Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara | .500 |
| Slugging percentage* | Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara | .733 |
| OPS* | Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara | 1.233 |
* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game
Pitching leaders :
| Statistic | Name | Team | Total/Avg |
| ERA | 5 tied with | 5 tied with | 0.00 |
| Saves | Trevor Clifton | Charros de Jalisco | 2 |
| Saves | Justin Yeager | Indios de Mayagüez | 2 |
| Innings pitched | Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | 8.0 |
| Strikeouts | Luis Leroy Cruz | Indios de Mayagüez | 7 |
| Strikeouts | Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | 7 |
| WHIP* | Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara | 0.38 |
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

## Awards

All-Tournament Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| SP | Jesús Vargas | Cardenales de Lara |
| RP | Trevor Clifton | Charros de Jalisco |
| C | Francisco Mejía | Leones del Escogido |
| 1B | Yamaico Navarro | Leones del Escogido |
| 2B | Michael Wielansky | Charros de Jalisco |
| 3B | Kelvin Gutiérrez | Leones del Escogido |
| SS | Jack Mayfield | Charros de Jalisco |
| LF | Rudy Martin | Charros de Jalisco |
| CF | Billy Hamilton | Charros de Jalisco |
| RF | Alexi Amarista | Cardenales de Lara |
| DH | Danry Vásquez | Cardenales de Lara |
| Man. | Benji Gil | Charros de Jalisco |

## Broadcasting

| Country | Broadcaster(s) |
| Canada | TLN (English) Univision Canada (Spanish) |
| Curaçao | Telecuraçao |
| Dominican Republic | Digital15 |
| Japan | Rakuten TV |
| Mexico | TVC Deportes YouTube |
| Puerto Rico | WAPA Deportes |
| South America | 1Baseball |
| United States | MLB Network/MLB.tv (English) ESPN Deportes/ESPN+ (Spanish) |
| Venezuela | Televen BymSport IVC |