# 2023 Caribbean Series

The 2023 Caribbean Series was the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series, played at La Rinconada Baseball Stadium in Caracas and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela from February 2 to February 10, 2023.
The series brought together the champions of each professional baseball league in the countries that make up the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama and Colombia), plus the representatives of Curaçao and Cuba as guests.

## Stadium

La Rinconada Baseball Stadium and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in Caracas were the hosts of the round robin matches and the semi-finals and La Rinconada hosted the finals and third place game. La Rinconada stadium was opened for the first time and it is the largest baseball stadium in South America with a capacity of 40,000.

## Tournament format

A single round-robin format was used; 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 losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.

## Participating teams

| Team | Manager | Means of qualification |
| Vaqueros de Montería | Ronald Ramírez | Winners of the 2022–23 Colombian Professional Baseball League |
| Cañeros de Los Mochis | José Moreno | Winners of the 2022–23 Mexican Pacific League |
| Federales de Chiriquí | José Mayorga | Winners of the 2022–23 Panamanian Professional Baseball League |
| Indios de Mayagüez | Mako Oliveras | Winners of the 2022–23 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League |
| Tigres del Licey | José Offerman | Winners of the 2022–23 Dominican Professional Baseball League |
| Leones del Caracas | José Alguacil | Winners of the 2022–23 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League |
| Agricultores (Las Tunas/Granma) | Carlos Martí | Winners of the 2022–23 Cuban Elite League |
| WildCats KJ74 | Hainley Statia | Winners of the 2022 Curaçao National Championship AA League |

## Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 7 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 27 | +4 | .714 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Leones del Caracas (H) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 30 | +14 | .714 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Vaqueros de Montería | 7 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 31 | +13 | .571 | 1 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Tigres del Licey | 7 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 27 | +5 | .571 | 1 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | Indios de Mayagüez | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 24 | +5 | .571 | 1 | |
| 6 | Federales de Chiriquí | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 29 | −6 | .429 | 2 | |
| 7 | WildCats KJ74 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 27 | −9 | .286 | 3 | |
| 8 | Agricultores | 7 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 49 | −26 | .143 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Cañeros 1-0; Leones 0-1
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head: Vaqueros 2-0; Tigres 1-1; Indios 0-2
    Time zone: Time in Venezuela (UTC–4)
| Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
| February 2 | 10:30 | Agricultores | 3−1 (10) | WildCats KJ74 | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 2 | 12:00 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 5−4 | Tigres del Licey | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 2 | 15:00 | Vaqueros de Montería | 7−1 | Indios de Mayagüez | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 2 | 20:30 | Leones del Caracas | 5−2 | Federales de Chiriquí | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 3 | 13:00 | Federales de Chiriquí | 6−5 | Vaqueros de Montería | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 3 | 14:30 | Tigres del Licey | 3−1 | Agricultores | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 3 | 18:00 | WildCats KJ74 | 2−1 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 3 | 19:30 | Indios de Mayagüez | 6−1 | Leones del Caracas | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 4 | 10:30 | WildCats KJ74 | 1−0 | Federales de Chiriquí | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 4 | 14:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 4−6 | Tigres del Licey | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 4 | 15:00 | Vaqueros de Montería | 6−7 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 4 | 19:30 | Agricultores | 3−20 | Leones del Caracas | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 5 | 13:00 | Vaqueros de Montería | 6−5 (13) | WildCats KJ74 | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 5 | 14:30 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 6−5 | Agricultores | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 5 | 18:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 2−3 | Federales de Chiriquí | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 5 | 19:30 | Tigres del Licey | 2−3 (12) | Leones del Caracas | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 6 | 10:30 | Agricultores | 4−5 | Vaqueros de Montería | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 6 | 14:00 | Tigres del Licey | 10−1 | Federales de Chiriquí | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 6 | 15:00 | WildCats KJ74 | 1−3 | Indios de Mayagüez | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 6 | 19:30 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 7−0 | Leones del Caracas | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 7 | 13:00 | Agricultores | 3−4 | Indios de Mayagüez | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 7 | 14:30 | Federales de Chiriquí | 1−2 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 7 | 18:00 | Vaqueros de Montería | 11−1 | Tigres del Licey | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 7 | 19:30 | Leones del Caracas | 8−6 | WildCats KJ74 | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 8 | 10:30 | Federales de Chiriquí | 10–4 | Agricultores | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 8 | 14:00 | WildCats KJ74 | 2–6 | Tigres del Licey | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 8 | 15:00 | Indios de Mayagüez | 9–3 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |
| February 8 | 19:30 | Leones del Caracas | 7–4 | Vaqueros de Montería | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Tigres del Licey | 8 | | | |
| 4 | Tigres del Licey | 8 | 4 | Tigres del Licey | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Leones del Caracas | 0 |
| 2 | Leones del Caracas | 7 | 2 | Leones del Caracas | 0 |
| 3 | Vaqueros de Montería | 5 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | | 1 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Vaqueros de Montería | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
| February 9 | 15:30 | Tigres del Licey | 8–3 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium |
| February 9 | 19:30 | Vaqueros de Montería | 5–7 | Leones del Caracas | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |

### Third place play-off

| Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
| February 10 | 14:30 | Vaqueros de Montería | 0–1 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | La Rinconada Baseball Stadium |

### Final

February 10, 2023 19:30 at La Rinconada Baseball Stadium in Caracas, Venezuela :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Tigres del Licey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Leones del Caracas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| WP: Cesar Valdez (1–0) LP: Erick Alejandro Leal (0–1) |||||||||||||

## Awards

All-Tournament Team :
| Position | Player |
| Starting Pitcher | Eduar López |
| Relief Pitcher | Anthony Vizcaya |
| Catcher | José Félix |
| First Baseman | Reynaldo Rodríguez |
| Second Baseman | Francisco Acuña |
| Third Baseman | Emmanuel Rivera |
| Shortstop | Dayan Frías |
| Outfielders | Emilio Bonifácio Gustavo Campero Danry Vásquez |
| Designated Hitter | Jordan Díaz |
| Manager | José Moreno |