What you missed in Caribbean winter baseball in recent weeks
After an exciting World Series and with it, the end of the Major League season, the attention of the baseball world is placed on the Caribbean leagues.
Baseball does not stop and the start of the seasons of the four countries that make up the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CBPC) brings with it the attention of all those who follow the sport, especially after a World Series exciting that was decided in seven games between Los Angeles Dodgerscurrent two-time champions of MLBand the Toronto Blue Jays.
After that, we had a week where some of the awards from the Major Leagues (Silver Bat, Gold Glove) and we come to the moment just before the announcement of the end-of-season awards, while all the winter baseball campaigns of Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela have formally begun.
What’s been happening in winter baseball all these weeks?
MEXICAN PACIFIC ARC LEAGUE
The first of all the winter baseball seasons was the Mexican league, which, to date, has already sold out 23 of its dates for each of the 10 teams that are operating in the 2025 campaign.
The Yaquis of Obregón (16-7) continue to dominate the standings, however, they continue to be closely pursued by the Charros from Jalisco (14-9) and the Cane growers of the Mochis (14-9).
VENEZUELAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
Amid rumors about the status of whether the legendary Miguel Cabrera will suit up for baseball season and the return of Yadier Molina as the leader of Navigators of Magellan, On October 15, the Venezuelan winter baseball season began.
The Aragua Tigers (14-7) have continued to dominate the standing of Venezuelan baseball, followed by the Lions of Caracas (11-9) and of the Eagles of Zulia (11-9).
If you’re wondering how the team is doing Molinathe reality is that they occupy the last place in the standings with just 6 wins in 20 games.
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
As in Venezuela, the Dominican tournament began on October 15, however, the rains recorded in the Caribbean country have wreaked havoc on the calendar and multiple matches have had to be rescheduled.
Additionally, the Cibao Cupa series of three matches between Cibao Giants and Cibaeñas Eagles which was supposed to take place between November 7 and 9, was canceled just one week after its start by the organizers.
The league’s all-time saves leader LIDOM, Jairo Asenciowas fired for Licey Tigersafter a terrible start to the campaign and the current champions of Dominican and Caribbean baseball, Lions of the Chosen Oneare out of qualifying for the next stage in this tournament.
The standings are comfortably dominated by Cibaeñas Eagles (11-3), who are followed by the Eastern Bulls (9-7).
ROBERTO CLEMENTE PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL LEAGUE
The last of the leagues to start its tournament was the Puerto Rican league, which has only sold out three dates and has Santurce Crab Eaters (3-0) already Carolina Giants (3-0) as the only undefeated teams so far in the tournament.
An interesting fact is that the first game of the season for Crab Eaters It marked the attendance record for an opening day in the history of the league with 15,086 people present in the stands. A great omen for the tournament.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VS. PUERTO RICO IN A STAR GAME
Although the Puerto Ricans have only just started their tournament, they will face off with an all-star team from LIDOM next Saturday, November 15 at Citi Field in New York City, home of New York Mets.
