2024 Frontier League season


The 2024 Frontier League season was the 31st season of operation of the Frontier League. The regular season began on May 9, 2024, and ended on September 1, 2024.
The playoffs concluded on September 14, with the Québec Capitales defeating the Washington Wild Things in the finals in four games, winning their third consecutive championship and 10th in franchise history.

Team and rule changes

After the 2023 season, the league announced a new expansion team had been awarded to Brockton, Massachusetts, and the team would play in Campanelli Stadium. On December 15, 2023, the expansion team was named the Knockouts.
As a result of the league announcing the New England Knockouts as the new expansion franchise, the Empire State Greys would not return for the 2024 season and would be dormant.
The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, East and West.
The season be played with a 96-game schedule; teams played four series, two home and two road, against their seven division rivals. Each team visited two clubs from the opposite division while hosting two different teams. The top three teams in each division qualified for the playoffs, with the first-place teams qualified as regular season champions, and the second and third-place teams played each other in a wild card game.
The FL's total player compensation budget was increased by $520,000 compared to 2023 to a total of $895,000 with a minimum of $26,200 per player.

Regular season standings

PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1y – Washington Wild Things936528.699--
2x – Gateway Grizzlies945836.6177.5
3x – Lake Erie Crushers955144.54314.5
4e – Schaumburg Boomers965145.53114.5
5e – Florence Y'alls944450.46821.5
6e – Evansville Otters964155.42725.5
7e – Windy City ThunderBolts964056.41726.5
8e – Joliet Slammers953758.38929.0
y – Clinched divisionx – Clinched playoff spote – Eliminated from playoff contention

Awards

All-star selections

East Division

PositionPlayerTeam
COscar CamposValleyCats
CJoe DeLucaBoulders
1BPeyton IsaacsonBoulders
2BJesmuel ValentínCapitales
3BChris KwitzerBoulders
SSKyle CrowlCapitales
OFRaphael GladuAigles
OFAustin WhiteKnockouts
OFJonathan LacroixCapitales

PlayerTeam
Brandon BackmanBoulders
Erasmo PinalesTitans
Ryan SandbergCapitales
Tucker SmithAigles
Frank MoscatielloCapitales
Blaine TraxelBoulders
Dylan SmithBoulders
Yuhi SakoJackals
Grant LarsonTitans
James BradwellCapitales

West Division

PositionPlayerTeam
CSergio GutierrezY'alls
CDrew StengrenSlammers
CJohn TuccilloCrushers
1BDavid MendhamOtters
1BChristian KuzemkaThunderBolts
2BGabe HoltGrizzlies
2BEd JohnsonY'alls
3BBrian FuentesY'alls
3BLogan ThomasonCrushers
SSAbdiel DiazGrizzlies
SSJarrod WatkinsCrushers
OFCaleb McNeelyWild Things
OFChase DawsonBoomers

PlayerTeam
Jack EisenbargerCrushers
Kevin PindelThunderBolts
Cole CookBoomers
Gyeongju KimWild Things
Zach KirbyWild Things
Kobe FosterWild Things
Christian ScafidiCrushers
Anthony EscobarCrushers
Trevor KunclCrushers
Lukas VeinbergsGrizzlies
Ben TerwilligerY'alls
Zach SmithOtters
Christian JamesWild Things

All-star game MVP — David Mendham

Playoffs

Format

The second-place team will host the third-place team from their division in a wild-card game on September 3. The winner of these games will face their division winners in a best-of-three divisional series, with the division winners hosting games 2 and 3. The championship playoffs shall be scheduled to begin on the second day following the scheduled completion of the division playoffs. The championship series will be a best-of-five format. The team advancing with the best regular-season record will host games 3, 4, and 5. In the event of a tie, tie-breaking procedures as outlined in league rules will be utilized.

Notable players

Former Major League Baseball players who played in the Frontier League in 2024
Other notable players who played in the Frontier League in 2024