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 : the four full members, 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 fifth title and first since 2012.
Tournament format
A single round-robin format; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals. The two semifinal losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.Summary
In the United States, MLB Network broadcast the tournament in its entirety in English while ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ broadcast in Spanish.Japan was represented by "Japan Breeze," a team organized by former Major League Baseball player and Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Alex Ramírez and assisted in coaching by former MLB players Keiichi Yabu and Hisanori Takahashi. The team included 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.
Preliminary round
Schedule
| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium | Attendance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | January 31 | 13:30 | Cardenales de Lara  Knockout stageSemi-finals
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