2025 FCBL season


The 2025 FCBL season was the 15th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league in the Northeastern United States, since its creation in 2010. There are 6 FCBL teams.
The Norwich Sea Unicorns entered the season as two-time defending champions, having defeated the Westfield Starfires, two games to zero, in the league's 2024 championship series.

Season schedule

The league is scheduled to operate with six teams during the 2025 season. The Brockton Rox ceased operation, with its name taken on by a professional team previously known as the New England Knockouts in the Frontier League.
The Pittsfield Suns are again scheduled to sit out the season, as Wahconah Park will not be ready. With an even number of teams in the league, the Road Warriors were dropped from the schedule.
The season will be played with a 62-game schedule, with the regular season starting on May 28 and concluding on August 9. The top four teams in the regular season standing will qualify for the playoffs that start on August 10.

Regular season standings

PosTeamGWLPct.GB
1xWorcester Bravehearts614516--
2xVermont Lake Monsters6240225.5
3xNew Britain Bees61293216.0
4xNorwich Sea Unicorns61283317.0
5Nashua Silver Knights60243620.5
6Westfield Starfires61174428.0
x – Clinched playoff spot

Awards

All-star selections

PositionPlayerTeam
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
OF
OF
OF
UT
DH

PositionPlayerTeam
SP
SP
SP
SP
RP
RP
RP
RP

Playoffs

Format

The postseason will feature four teams playing a best-of-three format for both the semifinals and championship series.
In the semifinals, the #1 seed will play the #4 seed and the #2 seed will play the #3 seed in a best-of-three series. The winners will play in the championship.
The team with the highest points percentage shall be home in game 1, on the road for game 2 and if necessary home for game 3. The sites for the games can be changed if mutually agreed upon by the two teams and the commissioner.
The following will be used as tiebreaking procedure:
1. Total Points Percentage
2. Points
3. Head-to-Head