2024 Pecos League season

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2024 Pecos League season
League Pecos League
Sport Baseball
DurationMay 22 – July 28
(Playoffs: TBD – TBD)
Number of games54 (432 games in total)
Number of teams16
Mountain Division
Pacific Division
Pecos League Championship
Seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Pecos League season is the 14th season of professional baseball in the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, since its creation in August 2010. There are 16 Pecos League teams, split between the Mountain and Pacific divisions.

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The San Rafael Pacifics entered the season as the defending champions, having defeated the Tucson Saguaros, two games to one, in the league's 2023 championship series. [1] [2]

Andrew Dunn returned as commissioner for the 2024 season.

Season schedule

The 16 teams in the league are split between two divisions, Mountain and Pacific. The Mountain Division contains 10 teams, while the Pacific Division contains 6 teams.

For the 2024 season, the Lancaster Sound Breakers and Monterey Amberjacks did not return. The Sound Breakers folded due to the city of Lancaster entering into a lease with a soccer organization to use The Hangar, leaving the Sound Breakers without a stadium. [3] The City of Monterey reportedly did not renew its contract with the league, but the Amberjacks plan to return in 2025. [4]

To replace the Sound Breakers and Amberjacks, the league brought in two new teams for the season, the North Platte 80's and the Pecos Bills. Both of which are the first time that each city has had a team in the league. [5] [6]

The season was played with a 54-game schedule with opening day in the Pacific Division on May 22, and opening day in the Mountain Division on May 27. The Regular season in both divisions will conclude on July 28. [7] [8]

The Pecos League remains split into the Mountain Division and Pacific Division.

The top four teams in the Pacific Division and the top six teams in the Mountain Division will qualify for the playoffs. The Playoffs will consist of four rounds, ending with the Champion of the Mountain Division facing the winner of the Pacific Division. [9] [10]

Regular season standings

as of May 31, 2024

Mountain Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1 Blackwell Fly Catchers 3301.000--
2 Alpine Cowboys 3301.000--
3 Austin Weirdos 1101.0001
4 Garden City Wind 1101.0001
5 Santa Fe Fuego 111.0001
6 Tucson Saguaros 3210.6671
7 Roswell Invaders 1010.0002
8 Trinidad Triggers 3030.0003
9 Pecos Bills 3030.0003
10 North Platte 80's 3030.0003
Pacific Division Regular Season Standings
PosTeam G W L Pct. GB
1 San Rafael Pacifics 6601.000--
2 Bakersfield Train Robbers 4401.0001.5
3 Vallejo Seaweed 6420.6672.5
4 Martinez Sturgeon 6240.3334.5
5 Marysville Drakes 826.2505.5
6 Dublin Leprechauns 606.0006

[11]

Statistical leaders

as of May 31, 2024

General
StatPlayerTeamTotal
GamesJoe Starrick, Thomas Latham, John Smith Marysville Drakes 8

Hitting

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Hitter Score Blake Diggle San Rafael Pacifics 36
AB John Smith Marysville Drakes 36
AVG AJ Folds, Tjay Mullins Alpine Cowboys, North Platte 80's .714
OPS Jakobe Smith Trinidad Triggers 3.500
Runs Mickey Nunes Vallejo Seaweed 16
H Joe Starrick Marysville Drakes 16
2B Jalyn Lee, Caleb Harmond Bakersfield Train Robbers, Marysville Drakes 4
3B Xavier Selway San Rafael Pacifics 2
HR Blake Diggle, Micah Walker San Rafael Pacifics, North Platte 80's 3
BB Mickey Nunes Vallejo Seaweed,10
RBIs James Prockish Alpine Cowboys 11
SB Mickey Nunes Vallejo Seaweed 8
CS Ike Brown, Rob Malone Vallejo Seaweed, Roswell Invaders 2

[12]

Pitching

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Pitcher Score Eric Parnow San Rafael Pacifics 11
W Several1
L Rodrigo Sanchez, Tanner Fonoti, Joe Piombo Marysville Drakes, Dublin Leprechauns, Martinez Sturgeon 2
SV Jayden Metz Bakersfield Train Robbers 2
ERA *min.2IPSeveral0.00
IP Christian Zellner Vallejo Seaweed 12.1
Hits allowed Christian Zellner Vallejo Seaweed 28
SO Alex Valasex San Rafael Pacifics,20
BB Allowed Jayson Summers San Rafael Pacifics 13

[13]

Awards

All-star selections

End of year awards

Mountain Division
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPTBDTBD
Offensive Player Of The YearTBDTBD
Pitcher Of The YearTBDTBD
Pacific Division
AwardPlayerTeam
MVPTBDTBD
Offensive Player Of The YearTBDTBD
Pitcher of The YearTBDTBD

Playoffs

Format

1. Ten teams will qualify for the playoffs

2. The team with the best record in each division will qualify as the division winner and be the number 1 seed. (Mountain and Pacific)

3. The Mountain Division will have its top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs. While the Pacific Division will have its top 4 teams qualify.

4. Playoff Location will be determined by ballpark availability, the proximity of travel, and standings. Both teams will host a playoff game when possible in the first round.

5. The (1) and (2) seed in the Mountain division will earn byes into the second round.

[14]

Playoff bracket

First Round
(best-of-three) 		Second Round
(best-of-three) 		Division Championship Series
(best-of-three) 		Pecos League Championship Series
(best-of-three)
1  
4   
5  Mountain 
 
2  
3   
6   
 
1  
N/A X X X 4  
N/A X X X Pacific 
 
2  
N/A X X X 3  
N/A X X X

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