| 2025 FCBL season | |
|---|---|
| League | Futures Collegiate Baseball League |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | May 28 – August 9 (Playoffs: August 10 – August 16) |
| Number of games | 62 (186 games in total) |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Futures Collegiate Baseball League Championship | |
| Champions | Norwich Sea Unicorns |
| Runners-up | New Britain Bees |
| Finals MVP | Bryce Detwiler |
The 2025 FCBL season was the 15th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), 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. [1] [2]
The league is scheduled to operate with six teams during the 2025 season. [3] 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. [4] [5]
The Pittsfield Suns are again scheduled to sit out the season, as Wahconah Park will not be ready. [6] 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. [7]
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x – Worcester Bravehearts | 61 | 45 | 16 | .738 | -- |
| 2 | x – Vermont Lake Monsters | 62 | 40 | 22 | .645 | 5.5 |
| 3 | x – New Britain Bees | 61 | 29 | 32 | .475 | 16.0 |
| 4 | x – Norwich Sea Unicorns | 61 | 28 | 33 | .459 | 17.0 |
| 5 | Nashua Silver Knights | 60 | 24 | 36 | .400 | 20.5 |
| 6 | Westfield Starfires | 61 | 17 | 44 | .279 | 28.0 |
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR | Shaun McMillan | Vermont Lake Monsters | 11 |
| AVG | Patrick Shrake | Nashua Silver Knights | .342 |
| RBIs | Shaun McMillan | Vermont Lake Monsters | 52 |
| SB | Cole Patterson | Nashua Silver Knights | 23 |
| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | Various Players | Various Teams | 5 |
| ERA | Garret Garbinski | New Britain Bees | 0.70 |
| SO | John Delgado | Vermont Lake Monsters | 53 |
| SV | Sean Gamble | Vermont Lake Monsters | 10 |
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | TBD | TBD |
| Pro Prospect of the Year | TBD | TBD |
| Pitcher of the Year | TBD | TBD |
| Relief Pitcher of the Year | TBD | TBD |
| Manager of the Year | TBD | TBD |
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
| Semifinals (best-of-three) | Futures Collegiate Baseball League Championship Series (best-of-three) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Worcester Bravehearts | 4 | 1 | X | |||||||||
| 4 | Norwich Sea Unicorns | 8 | 2 | X | |||||||||
| 4 | Norwich Sea Unicorns | 0 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| 3 | New Britain Bees | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2 | Vermont Lake Monsters | 8 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | New Britain Bees | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||