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 ÃÂguilas in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico.
The series featured the winners of the respective winter league baseball leagues of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC): the four full members (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela), 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 1âÂÂ0 victory in the Final to claim their fifth title and first since 2012.
A single round-robin format; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two semifinal losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.
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 (MLB) player and Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Alex RamÃÂrez 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.
The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game<br>