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| 2025 Atlantic League season | |
|---|---|
| League | Atlantic League |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | Regular Season: April 25 – September 18 Playoffs: |
| Number of games | 126 (636 games in total) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Regular season | |
| Postseason | |
| Championship Series | |
The 2025 Atlantic League season will be the 28th season of the Atlantic League. There will be a ten-team 126-game schedule. The Gastonia Ghost Peppers will be playing in their first full season with their fan voted name.
In the previous 2024 Season;
York Revolution were 1st Half North Division Winners
Gastonia Baseball Team were 1st Half South Division Winners
Lancaster Stormers were 2nd Half North Division Winners
Charleston Dirty Birds were 2nd Half South Division Winners
These four teams met in the playoffs, where the York Revolution defeated the Dirty Birds for their 4th Atlantic League title.[1]
Rules and Scheduling
[edit]The full and official APBL rule book can be found as a PDF file in the reference source in the "Playoff" section of this Wikipedia article
For 2025; each team will play a 126 game schedule divided into two halves. The league will be divided equally with five teams in the North Division and five teams in the South Division. at the conclusion of the regular season, there will be two divisional championship series and a league championship following.[2]
Teams
[edit]There will be 10 teams in this year's competition, divided into two divisions with five teams each.
North Division
- Hagerstown Flying Boxcars
- Lancaster Stormers
- Long Island Ducks
- Staten Island FerryHawks
- York Revolution
South Division
- Charleston Dirty Birds
- Gastonia Ghost Peppers
- High Point Rockers
- Lexington Legends
- Southern Maryland Blue Crabs
Team Notes
- Hagerstown Flying Boxcars: Have a new Pitching Coach. Arthur Rhodes played in the MLB from 1991 to 2011.[3]
- Long Island Ducks: Are celebrating their 25th Season. They are the oldest team in the league.[4]
Regular season standings
[edit]1st Half
[edit]as of January 14, 2025
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hagerstown Flying Boxcars | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 2 | Lancaster Stormers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 3 | Long Island Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 4 | Staten Island FerryHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 5 | York Revolution | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston Dirty Birds | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 2 | Gastonia Ghost Peppers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 3 | High Point Rockers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 4 | Lexington Legends | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 5 | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
2nd Half
[edit]as of January 14, 2025
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hagerstown Flying Boxcars | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 2 | Lancaster Stormers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 3 | Long Island Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 4 | Staten Island FerryHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 5 | York Revolution | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston Dirty Birds | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 2 | Gastonia Ghost Peppers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 3 | High Point Rockers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 4 | Lexington Legends | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 5 | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Overall
[edit]as of January 14, 2025
| Pos | Team | G | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston Dirty Birds | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 2 | Gastonia Ghost Peppers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 3 | Hagerstown Flying Boxcars | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 4 | High Point Rockers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 5 | Lancaster Stormers | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 6 | Lexington Legends | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 7 | Long Island Ducks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 8 | Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 9 | Staten Island FerryHawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
| 10 | York Revolution | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -- |
- y – Clinched Divisional Spot
- x – Clinched Wild Card Spot
- e – Eliminated from playoff contention
Playoffs
[edit]The Playoff format for the 2025 APBL Season can be found in the full APBL rule book. [5] The format for the playoffs can be found in Section 6b of the APBL rule book.
Since the cancelled 2020 season; if the same team wins both halves of the season, the 2nd Half Winners Divisional Series spot will be given to the team with the best overall record who has not qualified for the playoffs. A team does not have to be from same division to be given the open playoff spot. [6]
Format
[edit]The Format for the playoffs will be unchanged from last season. Both the Divisional Series and the Championship Series will be a best of 5 series.
- Divisional Series
- 1st Half Winner will choose if they will host Games 1+2 or Games 3,4,and 5
- Championship Series
- Since 2025 is an "odd" year, the team from the North Divisional Series will host Games 1 and 2
Playoff bracket
[edit]| Division Series (best-of-five) 9/19-9/24 place holder | Championship Series (best-of-five) 9/26-10/1 place holder | |||||||||||||||
North Division | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | North Division 1st Half Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | North Division 2nd Half Winner | |||||||||||||||
| N | North Division Divisional Series Winner | |||||||||||||||
South Division | ||||||||||||||||
| S | South Division Divisional Series Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | South Division 1st Half Winner | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | South Division 2nd Half Winner | |||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "York Revolution are 2024 Atlantic League Champs". WGAL.com. September 27, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ "Atlantic League Announces 2025 Schedule". Atlanticleague.com. October 8, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ "Hagerstown Announces Coaching Staff Hires". AtlanticLeague.com. October 30, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ^ "25th Anniversary Season Begins April 25th". LIDucks.com. October 8, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
- ^ "Official Rules and Regulations 2024 Edition" (PDF). Atlanticleague.com. January 1, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.
- ^ "Updated Atlantic League Wild Card Spot". LIDucks.com. September 10, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2025.