The 2025 Prospect League season is the 16th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Prospect League, a collegiate summer baseball league in the Midwestern United States, since its creation in June 2009. There are 18 Prospect League teams, split evenly between Eastern and Western Conferences. These conferences are then split up between the Northeast, Central, Northwest, and South divisions.
The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp entered the season as defending champions, having defeated the Terre Haute Rex, two games to zero, in the league's 2024 championship series.
Season schedule.
It was announced during the offseason that the city of Quincy, Illinois would once again have a team in the league after previously being the host city for the Quincy Gems from 2009 to 2023. After months of anticipation it was announced that the team had been given the name the Doggy Paddlers.
The Full Count Rhythm departed the league during the offseason to join the Ohio Valley League.
The 18 teams in the league are split evenly between two conferences Eastern and Western. These two conferences are then split up into four divisions, Northeast, Central, Northwest, and South.
The season will be played with a 60-game schedule, which is split between two halves, with the first half ending on June 30 and the second half ending on July 31. The first-half winners in each division will host the second-half winners in a one-game divisional championship round. (If the same team wins both halves, the team with the next-best second-half record makes the playoffs).
Playoffs.
Format.
The playoffs will begin with four winner-take-all division championships followed by two winner-take-all conference championships and will conclude with a best-of-three league championship series. The playoffs are tentatively slated to begin on August 1 and conclude on August 8.