MOORHEAD, Minn., August 28, 2025 – With only a handful of video games remaining, six of the eight American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (@AA_Baseball) postseason berths are set, however seven of the eight seeds are nonetheless in flux. Chicago (49-45) has rallied to inside three video games of first-place Lake Nation (52-42) within the East, whereas Sioux Metropolis (61-34) leads the West and continues to carry onto the league’s greatest file, clinching the division and residential area benefit all through the playoffs final night time. All common season and postseason video games within the MLB Accomplice League stay free for stay viewing on AABaseball.television.
Listed here are 10 (or so) Issues to Know in regards to the AAPB this week:
- After a dominant 14-strikeout efficiency final Friday, Monarchs ace Julian Garcia has signed with the Cincinnati Reds. By 4 August begins, Garcia racked up 44 strikeouts and earned three wins. He additionally set Kansas Metropolis’s single-season strikeout file (163) and got here inside 4 of the AAPB single-season file.
- Playoff Primer: A few notes on the 2025 AAPB Wolff Cup:
- High 4 groups within the East and West divisions advance, with every common season champion deciding on their best-of-three Division Sequence (Sept. 3-6) opponent
- These winners play within the best-of-five Division Championship (Sept. 8-13), for the precise to face the opposite within the Wolff Cup Last (Sept. 15-20), additionally best-of-five
- Decrease seed host Recreation 1 and better seed hosts Video games 2 & 3 (if mandatory) in Division Sequence. Decrease seed host Video games 1 & 2 and better seed hosts Video games 3, 4 (if mandatory) & 5 (if mandatory) in Division Sequence and Last.
- Kane County is the defending AAPB champion
- Followers wanting previous the standings because the playoffs method can view the penultimate common season AAPB energy rankings, which noticed Kansas Metropolis (2nd) and Sioux Falls (3rd) bounce one slot every, behind final week’s chief Sioux Metropolis. Chicago leaps to fourth because it closed the hole to simply two video games behind East chief Lake Nation, which dropped out of the highest 5 regardless of the division edge.
- Most on-field AAPB Postseason awards equivalent to All-Stars at every place, Rookie, Participant, Supervisor of the 12 months, and many others., will likely be introduced subsequent week.
- Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks infielder José Sermo and Kane County Cougars starter Chris Mazza gained the American Affiliation’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week for the week ending Sunday. Sermo drove in 15 runs whereas hitting .478 (11-for-23) with two doubles, three dwelling runs and 5 runs scored. Mazza, the previous massive leaguer with three groups, fired 11 1/3 shutout innings throughout two begins.
- Sioux Metropolis’s Nate Gercken has pitched 220 video games, now tied for second all-time within the American Affiliation, matching Dustin Cameron (2006-2014 with six groups). The highest spot all-time within the league is Victor Capellan with 282 (2014-2020, 2024 largely with Winnipeg).
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- Talking of data, two present Kane County Cougars maintain crew marks, together with Jake Gozzo, most saves – 17 and counting; and Konnor Ash, most strikeouts, 127 and counting. Ash can be on watch to tie most wins (11, presently at 10), greatest ERA (2.94 or higher, presently at 2.59)
- Two trades with postseason implications went down this week, with OF Jairus Richards (.247/.381/.432, 10 HR, 37 RBI,) going from Gary to Fargo-Moorhead and infielder Brantley Bell (.308/.353/.493, 11 HR, 40 RBI) shifting from Chicago to Kansas Metropolis.
- It hasn’t been the form of season that Gary SouthShore followers had hoped for, however the RailCats have been a handful down the stretch, posting a 20-8 mark since July 26. After yet one more recreation tonight at Kane County, they host Lincoln for 4 season-ending video games Friday via Monday.
- Sioux Falls is providing free tickets to all youngsters 12 and below to attend Friday’s recreation vs. Fargo-Moorhead, the weekend wraparound sequence opener between two West division playoff qualifiers.
- The Winnipeg Goldeyes introduced on Wednesday that they are going to be internet hosting a double-feature film night time that includes two all-time classics—The Princess Bride and Raiders of the Misplaced Ark—proven on the ballpark’s large HD video board on Sept. 20.
- In different crew leisure information, the Kansas Metropolis Monarchs will host two festivals at Legends Area this fall. The KC Blues & Jazz Pageant ’25 will happen on Friday, October 3 and Saturday, October 4, adopted by the Funkenstein Fest ’25 on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25.
- A few of this week’s notable promotions throughout the league embody:
- Pope Leo is for positive the largest baseball fan ever to name the Apostolic Palace dwelling, and the primary 1500 Kane County Cougars followers at tonight’s recreation vs. Gary SouthShore can rejoice the pontiff with a Pope Leo Bobblehead giveaway. The Cougars acknowledge one other notable baseball fan with a Snoopy bobblehead giveaway on Saturday.
- The Cougars go all out the remainder of the ultimate weekend of the common season, too, with Star Wars night time in collaboration with Autism Consciousness Night time on Saturday and Neon Night time, “America’s Acquired Expertise’s” Grace Good look and pregame live shows each days.
- Gary SouthShore closes out the common season with Fan Appreciation Night time on Monday, which features a crew card giveaway.
- Lake Nation is making the entire ultimate week into Fan Appreciation Nights at Wisconsin Brewing Firm Park. It begins with the rescheduled Drone Present introduced by Spiderz Batting Gloves tonight.
- The Kansas Metropolis Monarchs are celebrating the area’s wealthy heritage with the fourth annual HBCU Greek Night time on Friday.
- The Milwaukee Milkmen will honor firefighters, law enforcement officials, EMTs, paramedics and others in first responder roles after they maintain Defenders Night time on Saturday, with free tickets for first responders.
- Media curiosity in AAPB stays robust. A few of the latest articles on groups embody:
- Our Information/Bahamas famous that the Sioux Metropolis Explorers’ clubhouse will now have two Bahamians as they acquired Tahnaj Thomas from the Milkmen, becoming a member of outfielder D’shawn Knowles. Daunte Stuart and Chavez Younger are members of the Lake Nation Dockhounds main the East Division
In regards to the American Affiliation
The American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (www.aabaseball.com and www.aabaseball.television) is a Main League Baseball Accomplice League that operates in 9 states and one Canadian province. Fashioned in 2006, the league consists of twelve member golf equipment with many starting play in 1993. By the top of 2024, over 59 gamers with American Affiliation expertise had made their debut with MLB golf equipment after having first performed within the American Affiliation.
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