NALB - 2025 Regular Season Ends

The NALB 2025 regular season is over. Only the Nashville Firecats cruised to a division title. The Brooklyn Knights edged out the Dayton Grizzlies by three games. In League 2, the Maples and Crusaders each won their divisions by a four game margin. Three teams with over 90 wins failed to make the playoffs: Grizzlies (98), Slam (91), and Wild (91).

The League Series match-ups:
Nashville Firecats (87-75) vs. Brooklyn Knights (101-61)
Stade Maples (90–72) vs. St. James Crusaders (95-67)

Head to head this season:
The Firecats were 14-9 against the Knights.
The Maples were 15-8 against the Crusaders.

Both series feature intriguing matchups. The lower seeded teams did very well against the higher seeded favorites. The League 2 Series is a rematch of the same teams from 2024. Last year, the Maples defeated the Crusaders in five games and went on to become World Champions.

Playoff injury report:

Brooklyn's lefty starter Dan Courtlandt tweaked his back a bit in his last start but he is expected to be available in a few days.
Nashville has a number of players on the injured list: LF Graviel Estado, SP Carly Bausermann, LF Oscar Barrientes, SP Bryan Murphy, LF Chris Lee, and RP K.J. McKilligan. Some of these players were injured a while ago so the Firecats have been playing and winning without them for some time,

St. James has RP Félix Oralle and RP Jesús Montufar on the IL.
Stade has a number of pitchers on the IL: RP Johan Gaier, SP José Trujilio, SP, Eriq Barber, SP Sosuke Nakamura, and CL Michael Tadlock.

September 2025 awards:

League 1
Batter of the Month: Zacarías Marquis (Dayton Grizzlies)
Pitcher of the Month: Fernando Villazana (Dayton Grizzlies)
Rookie of the Month: Lúcio Betancourt (St. Rock Mudcats)

League 2
Batter of the Month: Yves Provençal (Quebeck Sky Chiefs)
Pitcher of the Month: Ximen Palmeiro (Vancouver Wild)
Rookie of the Month: Adolph Hoch (Quebeck Sky Chiefs)