2025–26 LVBP season

2025–26 LVBP season
LeagueVenezuelan Professional Baseball League
SportBaseball
DurationSeptember 2025 – January 2026
Games56 games (regular season)
Teams8
TV partner(s) Venevision
One Sports+
Regular season
Final Series

The 2025–26 LVBP season is the 80th edition of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The regular season started on October 15, and will run to December 27, 2025. Playoffs are scheduled to begin on December 28th, with the final series is expected to begin on January 23rd, 2026.[1]

The season is the 80th edition of Venezuela's professional winter league, and will be played in honor of Dave Concepción, a former player and manager with the Tigres de Aragua.[1] Cardenales de Lara are the defending champions, having won their seventh championship in the 2024 season.

The winners of the 2025–26 season will represent Venezuela at the 2026 Caribbean Series, scheduled to be held on home soil in Caracas and La Guaira.[2][3]

Competition format

The regular season will feature 56 games for each team, with each team playing eight games series against the others. The top four teams in the standings will advance directly to the round robin playoffs, while the fifth and sixth-place teams will compete in a Wild Card Series. he top two teams in the round-robin tournament will move on to the final series, which is expected to begin on January 23."[1]

Regular season

The season opened with a game between the champion Cardenales de Lara and the Tigres de Aragua on October 15, with the rest of the league opening on October 16.[1] Estadio Metropolitano in San Cristóbal, Táchira will host the "Serie Táchira" on Dec. 7-8, between the Navegantes del Magallanes and the Caribes de Anzoátegui. Observers have suggested the series may be a means to gauge interest in expanding the league to Táchira State.[4]

Standings

As of 19 November 2025[5]
Pos Team GTooltip Games played W L Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road RS RA RD
1 Águilas del Zulia 26 15 11 .577 — 9–6 6–5 125 168 -43
2 Caribes de Anzoátegui 27 15 12 .556 0.5 10—3 5—9 157 139 +18
2 Tigres de Aragua 27 15 12 .556 0.5 11—3 4—9 126 119 +7
4 Bravos de Margarita 28 15 13 .536 1 8—4 7—9 156 137 +19
5 Cardenales de Lara 27 13 14 .481 2.5 7—6 6—8 141 133 +8
6 Tiburones de La Guaira 27 12 15 .444 3.5 6—6 6—9 165 155 +10
7 Leones del Caracas 25 11 14 .440 3.5 8—6 3—8 147 154 -7
8 Navegantes del Magallanes 27 11 16 .407 4.5 7—7 4—9 112 124 -12

Managerial changes

In season

Team Former manager Reason for leaving New manager Notes
Navegantes del Magallanes Eduardo Pérez Resigned Yadier Molina On November 5, 2025, Pérez stepped down as manager of Navegantes by "mutual agreement" with the club, to be replaced on an interim basis by bench coach Mario Lisson. At the time, Magallanes was 5-11 and last in the standings; Pérez's overall regular season record with the team was 34-38 over two seasons.[6] The next day, the team announced that Molina, who previously served as manager in the 2021–22 season, would return as manager.[7]
Tiburones de La Guaira Gregorio Petit Fired Marco Davalillo On November 17, 2025, Tiburones announced they had fired Gregorio Petit; he finished with an 11-15 record, tied for last place.[8]

League leaders

As of 5 December 2025

Awards and honors

Player of the Week

Week Player Position Team Ref.
1 Aldrem Corredor 1B Caracas [11]
2 Balbino Fuenmayor 1B Anzoátegui [12]
3 Harold Castro 2B Caracas [13]
4 Yonathan Daza CF Caracas [14]
5 Balbino Fuenmayor 1B Anzoátegui [15]
6 Jadher Areinamo 2B La Guaira [16]
7 Wilson García 1B Margarita [17]
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References

  1. ^ a b c d "La temporada 25-26 se jugará en honor a David Concepción". Correo del Caroni. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Report: 2026 Caribbean Series Will Stay In Caracas, Venezuela Despite Rising Tensions In Region". World Baseball Network. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  3. ^ "LVBP 2025-26 Preview: Leones Hope To Play Another Caribbean Series At Home". World Baseball Network. 13 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Navegantes del Magallanes and Caribes de Anzoátegui to Meet in Serie Táchira". World Baseball Network. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Posiciones (Temporada regular)". LVBP.com. 19 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Eduardo Pérez no sigue con Magallanes, Mario Lissón asume como mánager interino". LVBP. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Yadier Molina returns seeking revenge as manager of Magallanes". LVBP. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Tiburones despidió a Gregorio Petit y nombró mánager a Marco Davalillo". LVBP. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Líderes en Bateo (Temporada regular)". LVBP.com. 20 October 2025.
  10. ^ "Líderes en Picheo (Temporada regular)". LVBP.com. 20 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Aldrem Corredor se alzó con el Jugador de la Semana por primera vez en su carrera". LVBP.com. 20 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Balbino Fuenmayor explotó y se llevó el Jugador de la Semana". LVBP.com. 27 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Harold Castro llegó y se llevó el Jugador de la Semana "Maggi"". LVBP.com. 3 November 2025.
  14. ^ "Yonathan Daza arrazó y se llevó el Jugador de la Semana "Maggi"". LVBP.com. 10 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Balbino Fuenmayor volvió a alzarse con el Jugador de la Semana "Maggi"". LVBP.com. 17 November 2025.
  16. ^ "Jadher Areinamo se alzó con el Jugador de la Semana "Maggi"". LVBP.com. 24 November 2025.
  17. ^ "Wilson García se alzó con el Jugador de la Semana "Maggi"". LVBP.com. 1 December 2025.


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