Information provided from an MLB press release
Major League Baseball has announced the schedule for the 2025 Arizona Fall League, which includes a tripleheader in Tucson and a new playoff format.
The AFL will return to Tucson for a tripleheader on Saturday, Oct. 11, with all six teams playing at Kino Sports Complex. The following week, on Saturday, Oct. 18, the league will return to the West Valley area for a tripleheader at Goodyear Ballpark.
The AFL was founded in 1992 as an instructional league for MLB teams. While Tucson was initially a part of the AFL’s history known as the Javelinas, the league’s focus shifted primarily to the Phoenix metropolitan area after 1994, with all teams now located there.
All AFL games will once again be streamed on the Arizona Fall League website and MLB Network will carry the annual Fall Stars Game on Sunday, Nov. 9, and the AFL Championship Game on Saturday, Nov. 15.
The 2025 AFL season will begin under the lights at Scottsdale Stadium on Monday, Oct. 6, when the Peoria Javelinas visit the Scottsdale Scorpions at 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Oct. 7, the Glendale Desert Dogs will visit the Salt River Rafters, and the Surprise Saguaros will visit the Mesa Solar Sox to open their respective campaigns.
The AFL Home Run Derby will take place Saturday, Nov. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at Sloan Park in Mesa. The annual AFL Fall Stars Game will take place Sunday, Nov. 9, at 6:00 p.m., and will be carried live on MLB Network.
The 2025 AFL season will feature the implementation of a new playoff format, which will see all six teams reach the postseason, with the two clubs with the best records receiving a first-round bye. The quarterfinal round will take place Thursday, Nov. 13, at Scottsdale Stadium, and will see the team with the third-best record facing the team with the sixth-best record at 1:30 p.m. The teams with the fourth- and fifth-best records will square off at 6:30 p.m. with the winners advancing to the semifinals the following day.
On Friday, Nov. 14, at Salt River Fields, the team with the second-best record will play the winner of the No. 3/No. 6 game at 1:30 p.m., and the top-seeded club will play the winner of the No. 4/No. 5 game at 6:30 p.m., Arizona local time.
The 2025 AFL Championship will be decided on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 6:00 p.m. at Salt River Fields and will be carried live on MLB Network, MLB.com and the MLB App.
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