It’s time for a new way to determine the Dominican Summer League champions. Are you ready for the DSL Cup?
The brand new playoff format is set to debut in the Rookie ball league on Thursday, when 16 of the DSL’s top teams participate in a two-stage DSL postseason to determine the league’s 2025 champs.
Those 16 teams will be divided into four pools of four teams each, seeded by winning percentage, and participate in a round-robin competition. The team with the best record in each pool will then advance to the Championship Bracket, which will consist of best-of-three Semifinal and Final Rounds.
The original field of 16 is determined by the eight DSL division winners and the eight teams with the best winning percentage that did not win their division (Wild Card teams). This format set up