The Dominican Summer League, operated by Major League Baseball, is a Rookie-level circuit that has operated in the Dominican Republic since 1985.
Address:
Dominican Summer League
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Website: milb.com/dominican-summer
Dominican Summer League Office Staff
Manager, Complex Leagues: Andy Shultz
Email: [email protected]
2022 Opening Date: June 6
Closing Date:
Regular Season:
Division Alignment
Baseball City Division – Blue Jays, BAL Black, BAL Orange, Dbacks Black, Dbacks Red, Padres, Reds, White Sox
North Division – BOS Blue, BOS Red, CLE Blue, CLE Red, HOU Blue, HOU Orange, KC Glass, KC Stewart
Northeast Division – Cubs Blue, Cubs Red, Mets 1, Mets 2, NYY Bombers, NYY Yankees, PIT Black, PIT Gold
Northwest Division – Athletics, Braves, DSL Marlins, DSL Miami, DSL Rays, DSL Tampa Bay, LAD Bautista, LAD Mega
San Pedro Division – DSL Brewers 1, DSL Brewers 2, Phillies Red, Phillies White, TEX Blue, TEX Red, Tigers 1, Tigers 2
South Division – Angels, Cardinals, DSL Colorado, DSL Giants Black, DSL Giants Orange, DSL Rockies, Mariners, Nationals, Twins
Playoff Procedures
- Postseason begins on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022.
- Six (6) division winners and two (2) wild card teams (i.e., the teams with the best winning percentage who are not a division winners).
- Eight (8) teams seeded according to winning percentage, regardless of whether the team is a division winner or wild card (1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5).
- All rounds are best-of-three.
Tiebreakers
- In the event of any ties, the following tiebreakers will apply in the order below:
- Head-to-head record (if three or more Clubs, best winning percentage in games among the Clubs).
- If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over the last 20 games.
- If the Clubs remain tied, best overall winning percentage over an additional game (i.e., the last 21 games, the last 22 games, etc.) until one emerges with a better winning percentage in that span of games.