The stage is set for an intriguing championship game matchup in the 67th Caribbean Series on Friday at 10 p.m. ET on MLB Network and MLB.TV, between the Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic) and the Charros de Jalisco (Mexico) at Mexicali’s Nido de las Águilas Stadium.

As MLB spring training looms, the 67th edition of the Caribbean Series will take baseball by storm, with play beginning on Friday, Jan. 31. The Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela - the four members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation - will each send the winner of their respective winter leagues to compete in the Caribbean Series 2025.

Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico, gives us a glimpse of the annual tournament’s future, while also featuring the four teams that made up the event’s traditional lineup for decades. Different from the recent Caribbean Series -- which featured relatively new nations to the tournament such as Curaçao,

Mexico vies to finish the 2025 Caribbean Series with an unblemished record as it battles powerhouse Dominican Republic in the championship game on Friday night. Charros de Jalisco (Mexico) won all four of its round-robin games before defeating Puerto Rico in Wednesday's semifinal bout.

Mexico will face the DR in tonight's Caribbean Series championship, a tournament for Latin America’s best winter league baseball teams.