2024 Prospect League season | |
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League | Prospect League |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | May 28 – July 31 (Playoffs: August 1 – August 8) |
Number of games | 60 (540 games in total) |
Number of teams | 18 |
Northeast Division | |
League champions | Chillicothe Paints |
Central Division | |
League champions | Terre Haute Rex |
Northwest Division | |
League champions | Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp |
South Division | |
League champions | Thrillville Thrillbillies |
Prospect League Championship | |
Champions | Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp |
Runners-up | Terre Haute Rex |
Finals MVP | Jared Herzog |
The 2024 Prospect League season is the 15th season of collegiate summer baseball in the Prospect League, a collegiate summer baseball league in the Midwestern United States, since its creation in June 2009. There are 18 Prospect League teams, split evenly between Eastern and Western Conferences. These conferences are then split up between the Northeast, Central, Northwest, and South divisions.
The Chillicothe Paints entered the season as two-time defending champions, having defeated the Quincy Gems, two games to one, in the league's 2023 championship series.[1]