2025-2026 Australian Baseball League

The 2025-2026 Australian Baseball League was the fifteenth season in the second incarnation of the Australian Baseball League. The league shrank from six teams to four with the elimination of the Canberra Cavalry and Melbourne Aces.

The Adelaide Giants were the second straight titlist with a sub-.500 regular season, though it marked their third championship in the past four years. In Game 1 of the finals, Jack O'Loughlin retired 16 Sydney Blue Sox in a row and Mitch Evans hits a 9th-inning sayonara shot to break a 2-2 tie. Sydney's Alex Wells and Coen Wynne provided superb pitching in a 6-1 Game 2 victory to tie the series. In the clincher, Josh Hendrickson and three Adelaide relievers struck out 10 batters in a 6-2 win. The finals MVP was Devin Saltiban.

For the regular season, Adelaide's Nick Ward led with 52 hits and average (.354) and Saltiban led with 14 doubles, 9 steals and 29 RBI. O'Loughlin fanned a league-high 62. Sydney had a couple league leaders: Pablo Nunez led in runs (30), walks (27) and OBP (.446) while Landen Bourassa won the most games (6). The Brisbane Bandits' Robbie Perkins hit the most homers (10) and led with a .598 slugging, while teammate Tyler Jeans paced the loop with seven saves.

Regular Season Standings

1. Sydney Blue Sox, 24-14 Manager: Brooke Knight
2. Adelaide Giants, 19-20 Manager: Chris Adamson
3. Perth Heat, 18-21 Manager: Perry Roth
4. Brisbane Bandits, 16-22 Manager: Jim Bennett

Playoffs: Adelaide def. Sydney, 2 games to 1, in the finals