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2026 Canadian Baseball League season
2026 Canadian Baseball League season: first pro season of the CBL, formerly the Intercounty Baseball League (IBL). Nine Ontario teams, 48 games each, opened May 10, 2026; Welland Jackfish won the Dominico Cup.
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), independent pro baseball league founded 1998 by Frank Boulton; MLB's first Professional Partner League since 2019; 10 teams, 126-game schedule, rule-testing lab, Boulton Trophy.
Banana Ball
Banana Ball, also called Banana Ball rules of the Savannah Bananas, is an 11-rule fast baseball variant with inning points, a two-hour limit, fan foul-ball outs, and a six-team BBCL touring league.
Dakota Albritton
Dakota Albritton, nicknamed "Stilts", is a Banana Ball player for the Savannah Bananas who performs as a pitcher, hitter, and entertainer while standing on 10-foot stilts.
Frontier League
The Frontier League, from 2027 the National Association of Professional Baseball (NAPB), is an independent professional baseball league founded in 1993, an MLB Partner League with 18 teams in the US and Eastern Canada.
Gastonia Ghost Peppers
Gastonia Ghost Peppers, formerly Gastonia Baseball Club and Honey Hunters, an Atlantic League independent baseball team at CaroMont Health Park in Gastonia, North Carolina, renamed 2024 after the Carolina Reaper; ceased operations September 30, 2026.
Kyle Jackson (baseball)
Kyle 'KJ' Jackson (born 2002, Bowling Green, Ohio) is a baseball infielder for the Savannah Bananas and former Kent State Golden Flashes player, a .275 college hitter who overcame labrum and back surgeries.
Long Beach Coast
Long Beach Coast (also the Regulators) is an independent Pioneer League professional baseball team founded in 2026, playing at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, co-owned by Warren G, managed by Troy Percival.
Mississippi Mud Monsters
Mississippi Mud Monsters, Pearl, Mississippi Frontier League (West Division, Midwest Conference) independent professional baseball team founded 2024, playing at 8,480-seat Trustmark Park since the 2025 inaugural season.
New Jersey Jackals
The New Jersey Jackals are an independent professional baseball team in the Frontier League, based at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, with five league titles.
Oakland Ballers
Oakland Ballers, the B's, independent Pioneer League baseball team founded November 2023 by Bryan Carmel and Paul Freedman after the A's Las Vegas move; plays at Raimondi Park, fan-owned via crowdfunding, 2025 league champions.
Savannah Bananas
Savannah Bananas: independent pro baseball team founded by Jesse and Emily Cole in Savannah, Georgia, in 2016. Plays Banana Ball (two-hour games, inning points, fan foul-ball outs) in the six-team Banana Ball Championship League; first international games in Canada and Mexico in 2027.