ALPB Announces Division Alignment for 2014

Adjustments made in preparation for League expansion in 2015

Lancaster, Pa. – The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball today announced the alignments of its Liberty and Freedom Divisions for the 2014 season. The Somerset Patriots will join the Long Island Ducks, Camden Riversharks and Bridgeport Bluefish in the Liberty Division; the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs will join the Sugar Land Skeeters, Lancaster Barnstormers and York Revolution in the Freedom Division.

This division alignment prepares the Atlantic League for the creation of the Western Division as teams are added in Texas, and other markets, over the next few years,” said Atlantic League President, Peter Kirk. “It will also create a well-balanced travel schedule and continue to enhance fun, local rivalries amongst the four Liberty Division teams which are within close proximity of one another.

The Atlantic League continues to be the only professional baseball league in an active expansion mode. Over the next few years, the League plans to expand from 8 to 12 teams, which will join the existing teams in the major metropolitan markets of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Houston.