MOORHEAD, Minn. - iSportsWire -- After an off-season filled with new partnerships, MLB organization signings and a fun run by the Kane County Cougars in the Baseball Champions League (BCL) Americas last month, the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) is set to begin the 2025 regular season.

Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week:

• Once again, all AAPB games can be seen LIVE for FREE on the league's streaming service, AABaseball.TV. Fans can also catch games via AAPB broadcast partners Unbeaten, Ryz Sports Network and Gray TV.
• Cleburne also entertains Winnipeg tonight, with a 7:06 p.m. CT start. All other teams begin their campaigns on Friday, with each squad playing 100 contests in the regular season.
• A few AAPB alumni have made news signing with MLB organizations, notably J.C. Escarra.Dayson Croes recently signed with the San Franciso Giants' organization. Fourteen league alumni have already appeared in the big leagues in 2025
• It's worked the other way too, as some names familiar to MLB fans are newly dotting AAPB rosters, as former Atlanta Braves All-Star pitcher Jair Jurrjens and Jake Diekman, a New York Met in 2024, will pitch for the Lincoln Saltdogs.
• One of the biggest stories of the 2024 season is running it back in 2025, as J.D. Scholten has returned to pitch for Sioux City. Last year, he made national news by rejoining the Explorers after a 17-year hiatus.
• Among the off-season partnerships the AAPB has announced are an agreement with Carbliss as the league's first-ever Founding Partner and its official "Ready to Drink" beverage; Champro, the official uniform supplier for the BCL; an extension with VensureHR as the exclusive and preferred supplier in the payroll category for the league; Unbeaten, RYZ Network and FuboTV as broadcast partners; CAPX as official hat; and IAS Branding as preferred promotional partner.
• In other broadcast news, the Kansas City Monarchs have moved their radio coverage of road games to Audacy's KWOD 1660 AM. And select Chicago Dogs games will be streamed live on WGN+.
• Some notable milestones to look out for early in the season are:
• Sioux Falls' Jabari Henry has 141 career AAPB home runs, 5 fewer than the 146 by league career record holder Reggie Abercrombie (SF '10-'13, WPG '14-'19)
• Winnipeg's Max Murphy has 148 career AAPB doubles, 16 fewer than the 164 by league career record holder John Allen (FW '07-'11, LAR '12-'13)
 
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