Venezuelan Summer League

Venezuelan Summer League

Venezuelan Summer League logo
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1997
No. of teams	Four
Country	Venezuela
Most recent champion(s)	2015 VSL Tigers
Official website	Official site

The Venezuelan Summer League (VSL) was a Minor League Baseball rookie-level circuit which operated in the Major League Baseball's academies in the Venezuelan state of Carabobo. The VSL was created in 1997 as an alternative to the Dominican Summer League to improve the development of young prospects from Venezuela in their early years in organized baseball. Besides Carabobo, the states of Aragua, Lara and Yaracuy were represented in the league.

Political instability in the region led to all the MLB teams pulling their affiliates out of the country and the league shutting down before the 2016 season.

The regular season champion and the league runner-up played a best-of-three-games playoff series for the league championship. The league was closed to all MLB Draft eligible players, e.g., players from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, with the exception of two players from Puerto Rico.

Over the years there have been players from Argentina, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Sint Maarten and Venezuela.

Each team had a roster limit of 35 active players, at least 10 of which had to be pitchers. No player on the active list could have more than four years of minor league service. There were no age limits.