The 2023 Pecos League season will be the 13th season of professional baseball in the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which operates in cities in desert mountain regions throughout California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Texas, since its creation in August 2010. There are 16 Pecos League teams, split evenly between Mountain and Pacific divisions. The Roswell Invadersentered the season as the defending champions, having defeated the Tucson Saguaros, two games to one, in the league's 2022 championship series. Andrew Dunn returned as commissioner for the 2023 season. Season Schedule The 16 teams in the league are split evenly between two divisions, Mountain and Pacific. For the 2023 season, the league announced three expansion franchises: the Lancaster Sound Breakers, Marysville Drakes, and the Blackwell Fly Catchers. After competing in 2022, Weimer, Colorado Springs, and Wasco were not included as a member club in 2023. The Santa Cruz Seaweed moved to Vallejo, California. The season will be played played with a 50-game schedule with opening day in the Pacific Division on May 26, and opening day in the Mountain Division on June 1. The Regular season in both divisions will conclude on July 31. The Pecos League remains split into Mountain Division and Pacific Division. The Mountain and Pacific Divisions teams are aligned in four-team North and South Divisions. The top team in each four-team division and two teams that are non-division winners will qualify for the Playoffs. The Playoffs will consist of three rounds, ending with the Champion of the Mountain Division facing the winner of the Pacific Division.