Florida Sports Blog's Minor League Sports section covers professional and developmental teams based throughout the state that are not already organized beneath a Florida major-league parent club. Coverage includes baseball, hockey, soccer, indoor football and professional volleyball, with team news, schedules, transactions, prospects and game stories. Florida has supported professional development leagues for more than a century, especially in baseball, where the Florida State League traces its organized history to 1919. Hockey, soccer, indoor football, basketball and volleyball later added their own statewide footprints, giving Florida fans a broad network of clubs below the major-league level. These teams have long served as both community institutions and pathways for athletes moving toward the highest levels of their sports.
Reece Beekman scored a career-high 26 points as the Osceola Magic defeated the Motor City Cruise 123-116 to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
Malachi Witherspoon earned the win as the Lakeland Flying Tigers defeated the Dunedin Blue Jays 11-3 after scoring six runs on seven hits in the fourth inning.
The Lakeland Flying Tigers rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Clearwater Threshers 6-5 Tuesday night at Joker Marchant Stadium.
The Jupiter Hammerheads lost 8-3 to the Tampa Tarpons at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, dropping their third consecutive game against Tampa.
The Dunedin Blue Jays fell 7-5 to the Palm Beach Cardinals at TD Ballpark after holding separate leads of three runs and two runs.
Antonio Pimentel had three hits and a ninth-inning home run, but the Bradenton Marauders lost 5-3 to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels at Hammond Stadium.
The Bradenton Marauders announced a 132-game 2027 Florida State League baseball schedule, including 66 home games at LECOM Park and an April 2 opener against the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels.
Cristian Jauregui had three hits and drove in a run, but the Bradenton Marauders lost 4-2 to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels at Hammond Stadium.
The Jacksonville Icemen announced their full 2026-27 promotional schedule, including the Oct. 16 home opener against the South Carolina Stingrays and events marking the team's 10th anniversary season.
Echedry Vargas hit his 25th home run to set the Jupiter Hammerheads single-season record, but Tampa defeated Jupiter 2-1 in five innings.
