PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The West Michigan Whitecaps and their newly earned Midwest League championship trophy are returning to West Michigan Wednesday night.

The team says their buses are expected to return between 6:30 and 7 p.m. Wednesday and are encouraging fans to come out and celebrate.

“Caps fans who want to come out and give them the hero’s welcome are invited,” the team said in a social media post. “Hope to see a lot of you there to cheer like mad as the 2025 Midwest League Champs arrive!”

Fans can park in LMCU Ballpark’s “south lot” and gather by the team entrance outside the new clubhouse.

The Whitecaps beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 3-1 Tuesday night to complete their playoff sweep and earn the Midwest League title.

The Whitecaps have been the Midwest League’s best team all season. With three of the Detroit Tigers’ top prospects — Josue Briceno, Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle — the Caps stormed out to a 44-21 record and secured the East Division’s first-half playoff spot.

The trio were each promoted to Double-A Erie in early July. John Peck and Seth Stephenson were promoted in mid-August. Despite all of the promotions, the Caps managed to play even better. Since the trio was promoted, the Whitecaps went 38-13.

Overall, they finished the season 92-39, 18.5 games better than any other team in the Midwest League. They also had the best run differential (+294) of any team in pro baseball. Their .702 winning percentage was the best by a full-season Minor League Baseball team since 1997 — a .706 mark also set by the West Michigan Whitecaps.

The championship is the Whitecaps’ seventh Midwest League title in their 32-year history. The Caps won their first title in 1996, their third year as a ball club. They also won the Midwest League in 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2015.