If the teams hit the same number of home runs, a second round is played that allows five "outs".

The original FCBL Home Run Derby was a race against the clock, in which the three rounds comprised 3, 2, and then 1 minute.

The Futures League was co-developed by: The Carminucci Sports Group sought to place an NECBL franchise on the island of Martha's Vineyard, and the Spinners hoped to do the same in Nashua, New Hampshire.

[7] Earlier, a league press release had mentioned that "The FCBL is planning and negotiating with other locations for further expansion in the 2013 season.

A Tornadoes creditor, John Creedon Jr., was in discussions with the College of the Holy Cross to secure a lease for Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field.

The All-Star Game assembled teams comprising the best players of each division; on July 24, the West beat the East, 4–1.

[10][11] On September 20, 2013, John Creedon Jr., who prior to the 2013 season had discussed bringing baseball back to the city of Worcester, announced that he would indeed operate the league's tenth franchise at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field starting in 2014,[12] and unveiled the Bravehearts on December 2, 2013.

[16] In November 2015, the league announced that the playoff format would revert to that of 2014, with six of ten teams making the post-season.

[17] The Seacoast Mavericks had the first winning season in its six-year history, but lost the semifinal series to Nashua in three games.

A visit by Bristol to North Shore on July 27 was suspended at 7 minutes after midnight, tied 4-4 after 17 innings.

It was completed on August 4, North Shore scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the 21st inning.

It disrupted the scheduling of both pitching staffs and led the league to announce a rules change the next year.

On January 27, 2017, the league announced that regular-season games tied after 10 innings would be decided by a home-run hitting contest.

[3][22] The first use of the Home Run Derby was June 7, when the visiting Martha's Vineyard Sharks tied the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs, 13–13, after 10 innings.

[24] The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs said that the city commission controlling the grounds declined to renew the operating agreement as "(The DPW) felt we weren't cleaning up after ourselves as well as we should".

The league allowed teams to carry up to 5 "commits" (high-school graduates intending to play college baseball in the coming year).

The league retained the Home Run Derby, but dropped the provision for tie games and standings based on a point system.

The league also kept the 2017 format in which the top 6 teams made the playoffs (the lower-seeded four entering a one-game play-in), though this was now 6-of-7 rather than 6-of-9.

[30] The FCBL announced a new ownership group in Westfield, Massachusetts, but the move was countered as the Martha's Vineyard Sharks switched to the NECBL.

The Futures League claimed this move would require either a two-thirds "hardship" vote of other franchises or payment of an exit fee, and sued to block the switch.

In addition, Worcester's semifinal series was delayed for one day based on its lack of access to Fitton Field on August 7.

[39] The Home Run Derby to break ties continued for a fourth year, but lasting only a single, three-minute round.

The NECBL and the Cape Cod League did not play at all, and the start of the FCBL's 2020 season was delayed.

Based on "reopening guidelines" of the governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, the league played an unbalanced schedule continuing further into August than ever before.

Chris English, the owner of the Brockton Rox, is the leader of the Lake Monsters' ownership group.

For the third consecutive year, select Futures League games were broadcast on regional cable sports channel NESN.

The Nashua Silver Knights defeated the Vermont Lake Monsters in three games to win their sixth Futures League championship.

The league announced that Pittsfield would not play the 2024 season because of safety issues at Wahconah Park.

[50] The Brockton Rox ceased operation, with its name taken on by a professional team previously known as the New England Knockouts in the Frontier League.

John Creedon, Jr., the owner of the Worcester Bravehearts and Nashua Silver Knights, is chairman of the league's board of directors.