The Cactus de Victoriaville would be the first people to tell you that they did not have their best regular season in 2026. Even though they finished in 3rd place in the B45 Division, the very veteran club had a record of 14 - 16 which is subpar for what the club is used to putting up for number each season. The playoffs were a much different story though as the club captured their second Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Quebec championship title in the last three season with a sweep of the defending champion Castors d'Acton Vale in the league final. 

To open the playoffs, the Cactus had a Best 2 of 3 play-in series against the Unicanvas de Thetford. In the series opener, it was Victoriaville who scored a 7 - 2 victory in this game as veteran LHP Rene Dave Pelchat went 5 1/3 innings to pick up the win. RHP Jonathan Paquet went the distance in getting the loss for the Unicanvas. Josue Peley had a pair of hits and a run while Shoma Asanari had a hit, a run and an RBI to lead the Victoriaville offense. Game two saw the Cactus complete the sweep with an 8 - 1 victory in Thetford. Yuki Narita picked up the win with six strong innings while Matt Marsh took the loss for Thetford. Peley (RBI) and Anasari each had a hit and a pair of runs to lead the Victoriaville offense. 

With the win, the Cactus now advance to the league Best of 7 quarter-finals and a date with divisional rivals the Brock de Drummondville. Game one was all Cactus as they scored a 7 - 1. Vincent Ruel picked up the win in relief of Alexis Hurens while import hurler Ryosuke Hawegawa took the loss for the Brock. Josue Peley had a pair of hits and an RBI while Shoma Anasari and Michel Laprise each had a hit for Victoraville. In game two, Drummondville bounced back with a 4 - 0 win behind a complete game win from Taiki Ashitani. Yuki Narita went five innings for the Cactus and took the loss. Louka Daoust and Tom Guilbert each had two hits and two RBIs for the Brock. 

Withe the series even 1 - 1, game three was back at Stade Remi Deshaies in Victoriaville and the Cactus came out hot on this day with a 16 - 4 victory. Rene Dave Pelchat was the beneficary of all of the offense as he picked up the win with Gabriel Archambault taking the loss for Drummondville. Shoma Anasari had a pair of hits and an RBI while Josue Peley had a home run and two RBIs to lead the Cactus offensively. In game 4, it was mofe of the same with a 7 - 2 victory for the Cactus. Nathan Landry grabbed the win for Victoriaville in relief while Ryosuke Hasegawa picked up his second loss of the series for Drummondville. 

With their backs against the wall, the Brock returned home and picked up a huge 9 - 3 win at Stade Jacques Desautels to cut the series lead to 3 - 2. Ryosuke Hasegawa went four inning to pick up the win while Alexis Hurens started to took the loss for the Cactus. Tom Guilbert had three hits and three RBI while Gabriel DeBlois and Louka Daoust each had a pair of hits for Drummondville. In game six, Victoriavillle was able to eek out a narrow 6 - 5 extra inning victory at home to take the series 4 - 2. Josue Peley picked up the win in relief with five strong innings while Xavier Tremblay gets saddled with the loss. Raphael Ross had a pair of hits while Peley and Anasari each had a hit to lead Victoriaville

The Cactus now adavnced to the league semi-finals where they would take on the pennant winning Big Bill de Coaticook in a Best of 7 series. In game one, it was Yuki Narita who tossed five strong innings leading Victoriaville to a 14 - 5 victory. Oscar Rodriguez started and took the loss for the Big Bill. Josue Peley had three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs while Shoma Anasari, Samuel Fortier and Michael Laprise each had a hit and an RBI for the Cactus offensively. In game two, the Cactus rode another strong start from Rene Dave Pelchat in a clean 2 - 0 victory. Josue Peley grabbed the save with a clean 7th inning while Sora Sakashita went the distance to take the tough loss for Coaticook. Shoma Anasari had a pair of hits while Josue Peley had an RBI double for the Cactus. 

In game three, the Big Bill cut into the series lead with an 8 - 1 victory at Stade Julien Morin in Coaticook. Tsuyoshi Furuya went the distance and grabbed the win for Coaticook while Vincent Ruel started and took the loss for the Cactus.  Xavier Langlois had a pair of hits while Kyle Hazel and Ryan Bawart each had a hit and an RBI. Next night, the Cactus returned home and put the Big Bill on the brink with a 6 - 5 win at Stade Remi Deshaies. Josue Peley continued his hot play grabbing the win in relief of starter Yuki Narita while Mathieu Tremblay took the loss in relief of Oscar Rodriguez. Peley also had three hits and an RBI while Shoma Anasari had two hits and an RBI to lead the offense for Victoriaville.

With a 3 - 1 series lead, the Cactus went into Stade Julien Morin in Coaticook and got a 12 - 7 win to close out the series 4 - 1. Josue Peley, once again, grabbed the win with two innings of relief work while Louis Ager took the loss in relief of Kyle Hazel. Samuel Fortier had three hits and three RBIs to lead the Cactus offense. Maxime Beaudoin had a pair of hits and an RBI while Xavier Langlois and Hazel each had a hit as well for Coaticook. 

With the win, this set up the league championship series against the Castors d'Acton Vale after they eliminated the Jets de Montreal in a tough seven game series in the other league semi-final. In game one, the Cactus struck first with an 8 - 2 victory behind five strong innings from Yuki Narita to got the win. Fernando Fernandez started and took the loss for the Castors. Josue Peley had two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs to lead Victoriaville at the plate. In game two, the Cactus jumped out to a big lead and hung on for a 10 - 9 win and a 2 - 0 series lead. Alexis Hurens picked up the win in relief of starter Rene Dave Pelchat. Josue Peley picked up the save while Abrahan Lopez took the loss in relief of starter Felix Cote. 

The Cactus kept things rolling in game three as they picked up a 5 - 2 road win at Stade Leo Asselin in Acton Vale. Vincent Ruel started and picked up the win with Josue Peley picking up the save. LHP David Gauthier started and took the loss for the Castors. In game four, Victoriaville completed the sweep as they picked up a 6 - 4 win at home taking home the 2026 Coupe Physioextra this season. Yuki Narita picked up the win while Josue Peley picked up another save to cap an incredible playoff run. RHP Marcos Encarnacion took the lost for Acton Vale. 

Overall, it was an extrodanary run for the Cactus de Victoriaville as they went 14 - 3 over the course of the playoffs to take home this year's title. A huge congratulation to team president Marc Andre Jodoin as well as the coaches and players on a wonderful season in 2026.