Terriers and Junior National Team alum Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week after he fanned 14 batters and tossed six perfect innings in his start for the Kansas City Royals’ class-A Columbia Fireflies on Sunday.

May 11, 2026

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Left-hander Jordan Woods started and tossed six perfect innings for the Kansas City Royals’ class-A Columbia Fireflies against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (Chicago White Sox class-A squad) on Sunday.

The Oakville, Ont., native also struck out 14 batters, which is the most by a pitcher in the minor league ranks this season.

For his efforts, he has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week (May 5 to May 10).

Woods was absolutely dominant in his start, striking out the side in the first, fifth and sixth innings. He threw 56 of his 76 pitches for strikes.

His 14 strikeouts also matched a Fireflies’ single-game franchise record set by Luc Rennie on July 22, 2018.

You would not believe your eyes 🫙🎶

Jordan Woods (@Royals) lights up the box score with 14 (!!) strikeouts across 6 (!!) PERFECT innings for @ColaFireflies: pic.twitter.com/5eKL0IJFeV
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) May 10, 2026

His dominant performance lowered his season ERA to 1.73 and he now has 43 strikeouts in 26 innings in seven appearances (three starts).

A Terriers and Junior National Team grad, the 6-foot-3 left-hander was signed as an amateur free agent by the Royals in 2022. He is in his third season in the Royals’ organization.

2026 CBN Minor League Player of the Week winners

Opening Day to April 5 - Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), Rangers

April 7 to April 12 - Dante Nori (Toronto, Ont.), Phillies

April 14 to April 19- Matt Wilkinson (Surrey, B.C.), Guardians

April 21 to April 26 - Eric Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.), Braves

April 28 to May 3 - Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.), Mets

May 5 to May 10 - Jordan Woods (Oakville, Ont.), Royals

Top Canadian Minor League Batters (May 5 to May 10)

Player	Position	Current Organization	Team(s)	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Dasan Brown	CF	Milwaukee Brewers	Biloxi Shuckers (AA)	15	4	4	0	1	1	3	0.400	0.533	0.700	1.233
Matt Coutney	1B	Los Angeles Angels	Tri-City Dust Devils (A+)	25	1	9	2	1	1	0	0.375	0.360	0.583	0.943
Charles Davalan	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers	Great Lakes Loons (A+)	24	8	5	1	0	2	3	0.357	0.500	0.429	0.929
Ty Doucette	1B	Cincinnati Reds	Daytona Tortugas (A)	20	2	5	2	2	7	0	0.250	0.250	0.650	0.900
Eric Hartman	OF	Atlanta Braves	Rome Emperors (A+)	31	11	10	3	4	11	2	0.417	0.516	1.042	1.558
Core Jackson	SS	New York Yankees	Hudson Valley Renegades (A+)	17	1	4	1	0	1	1	0.308	0.412	0.385	0.796
Lamar King	C	San Diego Padres	Fort Wayne TinCaps (A+)	18	1	4	1	0	0	3	0.333	0.556	0.417	0.972
Gavin Logan	C	Arizona Diamondbacks	Amarillo Sod Poodles (AA)	16	4	5	1	3	7	0	0.385	0.375	1.154	1.529
Myles Naylor	3B	Athletics	Stockton Ports (A)	20	5	6	3	1	5	0	0.333	0.400	0.667	1.067
Dylan O'Rae	SS	Milwaukee Brewers	Biloxi Shuckers (AA)	22	1	6	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.409	0.333	0.742
Avery Owusu-Asiedu	CF	Arizona Diamondbacks	Hillsboro Hops (A+)	21	2	6	1	0	1	1	0.316	0.381	0.368	0.749
Émilien Pitre	2B	Tampa Bay Rays	Bowling Green Hot Rods (A+)	21	6	4	3	0	0	3	0.250	0.381	0.438	0.818

Top Canadian Minor League Pitchers (May 5 to May 10)

Player	Position	Current Organization	Team(s)	APP	IP	W	L	ER	HA	BB	ERA	WHIP	K
Cohen Achen	P	Baltimore Orioles	Chesapeake Baysox (AA)	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	0.670	1
Mitch Bratt	P	Arizona Diamondbacks	Reno Aces (AAA)	1	5	0	0	1	3	1	1.80	0.800	7
Vicarte Domingo	P	San Diego Padres	Lake Elsinore Storm (A)	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0.00	1.500	5
Garrett Hawkins	P	San Diego Padres	El Paso Chihuahuas (AAA)	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0.00	0.670	3
Ryan Magdic	P	Athletics	Lansing Lugnuts (A+)	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	3.00	1.000	4
Noah Takacs	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bradenton Marauders (A)	3	4.2	1	0	0	2	1	0.00	0.640	5
Jonah Tong	P	New York Mets	Syracuse Mets (AAA)	1	5	0	0	2	2	4	3.60	1.200	8
Lucas Wepf	P	Los Angeles Dodgers	Tulsa Drillers (AA)	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0.00	1.000	6
Matt Wilkinson	P	San Francisco Giants	Akron RubberDucks (AA)	1	4.2	0	1	2	5	2	3.86	1.500	6
Jordan Woods	P	Kansas City Royals	Columbia Fireflies (A)	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.000	14
Jacob Zibin	P	Cleveland Guardians	Hill City Howlers (A)	1	4.2	0	0	1	6	1	1.93	1.500	6

CBN Minor League Player of the Week: Jordan Woods