Eight teams are set to meet in Winnipeg, Man., for the 2026 Women’s National Championship which will run from today through Sunday.
Read More“They have flown onto the game’s map in a big way in a short time and hope to swoop in to snag Baseball Canada’s biggest prize.
Started in 2024 as a partnership between the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Sylvan Lake Gulls and St. Joseph High School Baseball Academy, the Gulls 19U Prep team brings together the best high school baseball players from central Alberta
They have already started picking up wins over provincial rivals and been in gold medal contention at major Western Canadian tournaments.”
Now it’s time for the ultimate showdown: The Road to Okotoks and the Morneau Cup.”
Read MoreNational Team alum and Miami Marlins shortstop Otto Lopez (Montreal, Que.) has been named National League Player of the Week.
Read MoreTeam Saskatchewan will be proudly representing their province at Baseball Canada’s Road to Okotoks national championship tournament next week.
Read MoreThey were the only team to punch their ticket to The Road to Okotoks straight out of the Prairie Qualifiers.
With a semi-final win over Team Saskatchewan, the Vauxhall Academy Jets put themselves into the final and, with the top three teams qualifying for the main event, it guaranteed their spot.
Read More“Who is Otto Lopez and why hasn’t anyone told him that you can’t hit .300 anymore?
Researchers for the All-Star Game telecast should be scrambling for those answers.
Lopez is the Miami Marlins’ shortstop. Through June 26, he had 107 hits, 10 more than any other hitter in MLB. His average of .337 was the best in baseball by .001 over Tampa Bay’s Yandy Diaz. Only two players have more doubles than his 21, and he has 16 steals and has struck out only 48 times. Those who watch the Marlins – yes, we’ve contacted all six of them – say that Lopez and second baseman Xavier Edwards, who used to be the shortstop, form the best keystone combination in the game right now. “
Read MoreHere are the results from the Road to Okotoks draft held on Thursday.
Read MoreToronto Mets and Junior National Team grad Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) will make his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team fell 10–3 to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers in the finale of the 2026 MLB Draft League International Series at Credit Union Field at Eastwood on Sunday.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team bounced back in dominant fashion in game two of the final three-game set of the MLB Draft League International Series, defeating the Mahoning Valley Scrappers 16–3 at Credit Union Field at Eastwood.
Read More“For the third straight year, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s circle of women inductees has grown.
During the 2026 ceremony, 15-year national team veteran Kate Psota (Burlington, Ont.) was rightfully enshrined in St. Marys. She’s joining longtime teammates Ashley Stephenson (Mississauga, Ont.) and Amanda Asay (Prince George, B.C.) in the hall, who were inducted in 2024 and 2025 respectively.
“It’s finally sinking in more,” Psota said with a smile during the induction press conference, “You get up in the morning and you’re in the lobby with Bill Stoneman and then Stubby (Clapp) comes down the stairs. It was a bit overwhelming at first, but these guys are like family now. Baseball has a great way of connecting people.”
Read More“As 2026 inductee Stubby Clapp walked around the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame for the first time on Saturday, something caught his eye.
It was two plaques, situated side-by-side.
The first was for Rev. Ronald Cullen, who was inducted in 1996. The second was of the 1991 Canadian National Youth Team.
Both were influential in Clapp’s career. “
Read More“There are few people who have had a greater impact on the game of baseball in Canada than the late Jim Baba.
But it wasn’t just what he accomplished as a coach and longtime executive, it was how he went about doing it.”
Read More“You did a lot of good, Jim Baba. The game of baseball is forever blessed by all of the progress you led and, more importantly, how you led. We will forever remember you as a legend in the game and everyone’s best friend in international baseball.”
Read MoreSix new members will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Saturday.
Read MoreElliot Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.) had three hits for the Junior National Team on Friday, but they dropped their MLB Draft League series opener 12–3 to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers at Credit Union Field at Eastwood in Niles, Ohio.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team showed plenty of fight but fell 11–8 to the State College Spikes in the final game of their MLB Draft League International series at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team jumped out to an early lead but fell 8–5 to the State College Spikes in MLB Draft League International Series action at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Wednesday.
Read More“The game of baseball in Canada has come a long way since Tyler Hollick was a Dawgs Academy outfielder.
In fact, the current president of baseball operations says the current 18U Black squad would “wax” the Dawgs teams he played for 15 years ago.
It’s why he’s excited to see them put in the national spotlight with the upcoming The Road to Okotoks – the inaugural 16-team academy national championship culminating with the Morneau Cup being handed to the winners.
With the friendly amenities at Seaman Stadium and Tourmaline Field, Hollick says the Dawgs want to create something similar to the College World Series in Omaha or, as some people have started putting it, the “Memorial Cup of Baseball.”
Read MoreThe Junior National Team jumped out to an early 4-0 lead but fell 7–5 to the State College Spikes in MLB Draft League International Series action at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
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