Cohen Miller (Calgary, Alta.) had three hits and two RBIs and Ben Paul (Ottawa, Ont.) had an RBI double in the sixth inning to help Team New Blue defeat Team Red 6-1 in the opening game of the 11th annual Canadian Futures Showcase on Tuesday at Rogers Centre.
Read MoreAt 15, Okotoks Dawgs Academy RHP/OF Ethan Renaud (Okotoks, Alta.) is one of the youngest players at the Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read MoreCompeting in his second Canadian Futures Showcase, highly touted Toronto Mets infielder Elliot Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.) hopes to follow Mets’ grads Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.) and Liam Hicks (Toronto, Ont.) to the big leagues.
Read MoreEach of the Home Run Derby winners at the Canadian Futures Showcase has been drafted by a major league team the following summer.
Read MoreThe rosters for the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase have been announced.
Read MoreFour Terriers players are headed to the Canadian Futures Showcase that will take place at Rogers Centre this coming week.
Read MoreFor the first time in its 11-year history, the Canadian Futures Showcase will be held without T.J. Burton at its director. Geoff Seto has replaced Burton, who has moved on to be the president of the Ottawa-Nepean Canadians.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays Academy has announced the coaches who will participate in the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read MoreThe 11th annual Toronto Blue Jays Canadian Futures Showcase is set to begin on September 16 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. It will feature 83 Canadian Premier Baseball League (CPBL) players.
Read MoreQuinn Lightfoot is always looking ahead to the next opportunity.
Standing at 6-foot-5, it makes sense as to why the 18-year-old is always looking to what’s next (because he can see further than many of us), but the past 12 months have been exciting for the Caledon, Ont., product.
Lightfoot is a member of the Mississauga Tigers High Performance Program and spent the year playing at numerous tournaments, including the Tigers' annual trip south of the border to Oklahoma and Texas.”
Read MoreThe schedule for the 2025 Canadian Futures Showcase was unveiled on Thursday.
Read More“The Kansas City Royals have continued to tap into the Canadian pipeline in recent years and Tyson Moran is the latest player to join the American League Central club.
A product of the Great Lake Canadians program, Moran (Wingham, Ont.) knew there was a chance he would hear his name called in this summer’s draft.”
Read More“When it was time for Tim Piasentin to step into the batting cage at Chase Field for the MLB Combine on June 18, the 18-year-old slugger was so nervous that he was almost shaking.
“I had to put a bunt down for my first pitch and I bunted it straight back and I’m like, ‘Oh, no, this isn’t going to go well,’” recalled Piasentin. “Then the first swing I took I caught a barrel, and it was 105 [mph] or something like that off the bat and I’m like, ‘OK, we’re good.’”
The Coquitlam, B.C. native was more than good that day.
He put on a show, smacking several home runs that registered exit velocities higher than 100 mph. That performance certainly helped his draft stock and the following month he was selected in the fifth round by the Toronto Blue Jays.”
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays Academy has released the final list of players that have been invited to the Canadian Futures Showcase that’s set to take place at Rogers Centre from September 16 to September 19.
Read More“The University of Evansville has produced dozens of pro ball players, with Kyle Freeland, Andy Benes, former Toronto Blue Jays coach Sal Fasano and former Expos infielder Jamey Carroll being notable alumni.
This solid track record is one of the many reasons Toronto Mets right-hander Nick Halcovitch committed to the Purple Aces last month, deciding to take his talents to Indiana -- the home of Blue Jays coach Don Mattingly -- for the fall of 2026.”
Read MoreTerriers left-hander Jack Perry (Mississauga, Ont.) is one of the first 50 players selected to participate in the Canadian Futures Showcase in September.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy unveiled the names of the first 50 players that have been selected to participate in the Canadian Futures Showcase on Friday.
Read MoreBob Elliott caught up with four more players at the Canadian Futures Showcase to ask them about their baseball journeys and their goals.
Bob Elliott asked nine longtime coaches and scouts who were the best prospects at this year's Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More"Crushing dingers out of the park at Rogers Centre isn’t your average after school activity.
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