The Lansing Lugnuts tried valiantly, but couldn't complete another comeback and were the only one of the Toronto Blue Jays' four minor league affiliates to lose on Friday. Jay Blue provides the rundown.
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After a much-needed, 10-month mental break from the game, 28-year-old right-hander Phillippe Aumont (Gatineau, Quebec) plans to start a comeback with the independent Can-Am League's Ottawa Champions this season. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently caught up with Aumont in Ottawa.
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Windsor Selects and Ontario Blue Jays grad, Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.), who is 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, has excelled at almost every level he's played at by competing with a chip on his shoulder. This year, his first full season in pro ball with the Detroit Tigers' class-A West Michigan Whitecaps, is no different. He's batting .341 in 42 games. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently spoke with the scrappy outfielder.
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In four games, the Toronto Blue Jays' affiliates ran the table with a clean sweep despite the New Hampshire Fisher Cats getting rained out. The Dunedin Blue Jays swept a doubleheader while the Lansing Lugnuts came from behind to walk one off. Jay Blue has the rundown.
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Toronto Blue Jays' affiliates had two wins and two losses on Saturday. Jay Blue provides the rundown.
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Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) the former North York Blue, Toronto Met and Ontario Blue Jay was the best of the 64 Canadians playing pro ball ... 47 are affiliated ball.
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Toronto Mets and Ontario Blue Jays grad Gareth Morgan (Toronto, Ont.) has been red-hot at the plate with the Seattle Mariners' Class-A Clinton LumberKings over the past couple of weeks. Now in his fourth professional season, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound outfielder has matured and adopted a new mindset towards the game. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently caught up with Morgan in Grand Rapids, Mich.
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The Toronto Blue Jays' affiliates went 2-1 in three games on Monday, as the organization moved a number of players around, particularly those who are catchers. Jay Blue provides the rundown.
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After a torrid start earned him Pacific Coast League Player of the Month honours for April, London, Ont., native Jamie Romak was sold to the SK Wyverns of the Korean Baseball Organization on May 6. The Canadian Baseball Network recently had the opportunity to play 15 questions with the Baseball Canada alumnus and former Los Angeles Dodger and Arizona Diamondback who has taken his talents overseas for the second time in his professional career.
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OF Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.) leads a trip of Canucks at class-A West Michigan which will celebrate Canada Day this summer. OF Cole Bauml (Meunster, Sask.) and INF Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.) are other Canucks in the lineup.
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The Toronto Blue Jays' minor league affiliates had a rough day on Tuesday, with the Lansing Lugnuts their only team to record a win. Jay Blue provides the rundown.
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Ontario Blue Jays grad Josh Naylor's torrid start for the class-A Lake Elisnore Storm earned the Mississauga, Ont., native California League Player of the Month honours for the month of April.
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After making some adjustments to his swing, Toronto Mets graduate Connor Panas (Etobicoke, Ont.) is looking to make a splash with the Class-A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays this season. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently spoke with the 24-year-old first baseman/outfielder.
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Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki recently caught up with Markham, Ont., native Jordan Romano to talk about his experience pitching for Italy in the World Baseball Classic and about what the young right-hander will focus on in his first full season in professional baseball following his recovery from Tommy John surgery. Romano has started the 2017 campaign with the Class-A Advanced Dunedin Blue Jays.
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Saint John, N.B., native Andrew Case begins his fourth season in the Toronto Blue Jays organization with the club's class-A Advanced affiliate in Dunedin, where he is working on adding two new pitches to his repertoire. Canadian Baseball Network lead writer Alexis Brudnicki talks to Case about the challenges the right-hander faces in 2017.
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London, Ont., native and Baseball Canada alumnus Jamie Romak has been named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Month for April. The Canadian slugger belted a minor league-leading 11 home runs during the season's first month for the San Diego Padres' triple-A affiliate in El Paso.
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Jamieson Taillon, Cal Quantrill, and Adam Loewen had the highest three signing bonuses given to Canadian players.
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With heavy rain in most of the northeast, only two games were played by the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league affiliates on Thursday. The Dunedin Blue Jays won a stellar game in walk-off fashion, while a rough start by a highly-touted prospect got the New Hampshire Fisher Cats behind early and they weren't able to recover. Jay Blue provides the rundown.
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Ties for Canadian Baseball Network minor league player of the week honours are rare, but teammates splitting the weekly award. Now that's really rare. Odds are San Diego Padres farmhands 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) and Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) might do it again.
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