Former Vauxhall Jets left-hander Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.) has been dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Meanwhile ex-Okotok Dawg Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) has landed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
Read MoreABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Arizona Fall League’s Breakout Player of the Year.
Read MoreThe Ottawa Titans have re-signed left-handed pitcher Matt Valin and acquired outfielder Jake Gitter for the upcoming 2023 Frontier League campaign. They have also released Dane Tofteland (Grande Prairie, Alta.).
Read MoreThe minor league seasons are over. The numbers have been added up. So, who fits into the top 10s in each category among Canadians in the minors and independent ball?
Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli has the answers.
Read More“If you would have told Ty Penner in high school or even early in his college baseball career that he would one day sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team, he would have wanted to believe you.
But he admits, he doesn’t know if every bone in his body would have thought it was possible.
Just a few short years later, a life-long dream for the Lethbridge infielder became a reality when he signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.”
Read MoreABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) continued his torrid hitting in the Arizona Fall League with two home runs for the Glendale Desert Dogs on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Neve Van Pelt recently connected with highly respected Canadian baseball coach Mike Steed to talk about his baseball odyssey that has taken him from Burlington's Nelson Park to the Atlanta Braves organization.
Read MoreThe Winnipeg Goldeyes have exercised the options on 22 players, including Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.), Michael Crouse (New Westminster, B.C.), Will McAffer (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.).
Read MoreThe GM Perspective’s Devon Teeple's 2022 All-Independent League team includes Canadians Miguel Cienfuegos (Laval, Que.) and Ari Sechopoulos (Windsor, Ont.).
Read MoreABC and Junior National Team alum Édouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the second baseman on Baseball America’s Double-A All-Star Team.
Read MoreOntario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions in the affiliated minor league and independent pro ranks from the past week.
Read MoreDevon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, shines the spotlight on Courtney Hawkins’ record-breaking season with the Atlantic League’s Lexington Legends.
Read MoreFormer Ontario Terrier, Kelowna Falcon and Okanagan Coyotes RHP Trevor Bridgen (North York, Ont.), now pitching in triple-A in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, has been named Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week.
Read MoreCharles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) has been named MVP of the Miami Marlins’ triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the affiliated minor league and professional independent ranks from the past week.
Read MoreOver the past few years, Jonah Tong would sometimes huddle around a screen in his basement in Markham, Ont., with his dad, Alex, to study video of New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom.
Together they would dissect the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner’s mechanics.
So, it’s hard for Tong to believe that he’s now toeing the rubber in the same organization as deGrom.
“He was one of my favourite pitchers growing up,” said Tong in a recent phone interview. “It’s kind of surreal knowing that I’m where he used to be.”
Where Tong is right now is at the Mets’ development complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla., after being selected by them in the seventh round of the 2022 MLB draft. The 19-year-old right-hander has not yet met deGrom.
“I’m making that one of my goals in spring training,” said Tong with a chuckle.
Read MoreFormer Ontario Blue Jay and Great Lake Canadians RHP Noah Skirrow (Cambridge, Ont.) has been named Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week for his outstanding start with the triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the affiliated and independent professional ranks from the past week.
Read MoreThe Quebec Capitales defeated the Ottawa Titans 5-1 at Stade Canac on Sunday evening to win the best-of-three Frontier League East Division Playoff Series two games to one.
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