Okanagan Athletics alum Jared Young belted a two-run home run in the first inning to help the New York Mets to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox at Citi Field on Tuesday.
It was the Prince George, B.C. native’s first home run with the Mets since his call-up on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker offers a realignment plan that would build on the recent success of Major League Baseball’s “Rivalry Weekend.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Liam Hicks, Denzel Clarke, Abraham Toro, Michael Soroka, Fergie Jenkins and W.P. Kinsella.
Read MoreHe recorded 288 major league wins and was the first to undergo a revolutionary surgery that bears his name, so why hasn’t Tommy John been elected to Cooperstown? It’s a good question. Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently spoke with the legendary left-hander who just turned 82.
Read MoreThe Oakland A’s are set to call up Toronto Mets and Junior National Team grad Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.).
Read MoreThe New York Yankees traded left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) back to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Steven Jaschinski, Bo Naylor, Jordan Romano, Matt Brash, Greg O’Halloran and Brooks Robinson.
Read More“A rising tide lifts all boats, including the rusted careers which lie at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Look at the lineup card of the Detroit Tigers this weekend at Rogers Centre -- rivalry weekend going back to 1987 -- and you’re likely to see Javier Baez playing centre field and hitting ninth.
That would have been inconceivable in 2016, when he helped drive the Cubs to a World Series title, or in 2018, when he led the National League with 111 RBIs and was second in MVP voting. It would be like Lady Gaga playing the Rodeway Inn lounge in Farmington Hills.”
Read MoreFour Canadian players make their Bowman cardboard debuts in a recently released product.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s Mother’s Day edition of his weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses his mom as well as Jonah Tong, Tyler O’Neill, Michael Soroka, Josh Naylor, Abraham Toro and Mel Queen.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Bo Naylor, Nick Pivetta, Cade Smith, Matt Brash, Abraham Toro, Michael Soroka and Terry Puhl.
Read MoreThe Boston Red Sox have called up infielder Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.).
Read MoreThe Seattle Mariners have activated right-hander Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.). He has not pitched in the majors since undergoing Tommy John surgery last May.
Read More“Perhaps you’ve been preoccupied with the ghosting of Shedeur Sanders or the octagon that’s become the Montreal Canadiens’ bench area. Understandable, but Eugenio Suarez did something Saturday night that shouldn’t have been swept underneath our brains, but was.
He became only the 19th hitter in the history of Major League Baseball to hit four home runs in the same game.”
Read MoreTwo of former Montreal Expos infielder Mark Grudzielanek’s sons are eligible for the 2025 MLB draft.
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will open its doors for the season on Thursday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Nick Pivetta, Cade Smith, Michael Soroka, Ernie Whitt, Nolan Ryan, Jacob Robson and Willie Upshaw.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently spoke with Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.), who is close to his return from the Tommy John Surgery he underwent last May.
Read MoreFormer right-hander Ray Burris is a last-minute addition to a star-studded cast of former Expos coming to Laval, Quebec for the latest edition of Expos Fest on Saturday.
Read MoreFormer professional pitcher and founder of The GM’s Perspective blog, Devon Teeple, laments the loss of the situational player in baseball.
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