Right-hander Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C) has been named the American League Reliever of the Month for September.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich takes a look at who might be the starting pitchers for Canada at the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
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This just might be the most Canadian MLB postseason yet.
Not only will the Toronto Blue Jays be competing in it, but there could be as many as 10 Canadian players on postseason rosters.
And let’s not forget that Rob Thomson (Corunna, Ont.) is managing the Philadelphia Phillies, who many consider a World Series favourite.
So which one of the postseason teams, outside of the Blue Jays, is the most Canadian?
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Four Canadian-born players - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.), Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.), Nick Pivetta (Victoria, B.C.) and Cade Smith (Abbotsford, B.C.) - are among the nominees that you can vote for for the 2025 All-MLB Team.
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MLB has released its 2025 Wild Card Series broadcast schedule.
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Legendary Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet and Sportsnet Blue Jays TV play-by-play man Dan Shulman are two of the 10 finalists for the 2026 National Baseball Hall of Fame Ford C. Frick Award.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Josh Naylor, Jonah Tong, Nick Pivetta, Cade Smith and Otto Lopez.
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Freddie Freeman and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. are two of the most popular players when it comes to major league jersey sales, according to Nike.
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“Until his death at the grand age of 97 on Sept. 21, Bob Oldis had been the oldest surviving uniformed member of the Expos.
That honour will now be passed on to Elroy Face, who is the oldest surviving Montreal player.
Oldis was one of the longest running scouts the Expos ever had for 35 years.”
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“The decision to get George Selkirk's name on a baseball field in Huntsville, Ont. wasn't a simple exercise.
After close to 10 years of coaxing and prodding by Peter Haynes of Toronto, a Huntsville property owner and president of the Muskoka Hornets Baseball Association, town council voted 7-2 on Sept. 22 to rename the F Diamond the Selkirk Diamond in honour of the New York Yankees legend.”
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“Although Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doesn’t know it, the Kennedy clan of Kingston, Canada, and the Guerrero clan from Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic, are entwined by three memorable moments.
That these ‘moments’ are memorable for only one family — mine — is irrelevant. A bond is a bond.”
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cade Smith, Erik Sabrowski, Josh Naylor, Bo Naylor, Liam Hicks, Jonah Tong and Pete Ward.
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“The year before Fernando Valenzuela was born, authorities in Los Angeles began clearing his stage.
It was ugly and arbitrary, with cops breaking into the houses of the 20 or so families that still lived in Chavez Ravine, throwing them out onto Sunset Boulevard. Those houses were sacrificed for Dodger Stadium, which was finished in 1962 and, today, is a place where nearly four million fans visit per year, despite the $50 parking and the $14 beers.”
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Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Cleveland Guardians’ Roberto Clemente Award nominee.
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On Roberto Clemente Day, Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look back at Roberto Clemente’s first professional season with the Montreal Royals.
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Chicago Cubs outfielder Owen Caissie (Burlington, Ont.) has entered into Major League Baseball’s concussion protocol after he hit his head on the Wrigley Field wall while making an outstanding catch on a fly ball in the third inning in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jim Baba, Josh Naylor, Matt Brash, Nick Pivetta, Tyler O’Neill and Kirk McCaskill.
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A new documentary called “Who Killed the Montreal Expos?” will be released on Netflix on October 21.
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It wouldn’t be much of a stretch to say that Don Drysdale’s career in professional baseball started and ended in Montreal.
As a fiery, fresh-faced teen, he pitched his first full pro season with the triple-A Montreal Royals in 1955.
And sadly, 38 years later, he suffered a fatal heart attack in a Montreal hotel room while he was part of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ broadcast team.
Both Drysdale’s season with the Royals and the night of his death are detailed thoroughly in Mark Whicker’s excellent new book, Don Drysdale: Up and In: The Life of a Dodgers Legend.
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Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) made his major league debut 60 years ago today.
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