“Alas, the headlines in Motown these days do not transmit that hope. They list all the ways that Tarik Skubal, their back-to-back Cy Young Award winner, should or should not be traded. Somehow the act of getting rid of your best player is seen as a path to progress, particularly when that player is the league’s best pitcher, and the best gate attraction for a franchise that has gone from 1.6 million fans to 1.8 to 2.4 in the past three years.”
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Phillies have signed right-hander Zach Pop (Brampton, Ont.) to a major league contract.
Read MoreIt’s former Toronto Blue Jays GM Gord Ash’s 74th birthday today. Happy Birthday to him!
In his honour, we thought we’d rerun this article from when he was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Read MoreABC alum Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals.
Read MoreThe Tampa Bay Rays have traded Okotoks Dawgs alum Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) to the Chicago White Sox.
Read MoreShawn Bowman (New Westminster, B.C.) has been named major league field coordinator of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Read MoreThe Tampa Bay Rays designated outfielder Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) for assignment on Tuesday.
Read MoreOver 1,000 people are slated to attend Expos Fest next April 25 after the event sold out in 32 minutes on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jacques Doucet, Fergie Jenkins, Jeff Kent, Russell Martin and James Paxton.
Read MoreCanadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) turns 83 today. To celebrate, Kevin Glew has compiled a list of 10 amazing Fergie Jenkins stats.
Read More“Hydrologists worry about 2030. So do climate scientists. Some baseball teams do, too, but generally they’re the ones who are trying to placate their fans. There’s nothing more self-indulgent than talking about the Five Year Plan when you’re 60-102 and you’re still charging eight bucks for hot dogs.
The Phillies aren’t worried about 2030. They proved it on Tuesday when they kept Kyle Schwarber, the 32-year-old king of the Three True Outcomes. Although Cincinnati, Baltimore and Pittsburgh tried to bid high for Schwarber, the Phillies put up $150 million over five years. They had little choice. Not only is Schwarber probably the most popular Phillie since Chase Utley, he’s refining the few things he does well. “
Read MorePaul Hoynes, 74, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and then Cleveland.com, won the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Platinum Pen Award (renamed from Career Excellence Award) Tuesday in Orlando at the annual winter meetings. One other writer from Kingston, Ont,. was the first Canadian to win the award — but we forget his name. There could be more on the horizon: Richard Griffin (Kingston, Jamaica) and Jeff Blair (Kingston, Ont.). Last year, Patrick Kennedy wrote about Hoynes’ Canadian grandfather.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares that it was Canadian scout Wayne Morgan (Kindersley, Sask.) that signed Jeff Kent for the Toronto Blue Jays back in 1989.
Read MoreRight-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) has signed a one-year, $7.5-million contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Read MoreFormer Toronto Blue Jays infielder Jeff Kent has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Hall’s Contemporary Era Committee.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Carlos Delgado, Paul Molitor, Fergie Jenkins, Matt Stairs, Terry Puhl and Larry Walker.
Read MoreSeattle Mariners first baseman Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2025 Tip O’Neill Award.
Read MoreSportsnet’s Hazel Mae has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2025 Jack Graney Award.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s latest “But What Do I Know?” column discusses James Paxton, Stubby Clapp, Shawn Bowman, Rich Harden and Carlos Delgado.
Read MoreCanadians Stubby Clapp (Windsor, Ont.) and Jamie Pogue (Guelph, Ont.) will return to the St. Louis Cardinals’ big league coaching staff in 2026.
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