Canadian outfielder Tanner Kirwer (Sherwood Park, Alta.) says his experiences with Team Alberta and at Tournament 12 helped put him on his path to a professional career in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Dalton Pompey, Jordan Romano, Jeff Francis, Mike Timlin, Walter Alston and Joey Votto.
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The UBC Thunderbirds will retire Jeff Francis' uniform No. 16 between games of Saturday’s doubleheader.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Allan Roth, Brett Lawrie, Jacob Robson, Clay Buchholz, Larry Doby and Jesse Jefferson.
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Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette provides a summary of the Canadians who are in big league camps this spring.
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The walls of the eighth floor cardio unit at Foothills Hospital are narrow. Especially when you have rehabbing heart patients walking with their pals -- an IV with five wheels on the bottom spinning every which way -- plus beds and a mobile nurse’s station against the wall. It was an easy trip for Calgary Flames centreman Mark Jankowski, all 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds of him, as he stopped by Sunday afternoon to visit with his old baseball coach, Bob Elliott.
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The Milwaukee Brewers officially signed Langley, B.C., native and former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie to a minor league deal on Sunday.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Stubby Clapp, the Vancouver Asahi, Phil Marchildon, Joey Votto, Don Newcombe, Brett Lawrie and Jack Crimian.
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Two Canadians have been ranked among the top 50 right-handed pitching prospects by Baseball America. Both Canucks - Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), ranked No. 8, and Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), ranked No. 41, - are former Junior National Team members and seem to be on the cusp of big league breakthroughs in 2019.
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“She is as talented as she is tenacious. That would be a succinct way to describe Alexis Brudnicki, who has been the Canadian Baseball Network’s most prolific writer over the past eight years. In the modern sportswriting landscape, where churning out copy at lightning speed has become the expectation, I sometimes fear there’s too much emphasis on quantity over quality. With Alexis, we, at CBN, were spoiled, we got both – quality and quantity. In case you haven’t heard, Alexis is moving on from CBN to start a job as a reporter/producer for MLB Advanced Media based in Toronto. And while we’re very proud of her and walking taller around the website’s headquarters in Mississauga and London, we sure will miss her.”
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Ryan Dempster, Jason Bay, Fergie Jenkins, Bartolo Colon, George Selkirk and Jose Bautista.
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Canadian reliever John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) is reportedly close to signing a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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It’s just a game? Hardly. Baseball is a big business, and major league players and coaches put in countless hours of hard work in order to excel under almost unimaginable scrutiny and pressure. So where do they find the joy? While covering spring training in Florida last year, Canadian Baseball Network contributor J.P. Antonacci put that question to Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta, bench coach Rob Thomson, and then-Blue Jays outfielder Curtis Granderson.
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Late Canadian baseball statistician Allan Roth, who was born in Montreal, has been named one of SABR’s 2019 Henry Chadwick Award winners.
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It's an unlikely Canadian baseball success story. Rob Thomson grew up in the small town of Corunna, Ont. in the late '60s and early '70s, but today finds himself with five World Series rings and now in his 27th season as a coach with the New York Yankees. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci spoke with Thomson about his improbable rise through the baseball ranks.
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MLB.com decided to obtain some long term projections for the first 10 years of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s career. The projections are pretty eye popping, as is their analysis.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Eric Gagne, Justin Morneau, Roy Halladay, Bob Emslie, Rich Harden and Ron Piche.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the minor and major league transactions involving Canadians from the month of January.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rich Butler, Bob Emslie, Roy Halladay, Pete LaForest, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina and Larry Walker.
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Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) is entering spring training a year older, a year wiser, and with a renewed conviction to strive for greatness. The Canadian right-hander, who won’t turn 22 until August, is already gearing up for his second major league spring training with the Atlanta Braves. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Jonathan Hodgson recently spoke with Soroka about the young righty’s journey to the big leagues and his expectations for the 2019 season.
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