Canadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro shares that Etobicoke, Ont., native Joey Votto has become just the second Canadian (after Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker) to score 1,000 major league runs. Votto also stands second behind Walker in a number of career batting categories, including at bats (6,029 to 6,907), base hits (1,852 to 2,160), total bases (3,140 to 3,904), doubles (399 to 471), home runs (283 to 383) and OPS (.965 to .978).
Read MoreABC alum Charles LeBlanc (Laval, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
Read MoreDespite being down 3-0 in their Intercounty Baseball League Finals best-of-seven series with the Barrie Baycats, the Kitchener Panthers have come back to life by winning the last two games, forcing a sixth game tonight, beginning at 7, at Jack Couch Park in Kitchener. A Panthers' win tonight would force Game 7 at Coates Park in Barrie Sunday night.
Read MoreCanada’s Junior National Team rode a five-run fifth inning and a four-run sixth to outlast Chinese Taipei 12-7 in their last contest at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 World Cup. Canada concludes the event with an overall record of 4-4 for a sixth place finish.
Read MoreEtobicoke Rangers alum Joey Votto scored his 1,000th career major league run on Friday. Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.) is the only other Canadian to reach that milestone.
Read MoreThis is the final year that MLB teams will be allowed to expand their active roster to include anyone on their 40-man rosters, as new rules are slated to go into effect in 2020. While the Toronto Blue Jays haven't called up nearly as many players as the Boston Red Sox (whose website lists 21 pitchers on the active roster), they have created some playing-time crunches with their first group of September call ups, writes Jay Blue from Blue Jays from Away.
Read MoreCanada’s Junior National Team will not have a chance to compete for a medal at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup after falling to the United States, 10-0 in a contest that was halted after seven innings due to the mercy rule.
Read MoreAfter 17 years of working with the Ontario Blue Jays, Sean Travers is stepping down as director of player development.
Read MoreJapan’s Yasunobu Okugawa struck out 18 batters while the Canadian Junior National Team fell victim to a pair of costly errors and issued 11 walks in a 5-1 loss at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians from the professional ranks from the past week.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, shares information about UBC Thunderbirds and Coquitlam Reds alum Curtis Taylor (Port Coquitlam, BC) whom the Toronto Blue Jays have acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the Eric Sogard trade.
Read MoreThe Lansing Lugnuts concluded their 2019 season on Tuesday by playing their annual Crosstown Showdown against the Michigan State Baseball team. The Lugnuts won 5-1 win.
Read MoreJ.D. Martinez. Shohei Ohtani. Andrew Benintendi. Ronald Acuña Jr., Mike Trout. They’re some of the best hitters in the game, and they also share the distinction of being among Toronto Blue Jays rookie reliever Jordan Romano’s strikeout victims. The Markham, Ont., native has impressed as a reliever with the big league club this season. Canadian Baseball Network contributor J.P. Antonacci recently caught up with Romano to talk about the hard-throwing right-hander’s first big league season and what it’s like playing professionally in his hometown.
Read MoreA botched play in the top of the eighth that saw Canada commit two throwing errors led to two Australia runs and they hung on for a 7-6 win over Canada’s Junior National Team at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup.
Read MoreWith the Toronto Blue Jays eliminated from the 2019 MLB playoff picture, Canadian Baseball Network contributor Rob Seguin takes a look at what the club’s 2020 roster might look like, as well as at how the rosters of their higher-end minor league affiliates might look next year.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Monday.
Read MoreCOBA Major Week XVII belongs to Erindale
Read MoreNoah Hull (Toronto, Ont.) drilled a two-run homer in the second inning and Jack Seward (Port Moody, BC) recorded the win on the mound to lead Canada’s Junior National Team to a 9-0 win over Nicaragua at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U-18 Baseball World Cup.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci recently caught up with Houston Astros rookie third baseman Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) to talk about his road to the big leagues. Antonacci was also able to speak with Leaside, Ont., native Jim Stevenson, the Canadian scout that signed Toro for the Astros.
Read MoreJay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, summarizes how the Toronto Blue Jays’ minor league affiliates performed on Sunday.
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