Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Larry Walker, Joey Votto, Rowan Wick, Alex Agostino, Tyler O’Neill and Walter Alston.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott reported on Friday that the Philadelphia Phillies have promoted area scout Alex Agostino (St-Bruno, Que.) to the position of cross checker covering from Canada all the way south to North Carolina.
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Canadians Owen Jansen and Lukas Barry are among the first four players that have been signed by the Thunder Bay Border Cats.
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Do the Toronto Blue Jays overpay and go for a big name in the free agent pitching market this winter or do they do maintain the status quo by going after smaller fish? Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, tackles this question in his latest article.
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Canadian Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) has been named one of the 10 best players of the decade by MLB.com.
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Tim Raines headlines a crackerjack lineup of former Montreal Expos scheduled to appear at the annual Expos Fest gala in Montreal next March.
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Longtime Toronto Blue Jays beat writer and former Toronto Sun baseball columnist Ken Fidlin has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s 2019 Jack Graney Award.
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The late Jim Ridley (Milton, Ont.) was part of the fourth annual Milton Sports Hall of Fame ceremonies. He played pro, then joined the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Stratford Kraven Knits before scouting for the Blue Jays and the Minnesota Twins.
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Canadian left-hander Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) has signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have signed reliever A.J. Cole to a minor league contract.
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The Toronto Blue Jays dealt reliever Justin Shafer to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations on Monday.
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University of Kentucky alum and Seattle Mariners’ 2017 first-round draft pick Evan White has signed a six-year, $24-million contract with the Mariners. The deal was negotiated by Canadian Blake Corosky of True Gravity Baseball.
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Elliott: Sport Media honors Matt Devlin, Michael Grange, Terry Leibel, Randy Tieman, Masai Ujiri
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jim McKean, Blake Corosky, Tom Burgess, Ryan Dempster, Fergie Jenkins and Rowan Wick.
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Monterrey, Mexico will host the 2020 World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women’s Baseball World Cup next November, the international federation announced yesterday at the III WBSC World Baseball Softball Congress in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. The Canadian Women’s National Team gained entry into the event last summer via a third place finish at the COPABE Americas Women’s Baseball World Cup Qualifier in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Martha Cisco, wife of former Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays’ pitching coach Galen Cisco, who recently lost her battle with cancer.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have added pitcher Thomas Hatch and infielder Santiago Espinal to their 40-man roster in advance of the Rule 5 draft while sending Tim Mayza outright to triple-A Buffalo and designating Justin Shafer for assignment. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, has the details.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli shares his Top 10 lists for the 2019 minor league season which highlight the statistical leaders in various offensive/pitching categories for all affiliated, independent and foreign league players.
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Baseball America has revealed their list of the Toronto Blue Jays’ top 10 prospects. Jay Blue, from Blue Jays from Away, provides his thoughts on their ranking.
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The Fergie Jenkins Foundation continues to boycott the massive Sport Card and Memorabilia Expo. The foundation is unhappy that the folks running the event twice a year on Airport Road in Mississauga, Ont. blocked the foundation from bringing in former Expos players to sign autographs last May. Because of that friction, the foundation declined to have any players appear at the event this past weekend.
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