The Intercounty Baseball League’s Guelph Royals forced a deciding Game 5 in its quarter-final series with the Hamilton Cardinals thanks to an 18-3 win Wednesday night at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium.
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The Toronto Blue Jays unveiled their 2023 spring training schedule on Wednesday.
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The Okotoks Dawgs Academy team is heading south next month.
That would be the No. 3 ranked travel team in North America and the No. 1 ranked team in Canada by the Perfect Game Scouting Service.
Their fall ball schedule takes them into Utah, Washington and Oregon. They will play six games against Division I competition including five against Power 5 schools.
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Former Etobicoke Rangers coach Bobby Hunter has passed away at the age of 72.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Guelph Royals beat the Hamilton Cardinals 16-8 on Tuesday night to keep their season alive. The Cardinals lead the best three-of-five series 2-1.
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The Seattle Mariners recalled Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) on Tuesday.
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What do the Blue Jays expect to receive from this July’s first-round pick Brandon Barriera down the road? Well, if we just go off the monies paid to pitchers in previous drafts, Barriera was given $3.4 million US as the 23rd player selected in North America. The Jays forked that over so the Plantation, Fla. high schooler would ignore the Vanderbilt Commodores advances. It’s the second highest signing bonus the Blue Jays have ever given to a pitcher behind Alek Manoah.
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Former Abbotsford Cardinal and Hawaii Rainbow RHP Cade Smith (Abbotsford, BC) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
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Former Oakland A’s slugger Khris Davis is attempting to make it back to the big leagues with the Atlantic League’s Wild Health Genomes. Devon Teeple, of the The GM’s Perspective, has the details.
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Just like his dad, former big leaguer Ray Chadwick, Okotoks Dawgs Academy right-hander Tyrelle Chadwick (Kamloops, B.C.) is opening some eyes on the mound. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently spoke with the younger Chadwick.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the affiliated and independent professional ranks from the past week.
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After finishing 19 games back of the Guelph Royals in the regular season, the Hamilton Cardinals will have the chance to eliminate the Royals from their IBL quarter-final with a win on Tuesday.
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Ottawa Titans slugger and Cole Harbour Cardinals alum Jake Sanford (Cole Harbour, N.S.) has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week.
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Bob Elliott recently caught up with pitchers Zak Szabo (Whitby, Ont.) and Matteo Pare (LaSalle, Ont.) at the JNT’s Selection camp for the WBSC U-18 World Cup, which will take place in Sarasota, Fla. from September 9 to September 18.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to storm back for a 7-6 win over the Barrie Baycats and sweep the best-of-five quarter-final Sunday afternoon at Christie Pits.
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The Intercounty Baseball League’s top seed is off to the semifinal. The London Majors completed a sweep of the last-place Brantford Red Sox with a 23-4 win Sunday night at Labatt Park.
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The Ottawa Titans completed a three-game sweep of the Empire State Greys on Sunday afternoon, taking the finale 10-4.
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Konner Piotto (Abbotsford, B.C.) and Nick Trogrlic-Iverson (Oakville, Ont.) have been named co-winners of the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week award.
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Montreal Expos fan George Funnell Jr., who was an inspiration to many, passed away on Thursday at the age 68. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher remembers Funnell Jr. in this article.
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“The Oxford dictionary defines “dream,” in part, as “a cherished aspiration, an ambition.”
Either way, Ethan Hunt (Kingston, Ont.) is living his dream.
This is a tale of a talented, likeable lad who has always wanted to play professional baseball. That dream has finally come true. The 24-year-old Hunt made his pro debut on August 16 with les Aigles de Trois Rivières of the independent Frontier League. He played a flawless second base and took his first-ever cuts at the plate as a paid batter. In his first at-bat – this after an 800-km, eight-hour drive from Welland to Trois Rivieres with a pitstop in this area to pick up the player’s father, Jim - the rookie legged out a double.”
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