Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols’ Canadian connections.
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Luke Hazlewood remembers his legendary Brampton Centennial high school baseball coach Ken MacKay who passed away on September 16.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team alum Bo Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
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“Modern baseball took a turn on Sept. 15.
Drey Jameson, the 34th player taken in the 2019 draft, was promoted to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ varsity. He started against San Diego. He made it through the first, second and third innings. Suddenly, he found himself in the seventh and he got through that, too.
That’s right. A major league debut by a starting pitcher lasted seven innings and, not only that, braved the horrors of the Third Time Through.”
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The Welland Jackfish have signed field manager Brian Essery to a three-year contract.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions in the affiliated minor league and independent pro ranks from the past week.
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Devon Teeple, of The GM’s Perspective, shines the spotlight on Courtney Hawkins’ record-breaking season with the Atlantic League’s Lexington Legends.
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Bob Elliott talks to several of the coaches at the Canadian Futures Showcase to find out what players at the event stood out to them.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew takes a look at all of the 100-RBI seasons in Toronto Blue Jays’ history.
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Former Ontario Terrier, Kelowna Falcon and Okanagan Coyotes RHP Trevor Bridgen (North York, Ont.), now pitching in triple-A in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, has been named Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week.
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Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recounts the records that were broken in this year’s Western Canadian Baseball League season.
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Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, writes about inspirational left-hander Jim Abbott’s tenure with the Calgary Cannons.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s latest “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Mike Soroka, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Nick Pivetta, Carlos Delgado, Tim Raines and Reggie Cleveland.
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Team Francis scored nine runs in the last three innings to rally back to defeat Team Stairs 11-9 at the Canadian Futures Showcase Prospects Game at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa on Saturday. Carleton Journalism student Adamo Marinelli has the game story.
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Ontario Blue Jays and Junior National Team slugger Myles Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) is the king of moonshots after putting on a clinic to win the Home Run Derby at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park on Saturday. Carleton Journalism student Reanna Julien has more about Naylor’s power display.
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Angelo Franco (Burnaby, B.C.), Calvin Warrillow (Toronto, Ont.) and Brodey Bitove (Toronto, Ont.) had two hits apiece and Keaton Cottam (Milton, Ont.) scored two and knocked in two to lead Team Grey to a 12-6 win over Team Navy in the final game of round-robin play at the Canadian Futures Showcase at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park in Ottawa on Saturday.
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Despite a challenging atmosphere — including frigid weather and no power in the stadium — shortstop Carter Shin (Burlington, Ont.) shined through registering two hits and two walks to lead Team Black to a 13-5 over Team Light Blue in the third game played at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Friday. Carleton Journalism student Mark Colley has the game story.
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Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) has been named MVP of the Miami Marlins’ triple-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
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Starting next spring, you won’t have to drive to Wrigley Field to see a statue of Canadian baseball legend Fergie Jenkins. Darrin Canniff, the mayor of Chatham, Ont., Jenkins’ hometown, announced on Thursday that a full-size replica of the bronze statue of Jenkins outside of the Chicago Cubs’ home stadium has been gifted to his city and will arrive in April or May of 2023.
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Bob Elliott’s column from Day 4 of the Canadian Futures Showcase shines the spotlight on players from five different provinces and talks about Ontario Terrriers catcher Jason Green (Georgetown, Ont.) who hit the first home run of the event on Friday.
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