Elliott: PG rates Soucie as top Canuck JUCO recruit

Jackson Soucie didn’t receive any recognition in July during the draft of high schoolers and collegians.

Yet, people are talking about him now.

LHP Soucie (Cambridge, Ont.) was ranked the ninth best junior college prospect on Perfect Game’s top 281 ranked JUCO recruits. That’s ninth out of the roughly 500 schools fielding teams next spring.

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R.I.P. Marv Staehle

Former Montreal Expos second baseman Marv Staehle has died. Staehle, who played for the Expos in 1969 and 1970, passed away Sept. 30 at age 80, according to a Facebook notice. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares more about Staehle and his major league career.

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Baseball Canada set to enter Strategic Planning Process

“Baseball Canada’s Executive, Board of Directors and office staff had a productive strategic planning session in July 2022 and decided to engage Baseball Canada’s key stakeholders to further develop the plan. Baseball Canada has retained the strategic planning services of Benoit Girardin from LBB Strategies (lbbstrategies.com) who had developed strategic plans for the WBSC, Baseball Québec and more than 30 NSOs and PSOs.”

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