The Seattle Mariners have dealt infielder Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) to the Milwaukee Brewers, along with outfielder Jesse Winker, in exchange for infielder Kolten Wong.
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Tilleman's all-Alberta team: Henderson, Johnson, Radmnanovich, Rietsma, Zimmerman,
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Left-hander Miguel Cienfuegos (Laval, Que.) has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Claude Pelletier Award, an honour which is handed out annually to the best Canadian pitcher in the independent professional or foreign ranks.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher contends that new Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly will be an “associate manager” with the club.
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Shintaro Fujinami has been posted by Nippon Professional Baseball’s Hanshin Tigers. Big-league teams will now have 45 days to try and make a deal with him. And from all indications the Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland A’s are two of the interested parties, writes Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie.
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The Toronto Chapter of the BBWAA has announced its annual award winners. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.) earned the Neil MacCarl Award as Player of the Year while RHP Alek Manoah landed Pitcher of the Year. The Most Improved Player Award was given to RHP Ross Stripling. Also recognized were first base coach Mark Budzinski and broadcaster Buck Martinez as the John Cerutti Award co-recipients for displaying goodwill, cooperation, and character.
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Hall of Fame right-hander Gaylord Perry passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 84. He reportedly died at his home in Gaffney, S.C., of natural causes.
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The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Don Mattingly to be their bench coach.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the pro ranks from the past two months.
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Longtime Canadian Press writer Richard Milo has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2022 Jack Graney Award.
The St. Marys, Ont.-based shrine presents this award annually to a member of the media who has made significant contributions to baseball in Canada through their life’s work.
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“Fairfield, Illinois to Marianna, Florida to Troy, Alabama, that's the road former Ontario Terriers left-handed pitcher Andre Wojtarowicz will take by the time his college career comes to a close. Wojtarowicz announced recently that he would be transferring from Frontier Community College to powerhouse Chipola College for the spring season due to a Bobcats coaching change.”
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Left-hander Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) has won the Canadian Baseball Network’s Wayne Norton Award as the top Canadian pitcher in the affiliated minor league ranks.
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Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, provides an update on how Atlanta Braves pitcher Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) is progressing from his twice-torn, right Achilles that has keep him out of major league action since August 3, 2020.
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The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its 2022 Jack Graney Award winner on Thursday.
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It was eight years ago today that the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Josh Donaldson from the Oakland A’s in exchange for Brett Lawrie (Langley, B.C.), Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin and Franklin Baretto. We thought we’d resurrect this story written by editor-in-chief Bob Elliott when he visited the Oakland A’s camp in the spring of 2015 to ask Donaldson’s former teammates about the slugging third baseman.
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Dom Dinelle is the owner of the Chatham Intercounty Baseball League franchise that will begin play in 2024.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rob Thomson, the Jack Graney Award, Matt Brash, Mike Johnson, Vern Handrahan and Pete Ward.
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We recently asked newly inducted OBA Hall of Famer and legendary coach Marc Picard to pick a team of the best players he has coached. He came through with not just one team, but two.
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Catcher Hayden Jaco (Coquitlam, B.C.) has signed with the Intercounty Baseball League’s Barrie Baycats.
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The Intercounty Baseball League has announced that the league’s Board of Governors has approved the expansion application of Chatham, Ontario for admittance into the league in 2024.
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