Vauxhall Academy alum and Canisius Golden Griffins junior Max Grant (Fredericton, N.B.) has been named to the 2023 Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-America Second Team.
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The Chicago Cubs claimed left-hander Anthony Kay off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday.
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First baseman Nolan Machibroda (Saskatoon, Sask.) has signed a free agent deal with the Minnesota Twins. The long-time member of the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) played 96 regular and postseason games for the Weyburn Beavers dating back to 2018.
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes introduced Greg Tagert as the fourth field manager in franchise history on Thursday.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew (Dorchester, Ont.) has won Baseball Canada’s Bob Elliott Media Recognition Award.
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Longtime player and manager Damon Topolie will not be returning to the Intercounty Baseball League’s Toronto Maple Leafs in 2023. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the story.
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She’s only 21, but Madison Willian (Edmonton, Alta.), who’s also a standout hockey player and golfer, is developing into a leader on the Canadian Women’s National Team. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently caught up with the young multisport athlete to talk about her career and her future.
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He is the “Canadian baseball card guy.”
At least that’s what many collectors and retired Canadian big leaguers call Kelly Sage.
They know that when it comes to finding a baseball card of a Canadian player that the Saskatoon resident is their man.
Sage owns close to 20,000 different Canadian cards – ranging from a 1909 T206 card of Brandon, Man., native Russ Ford to modern cards of Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
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Toronto Mets and Junior National Team alum Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) is among the non-roster invitees to the Oakland A’s major league spring training camp.
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The Ottawa Titans have re-signed right-handed pitcher Zac Westcott.
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Right-hander James Taillon, whose parents are Canadian, has officially signed a four-year contract with the Chicago Cubs.
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Baseball Canada announced on Tuesday that the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is awarding hosting rights to Thunder Bay, Ont., for the final stage of the IX Women's Baseball World Cup. The six-team tournament is scheduled for the Summer of 2024. Baseball Canada and the Thunder Bay International Baseball Association (TBIBA) will run the Local Organising Committee (LOC).
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Garrett Takamatsu (Burlington, Ont.) is leaving his job as field manager of the Intercounty Baseball League's Toronto Maple Leafs to return to the Frontier league's Quebec Capitales as a catcher and infielder. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher has the story.
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Baseball America has ranked ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec, Que.) as the Minnesota Twins’ fourth-best prospect.
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A Montreal Expos fan has created what is believed to be the only website containing photos of all Expos players and managers. John Duval (Repentigny, Que.) organized the site to honour the uniformed personnel of the franchise through its 36 seasons of existence. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares Duval’s story.
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The Canadian Baseball Network officially announced the winners of its 2022 awards for top Canadian minor league hitter and pitcher and top foreign/independent ball hitter and pitcher on Monday.
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Canadian A.J. Yamaguchi (Vancouver, B.C.) is the latest Canadian to join the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization. Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie shares Yamaguchi’s story.
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When Alex Rodriguez signed a 10-year, $252 million contract with the Texas Rangers in December 2000, people were worried that Major League Baseball would die — that the exorbitant contracts being handed out would kill the game. Well, that never happened, and the contracts being handed out by major league owners this off-season would have Rodriguez asking to renegotiate his deal, writes Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Ernie Whitt, Edouard Julien, Miguel Cienfuegos, Aaron Myette, Larry Walker, Rob Ducey, Jack Morris and Pete Ward.
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Trois-Rivieres Aigles standout L.P. Pelletier (Montreal, Que.) has won the 2022 Canadian Baseball Network’s Murray Zuk Award as the top offensive player in the foreign or independent ranks.
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