OF Jordan Nwogu (Orleans, Ont.), of double-A Tennessee, and LHP Adam Tulloch (Toronto, Ont.), of class-A Lynchburg, have been named co-winners of the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Patrick Kennedy pays tribute to two Kingston sport greats - ‘Dinger’ Bellringer and Joe Kotowych - that recently passed away.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the affiliated minor league and independent professional ranks from the past week.
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Tyler Duncan (Sooke, B.C.) went deep twice to clinch the 2023 IBL home run title in Hamilton’s 7-3 win in Kitchener on Monday.
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“Thirty teams passed on Bryce Arnold during June’s MLB draft, before the Toronto Blue Jays signed the middle infielder from Grimsby, Ont., to a free agent contract and sent him to Low-A Dunedin.
Jimmy Richardson, VP and director of baseball operations with Arnold’s alma mater, the Fieldhouse Pirates, has every confidence Arnold will rise far above Dunedin before his playing days are done.
“After Bryce signed, I said, ‘That guy’s going to be a big leaguer,’” Richardson told Canadian Baseball Network.”
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Levis, Que.) drove in both runs for the Minnesota Twins in their 2-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday at Target Field.
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The Mississauga Tigers captured the 18U National Championship and the Calgary Cardinals won the 13U Western Championship in Fort McMurray, Alta. on the weekend.
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COBA has announced its latest weekly award winners.
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William Gardner, the Okotoks Dawgs’ vice president, director and pre-game ceremony host, called Dawgs fans “the greatest in all of baseball.” And those fans played a big role in the Dawgs’ home field, Seaman Stadium, being recently named top summer collegiate stadium by Ballpark Digest. Joe McFarland, of Alberta Dugout Stories, recently spoke with Gardner about the honour.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Matt Brash, Edouard Julien, Tyler O’Neill, Fergie Jenkins, Joey Votto and Bo Bichette.
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Former North Delta Blue Jays RHP Nate Rosser (Delta, BC) has transferred from Ohlone College to Butler University.
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Victoria HarbourCats head coach Todd Haney has been named West Coast League Coach of the Year.
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Right-hander Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) earned the win for the Winnipeg Goldeyes in the first game of their doubleheader against the Lincoln Saltdogs on Friday, while left-hander Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.) took the loss in the second contest.
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Bob Elliott writes that the Naylor brothers - Josh, Bo and Myles - own three of the top six MLB draft signing bonuses paid to Canucks.
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“Going 6-0 with a 1.08 ERA was more than enough to get Logan MacNeil the attention of voters for the West Coast League all-star team, as the Vancouver product who pitched at New Mexico JC in spring was named to the first team today.
Oddly, the HarbourCats led the WCL in just about every offensive category but no hitter was voted to the first team -- nine of the 10 first-team position players were from the South Division. For the HarbourCats, shortstop Hudson Shupe (Gonzaga), catcher/first baseman Tyler Davis (Fresno State) -- who was top five in home runs, hits and RBIs -- made the second team, as did lefty Davis Franklin (Puget Sound), who was 2-1 with four saves and a 1.44 ERA.”
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Cincinnati Reds slugger Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) is closing in on more of Maple Ridge, B.C. native Larry Walker’s all-time major league records.
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The Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Medicine Hat Mavericks 13-5 to win the franchise’s seventh title in front of 5,888 happy fans at Seaman Stadium in the third and the deciding game of the Western Canada League championship series.
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All it took was Oakland A’s scout Matt Higginson convincing his bosses on the talents and pedigree of Myles Naylor.
And when Oakland selected Ontario Blue Jays 3B Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) 39th overall in the July draft, the signing by Higginson (Grimsby, Ont.) vaulted Oakland from 19th in overall TSCT (Team Spending on Canadian Teams) to a solid 10th.
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Welland Jackfish outfielder Hogan Brown (Virginia Beach, Va.) has been named the Intercounty Baseball League’s Batter of the Week, while Kitchener Panthers left-hander Yamichel Pérez (Sancti Spiritus, Cub.) has earned top pitcher honours.
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The Okotoks Dawgs lost 12-9 to the Medicine Hat Mavericks in the second game of the Western Canadian Baseball League championship series on Wednesday. The best-of-three final is now deadlocked at one game apiece. The third-and-deciding game will be played at Seaman Stadium on Thursday.
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