“What do you do when a former Major League Baseball player tells you to check out a young high school prospect?
Moose Jaw Miller Express coach Eric Marriott did what any sensible human would do: listen.
In this case, it was Marriott’s pitching coach and former Detroit Tigers hurler Dustin Molleken who was singing the praises of Nathan Houston.
The Melville teenager signed on with the Miller Express as an affiliate player in 2023, and Marriott says he fit right in.”
Read MoreGrand Canyon OF Tyler Wilson, who is the son of former major league LHP Steve Wilson (Victoria, BC), has been named the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Player of the Year .
Read MoreOn Monday, the Junior National Team had a tie and a win in their Victoria Day doubleheader that was part of their Dominican Pro Academy Camp.
Read MoreFieldhouse Pirates alum Zach Cameron (Hamilton, Ont.), a fifth-year senior at Niagara University, recently broke the school’s career saves record. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott caught up with him in Buffalo.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes the top performances by Canadians in the U.S. college ranks from the past week in his latest “Big Man On Campus (BMOC)” column.
Read MoreMoose Jaw Canucks alum Kaleb Waller (Drinkwater, Sask.) has been named Canadian Baseball Network College Player of the Week after he tossed a complete game shutout for Kankakee Community College in a must-win playoff game against Madison College.
Read More“Zander Oudie-Senger will never say “no” to signing an autograph for a young fan around Currie Field.
After all, it wasn’t that long ago that the Regina Red Sox pitcher was a kid with a Sharpie and a baseball in hand, hoping to get his favourite players to do the same.
Not only was he a regular to games with his Nana, but Oudie-Senger’s family also billeted several players over the years.
“Each player that came into our house felt like an older brother,” he told Saskatchewan Dugout Stories. “All of those guys have shed light into our family and I couldn’t be more grateful for each of them.”
Now entering his third season with the hometown team, the 21-year-old will be a veteran presence on a team looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2023.”
Read MoreThe Junior National Team fell 5-3 to Los Angeles Dodgers DSL as part of their Pro academy Domincan tour on Saturday.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses James Paxton, Cal Quantrill, Michael Soroka, Justin Morneau and Abraham Toro.
Read MoreABC alum Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week after a strong week with the Los Angeles Angels’ triple-A Salt Lake Bees.
Read MoreTerriers players were making an impact all over the field from May 6 to 12. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts summarizes some of the top performances.
Read MoreThe Junior National Team lost 4-3 to the San Diego Padres DSL as part of their Dominican pro academy tour on Friday.
Read More“Like most players who leave Anaheim, Shohei Ohtani has thrived.
Thriving is not something that’s automatic after you’ve already won two MVP awards, because the threshold of thriving is already at 30,000 feet. Yet Ohtani, as a Dodger, is hitting .364 with a .676 slugging percentage, a 1.108 OPS, a 211 OPS-plus (compared with the league average), 12 home runs, 16 doubles, and 63 hits, as of Wednesday night. The averages are all career highs, and the batting average is 60 points better than his previous high, set last season in his farewell to Orange County.”
Read MoreThe Junior National Team lost both ends of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Welland Jackfish, the defending champions of the Intercounty Baseball League, are set to kick off their season on the road facing the London Majors at Labatt Memorial Park tonight.
Read MoreElliott: Day Oner George Farelli hands over reins to Canadians in Minors
Read MoreJared Anderson played hero with a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth-inning to lift the No. 3 seed Arizona Christian Firestorm to a come from behind 8-7 victory over the No. 4 seed UBC Thunderbirds, to close out the Lewiston Bracket in the opening round of the NAIA Championship Wednesday night. With the loss, UBC’s season comes to an end.
Read MoreJuniors edge Astros with run in ninth in Dominican
Read MoreThe No. 4 seed UBC Thunderbirds staved off elimination by edging the No. 5 seed Embry-Riddle Eagles 4-3 in game six of the Lewiston Bracket in the opening round of the 2024 NAIA Baseball Championship Tuesday evening.
Read MoreThe Toronto Blue Jays will be giving away Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) replica jerseys to the first 15,000 fans to attend Monday’s game.
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