The Seattle Mariners have acquired Canadian slugger Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Little League Alberta District 2 (Edmonton) has been named a semi finalist for the 2025 National Safety Council (NSC) Green Cross for Safety® Advocate Award. It was the first time any Canadian Little League district, or any youth sports organization in Canada, has received this distinction.
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“Outfielder Zane Skansi is no stranger to playing north of the border.
For three of his four summer ball seasons through his college career, the Gig Harbor, Wash., native has come up north to stay sharp in the college offseason.
In 2022 and 2023, his trips were to join the Thunder Bay Border Cats. This year, he stayed on the western side of North America and provided massive results for the Okotoks Dawgs.
A .366 batting average and team-leading (between players with 10 or more games played) 1.096 OPS led to him earning a WCBL All-Star Game selection in his first year in the league.”
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The Saskatoon Berries will host the 2026 Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game.
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Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.), Pat Gillick and Tim Raines will be among the more than 50 inductees returning for the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction weekend this weekend.
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The Okotoks Dawgs lost 7-5 to the Sylvan Lake Gulls on Wednesday.
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“The MLB draft wasn’t even on a 13-year-old Blake Gillespie’s radar.
Why would it be?
Baseball wasn’t part of his repertoire.
The young teen was busy dribbling a soccer ball around cones at the field, not coming set on the mound about to throw a zinger to the catcher.
But it was, unbeknownst to Gillespie, part of his future. The now 21-year-old, who didn’t pick up baseball until he was 14, was drafted in the ninth round by the New York Yankees on July 14. “
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Terriers left-hander Jack Perry (Mississauga, Ont.) is one of the first 50 players selected to participate in the Canadian Futures Showcase in September.
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The Ottawa Titans have re-signed utility player Taylor Wright (North Vancouver, B.C.) after releasing him earlier this season.
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Okotoks Dawgs and Junior National Team alum Max Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.) has been named an outfielder on the First Half All-MLB Draft League team for his strong performance with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers.
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Athletics centre fielder Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) is headed to the injured list with an abductor strain.
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Ontario Blue Jays alum Brendan Lawson (Toronto, Ont.) is impressing with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod League. He owns a .368 batting average with three doubles, three homers and four RBIs. In the first 12 games, he has a 1.162 OPS.
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Toronto Mets alum and Binghamton Rumble Ponies right-hander Jonah Tong (Markham, Ont.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s minor league Player of the Week after another dominant start on Friday.
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Outfielder Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.) had two hits, two runs and an RBI to help the Winnipeg Goldeyes snap their nine-game losing streak with a 9-3 win over the Lincoln Saltdogs on Sunday.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Tyson Shushkewich believes that Toronto Blue Jays legend Buck Martinez should be on the club’s Level of Excellence.
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Of the 2025 WCBL All-Star Game participants, perhaps none had as much support present as Austin Gurney (Campbell River, BC) of the Moose Jaw Miller Express.
As a contestant in his third WCBL Home Run Derby, Gurney had a special pitcher tossing to him – his dad, Hugh.
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Rain forced the umpires to call the game after only six innings, but that was all that the East All-Stars needed to reach double digits in a 10-3 win over the West in the 2025 WCBL All-Star game at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks, Alta. on Saturday night.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Michael Soroka, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Will Hynes, Denis Boucher and Justin Morneau.
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With 22 total home runs in a rainy Seaman Stadium, left-handed hitting Matt Rhoades, of the Fort McMurray Giants and Concordia University-Nebraska, took home the 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League Home Run Derby crown.
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“It was a joyous jaunt for Jamie Campbell.
The love affair between the Sportsnet Blue Jays Central host and the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) is in full bloom, and the public displays of affection could be seen during Campbell’s recent trip to Saskatchewan.”
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