McFarland: Kucy closing out collegiate career at St. Bonaventure as full-time pitcher

“Coming to the ballpark for a game day looks a lot different for Ryan Kucy than it did when he first started going to college.

The Edmonton native came out of AHP Academy as a highly regarded infielder and performed very well in his first two seasons at Northeastern Junior College.

Everything was going according to plan when he made the move to St. Bonaventure University and was getting regular playing time at third base.

However, a month into his junior season, the Bonnies’ pitching staff ran into injury troubles, leaving head coach Jason Rathbun to find some reinforcements.

Enter Kucy, who had pitched in a couple of games for the Edmonton Prospects during the summer of 2024.”

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CBN Minor League Player of the Week: Matt Wilkinson

Matt Wilkinson threw five perfect innings in his start for the Cleveland Guardians’ Akron RubberDucks against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies on Sunday.

His effort was part of a combined no-hitter by five RubberDucks pitchers in a 4-0 victory.

That alone would’ve been enough to earn Wilkinson (Ladner, B.C.) the Canadian Baseball Network’s Minor League Player of the Week award, but he also permitted just one run in 4 1/3 innings in a start against the Rumble Ponies earlier in the week.

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