Langley Blaze and Canadian Junior National Team alum Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, B.C.) has been named the St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Player of the Year.
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The Texas Rangers believe that Markham, Ont., native and former Team Italy right-hander Jordan Romano, whom they recently acquired, can help their bullpen in 2019. Roberto Angotti, from Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball, has the story.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Harold Baines, Lee Smith, Jamie Romak, John Hiller, Bobby Mattick and John Axford.
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After belting 43 home runs and helping the SK Wyverns to a championship, London, Ont., native Jamie Romak has re-signed a one-year deal with the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) club worth a reported $1.3 million.
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UBC Thunderbirds and Okotoks Dawgs alum Conor Lillis-White (Toronto, Ont.) was traded by the Los Angeles Angels to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday. Canadian Baseball Network writer Jonathan Hodgson has the details.
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The legendary Wray Upper, 87, passed away Dec. 8 in Cambridge, Ont. A celebration of life for Upper will take place in Cambridge on Dec. 21. The event will be held at the Coutts Funeral Home on St. Andrews Street from 1 to 4 p.m. in Cambridge.
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The independent Can Am League’s Ottawa Champions announced on Wednesday that Sébastien Boucher has been named the club's new manager, after serving as a player-coach for the previous four seasons.
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Some costly mistakes and missed opportunities hurt the Canadian Junior National Team as they fell, 4-2, to host Panama at the COPABE U18 Pan American Championships. With the win, Panama will meet the United States for the gold medal on Sunday while Canada will play Nicaragua for bronze. The top four finish assures Canada a spot in the 2019 WBSC U18 Baseball World Cup in Gijang, South Korea.
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Danielle Obal recently spoke with Markham, Ont., native Jordan Romano about his all-star season with the Toronto Blue Jays’ double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats that earned him the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network minor league player of the year honour.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joe Siddall, Andrew Albers, Pedro Martinez, Rich Butler, Danny Klassen, Rocky Nelson and Gene Mauch.
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After five seasons in the Houston Astros organization, right-hander Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) has signed a reported one-year, $700,000 contact to join the Korean Baseball Organization’s (KBO) SK Wyverns.
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James Paxton (Ladner, B.C.) and Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) are two of the strongest candidates for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Tip O’Neill Award, which is handed out annually to the top Canadian player.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Phil Marchildon, Dick Fowler, James Paxton, Pedro Martinez, Jimmy Key, Stubby Clapp, Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Stubby Clapp, Charlie Montoyo, Doug Melvin, Fergie Jenkins, Terry Puhl and Tim Hyers.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor Dustin Saracini recently spoke with Okotoks Dawgs’ grad LaRon Smith about the Spruce Grove, Alta., native’s first season in the Minnesota Twins organization.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor in chief Bob Elliott writes about some of the best alumni that have competed at the Perfect Game tournament in Jupiter Fla., over the years. The tournament is celebrating its 20th anniversary and Elliott also shares some of the best memories Canadian scouts have from the event.
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Elliott: Stubby Clapp (Windsor, Ont.) helped JD Martinez with his swing … when both were with the Houston Astros organization.
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Two of baseball’s most highest-rated prospects — Montreal-born Surprise Saguaro third baseman Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. (Blue Jays) and Scottsdale Scorpions right-handed pitcher Forrest Whitley (Astros) — are the Arizona Fall League’s first players of the week for 2018.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Jose Bautista, the Montreal Expos, Matt Stairs, Jamie Romak, Fergie Jenkins, Doug Melvin and Al Oliver.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Montreal, Que.), Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.), Jamie Romak (London, Ont.) and Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) are the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network’s Award winners for 2018.
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