Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott was at Scout Day at the Canadian Futures Showcase on Tuesday and he caught up with five high schoolers from across the country and asked them a series of questions.
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What MLB teams have paid out the most in signing bonuses to Canadian draft picks over the years? Bob Elliott has the answer in this article.
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Shushkewich, CBN Minor League POW: Owen Caissie, former FieldHouse Pirate
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This week the Chicago White Sox said goodbye to scout Billy Scherrer, part of their scouting department for the past 22 years. He began scouting for the Florida Marlins after his playing career, then worked for his old Cincinnati Reds team from 1998 to 2002. Scherrer, who grew up in the Buffalo suburb of Tonawanda, N.Y. and later moved to Arizona, was the first winner of the Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the Year award.
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The late Dave Wallace is the first winner of CBN's Honoured Coach Award, which will be named the Dave Wallace Award in his honour.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker writes that having six teams from each league make the MLB postseason has taken much of the drama out of September pennant races.
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Bob Elliott shares tributes to Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) from Fergie Jenkins, Jose Bautista, Jay Bruce, Carlos Delgado, Justin Morneau, Bob Smyth, Dave Van Horne and others.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares numerous tributes to Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.).
Five Toronto Mets and four Team Ontario Astros earned all-tournament honours at the Perfect Game WWBA 16U National championship in Marietta, Ga.
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The Toronto Baseball Association Girls (TBA Girls) captured gold at the Ontario Summer Games on the weekend.
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“The 17-year-old heartbeat of the Etobicoke Rangers is taking flight to his favourite destination Wednesday:
A ball field.
Although Nolan Walsh has never played on one in St. John’s Nfld. before, or at the 18U National Championships, he’s been around the game long enough to know.
Over every other place, he’d choose a ball field every time.
“There’s just nowhere else I’d rather be [and] no better group to be with,” Walsh said, who alternates between playing centre field and as a left-handed starter on the mound for Etobicoke.
Walsh and the Rangers solidified their spot representing Ontario at 18U Nationals in St. John’s earlier this month, when they won the Ontario Baseball Association eliminations tournament. The Rangers dominated, going 6-0.”
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“The ink is barely dry on contracts signed by 2024 draft selections.
The hunt to find the best draft-eligible high schoolers began first at the East Coast Pro Showcase in Hoover, Ala. and then 240 of the best high school players in North America were invited to the Area Code Games at Blair Field in Long Beach, Calif.
Over the years Canuck hitters, all three Naylor brothers – Josh, Bo and Myles (Mississauga, Ont.), 1B Scott Thorman (Cambridge, Ont.) and Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) have put on some memorable displays of power.
It wasn't so much of a power display when scouts gathered, but rather a complete game on display by Philip Cheong of the Ontario Blue Jays.”
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Ontario Yankees alum RHP Jackson Kornylo (Oshawa, Ont.) was dominant at the East Coast Showcase in Hoover, Ala.
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Elliott: Draft Blog Day III
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A high pressure ball game for Canada with a bronze medal on the line is deja vu for Mia Valcke.
“Six years ago, Canada’s starting outfielder was a key part of them leaving the Women’s World Cup with bronze. Valcke (St Marys, Ont.) hit .500 with an RBI to help Canada to a win over Team USA in extras.
Fast forward to Saturday, and Valcke will be back on the diamond for Canada in a bronze medal game against Mexico, this time on home soil at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay. First pitch is 11 a.m. E.T.”
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher recently caught up with long-time OBA executive Jim Lutton (Oshawa, Ont.) a former Baseball Ontario president, junior coach and Hall of Famer, to discuss Lutton’s long career in baseball.
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Former Michigan Wolverine Jordan Nwogu (Ottawa, Ont.) has been named CBN minor league Player of the Week after his outstanding week with the High-A South Bend Cubs.
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Canada lost 13-4 to Team USA on Tuesday night in its third game of the Women’s World Cup at Thunder Bay.
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It was a roller coaster of a ride for the home side as Canada wound up going off the rails, losing to six-time world champion Japan in extra innings 7-6 at the Women’s Baseball World Cup at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Monday night.
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Canada had an explosive start in its first game of the ninth Women’s Baseball World Cup Sunday evening at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ont. The Canucks scored five in the first and two in the second, to secure a 7-2 win over Mexico.
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