Posts by Alexis Brudnicki
ICYMI: Inaugural T12 changed Case's career

With the start of Tournament 12 just six days away, we wanted to revive this excellent article by Canadian Baseball Network alum and now MLB.com reporter Alexis Brudnicki about Saint John, N.B., native Andrew Case who was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays after starring in the inaugural T12 event. Case made it high as triple-A in parts of six seasons in the Blue Jays organization, before retiring in April. Case will return to the event this year as a coach for Team Black.

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Shawn hopes to take Ajax Hill

“For the tournament I decided I was going to strap it on,” Hill said. “I physically still wasn’t there but I was able to throw enough to pitch. Then in between [outings] I couldn’t play catch, I couldn’t throw bullpens and all that kind of stuff, but I figured where I was – not knowing if I was even going to play the following year again – that it was worth the short inconvenience of pain to help the team out, and to go through that experience.”

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