Baseball Canada has announced the names of the 30 athletes that have been invited to the Junior National Team’s (U-18) annual tour through the Dominican Summer League (DSL) from May 18-26.
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The Baseball Manitoba offices in Winnipeg most certainly have a different feel this week with a familiar face missing from his usual spot. An employee for 24 years with the organization and many more years spent playing, coaching and impacting the baseball scene across the province, Morgan de Peña has retired from his post as the organization’s executive director, a spot he’s held since 2000.
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The Canadian Junior National Team lost 5-0 to a team of Houston Astros prospects on Friday, but the game was a lot closer than it appeared with all of the scoring coming in one inning. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the game details.
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Baseball Canada shares a list of the Canadians who have been selected as officials by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) for various Baseball World Cup events in 2018.
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A prospects squad from the Washington Nationals organization used 14 hits and scored seven runs to hand the Junior National Team a 7-2 loss as the Extended Spring Training Camp continued at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the game details.
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The Houston Astros prospects struck for three runs in the bottom of the eighth and held on to defeat the Junior National Team, 4-1, as the extended spring training camp continued at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the game details.
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Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth before Tate Dearing (White Rock, B.C.) and Viktor Bergeron (Terrebonne, Que.) combined to shut the door as the Canadian Junior National Team defeated a prospects squad from the Minnesota Twins organization, 4-3, in Extended Spring action on Tuesday. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the game details.
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Jaden Brown (Mississauga, Ont.) led off the bottom of the seventh with an inside-the-park home run that turned out to be the eventual game-winning run as the Canadian Junior National Team went on to defeat the independent Fort Lauderdale Stars, 7-2. Baseball Canada’s Adam Morissette has the game details.
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There were a lot of zeroes on the scoreboard at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in Extended Spring Training action on Friday as the Junior National Team and a prospects squad from the Houston Astros organization played to a 0-0 tie. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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The Canadian Junior National Team opened their annual extended spring training camp on Thursday with a 3-0 loss to a team of Washington Nationals prospects at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in Florida. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.
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Maple Ridge, B.C., native Tyler O'Neill has been called up by the St. Louis Cardinals and is set to become the sixth Canadian to appear in a big league game this season. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the details.
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Baseball Canada unveiled the names of the 32 athletes that have been invited to the Junior National Team’s (U-18) annual Extended Spring Training Camp in West Palm Beach, Fla., from April 19-28 on Monday.
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A pair of Okotoks Dawgs players exchanged their red and black colours for a different shade of red in March, suiting up for the Canadian Junior National Team as they hit the road to St. Petersburg, Fla. for spring training. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Dustin Saracini shares their story.
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Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette shares that five Canadians are on major league rosters to begin the season.
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The Junior National Team dropped the final game of their spring training camp, 4-0, to a group of prospects from the Tampa Bay Rays organization. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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A Baltimore Orioles prospects squad featuring Junior National Team alum Adam Hall (London, Ont.) held the Junior National Team to just three hits and scored two runs in each of the fourth and sixth innings to come away with a 5-1 win. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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Pitching ruled on a cool Florida afternoon with wind gusts as high as 46 km/h as the Canadian Junior National Team scored a run in the eighth to escape with a 1-1 tie against a prospects squad from the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette shares the game details.
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A run in the top of the first and a solo home run in the eighth proved to be all of the offence that the Fort Lauderdale Stars would need as they limited the Canadian Junior National Team to just three hits and seven base runners to come away with a 2-1 win on Monday. Baseball Canada's Adam Morissette has the game details.
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The Toronto Blue Jays prospect squad – led by the major league battery of Marcus Stroman and Russell Martin – handed the Canadian Junior National Team an 11-3 loss at Dunedin Stadium on Saturday, but also imparted some lessons about how to compete against players who’ve already made the leap to the professional ranks. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci was at the game and filed this report.
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Coach Dave Robb (Lac Le Biche, Alta.) who coaches at Mesa Community College in the spring and Canadian Junior National Team coach Greg Hamilton (Ottawa, Ont.) were inducted into the Okotoks Dawgs Hall of Fame.
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