How good in Gunnar Hoglund from Ole Miss? Well, down at 1 Blue Jays Way only 10 Toronto Blue Jays will be higher paid than the Jays’ first-round pick Hoglund this season. The former Ole Miss Rebel agreed to a $3.247,500 bonus, which is less than the assigned slot of $3.36 Million. It ranks as the sixth highest bonus in club history.
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Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott is writing a daily blog for the 2021 MLB Draft. Here’s his blog entry from Day 1.
Read MoreHappy Canada Day!
As has become a tradition on the Canadian Baseball Network, editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shares his annual all-Canadian lineup. This is his 21st edition of the team.
Read More“Down 6-0 before they hit the bat rack, it seemed like the opening night of the 2021 season might an indicator of a long, long year for the Calgary Cardinals.
Aren Nelson threw the first pitch in Alberta roughly around 8:30 a.m. on June 13 at Glen Hansen Field. It did not go real well. Facing the Calgary Longhorns he allowed six unearned runs.
The Cardinals had their own six-run rally in the third to cut the Longhorns lead to 8-6. A three-run rally in the fifth provided the margin of victory in an 11-10 win as Cardinals scored an opening night win over the Longhorns in Wild Rose country in a match-up of the two longest-standing members of the league.”
Read More“This time there was not an Adam Loewen, a Jameson Taillon or a David Huff for Team Canada to lean on playing Team USA. The No. 2 ranked Americans were leading 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth, when they sent 10 men to the plate to score seven runs for a 10-1 win over 13th ranked Canada before 839 fans at The Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach.”
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott provides his game report and shares his observations about Canada’s 6-5 win over Cuba at the Americas Olympic qualifier on Tuesday. With the win, Canada will advance to the Super Round of the tournament.
Read MorePitchers Andrew Albers, Brendan McGuigan and Ben Onyshko combined to throw a no-hitter for Canada in their 7-0 win over Columbia in their first game at the Americas Olympic qualifier on Monday. Jacob Robson had three hits and three RBIs for Canada to pace the offence.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott talks to Brendan McGuigan, a man of mystery on Canada’s roster heading into their Olympic qualifying tournament next week.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers longtime Toronto Blue Jays coach, manager and scout Duane Larson who passed away on April 30 at the age of 72.
Read More“What is a teenager to do when the gates to the sandlot diamonds are padlocked?
And amateur scouts can’t show due to the pandemic.
No games. No scouts. No problems for some of Canada’s best draft eligible high schoolers.
When snowbirds flew home from the south early this year, a different group of Canadian showbirds -- younger, more ambitious than retired seniors -- were flocking south.”
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Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott pays tribute to Ottawa coaching legend Carl Faulkner who passed away on April 21 at the age of 91.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott looks back at the Toronto Blue Jays’ top picks from the 2011 MLB draft.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott and CBN writer Danny Gallagher spoke with several of Rheal Cormier’s teammates to get their memories about the longtime big league lefty and Cap Pele, N.B., native who passed away on March 8 at the age of 53.
Read MoreBill Byckowski is the reason for the Canadian Baseball Network’s extensive Canadians in College list, writes CBN founder and editor-in-chief Bob Elliott.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers Wally Gretzky, Canada's Hockey Dad.
Read MoreWhen Perfect Game’s latest NAIA ratings came out, 20 Canadians were listed with the top 25 programs. Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott shines the spotlight on the Canucks on this list.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott remembers Hall of Fame manager and former Montreal Royals pitcher Tommy Lasorda.
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