Kevin Glew's weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories.
Read MoreIn advance of the upcoming Major League Baseball non-waiver trade deadline, the Miami Marlins and San Diego Padres came together on Friday to complete one of the first big multi-player transactions of 2016's trading season.
Read MoreJason Dickson was acclaimed as Baseball Canada President Wednesday morning at the organization’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto.
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C Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, Ont.) had a home game of sorts on Tuesday: he took batting practice with his new team the Arizona Diamondbacks at the Rogers Centre, they headed upstairs to sit in co-owner Jeffrey Royer's suite and a good time was had by all as the DBacks edged the Blue Jays 4-2.
Read MoreFew people were watching that morning as the transformation of Russell Martin began at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, but Eric Langhill was among them.
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Tim Raines, former Montreal Expos speedster, moved to within 23 votes of election for the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown heading into his 10th and final year on the ballot.
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Jim Stevenson, former Leaside coach, now with the Houston Astros, was the Canadian Baseball Network scout of the year.
Read MoreBob Elliott's induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame June 13 is richly deserved. He has gone into the hall before as the Jack Graney Award winner for sports writing and this induction is for his contributions to baseball in general.
Read MoreTORONTO — Five weeks into the MLB season, no team has yet emerged as the clear leader in the American League East division.
And as far as John Gibbons is concerned, that's a good thing, especially considering the mediocre road trip Toronto just came back from.
"(We're) very fortunate," the Blue Jays manager said prior to his club's 10-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night.
Read MorePlaying in a big league stadium is nothing new to Mississauga, Ont., native Josh Naylor.
At the ripe old age of 17, he's already competed in three of them. And before the summer is over, he'll add two more to that list.
Naylor was officially selected Sunday to play in the 2014 Perfect Game All-American Classic, which takes place at San Diego's Petco Park on Aug. 10. Six days after that, he'll compete at the Under Armor All-America game at Chicago's iconic Wrigley Field.
Read MoreToronto Blue Jays prospect Tom Robson never felt the popping sensation associated with a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
Instead, the right-hander — who will have Tommy John surgery in Pensacola, Fla., on Tuesday — experienced a nagging discomfort that simply wouldn't go away.
"I woke up with it one day and it never got better," said Robson, whose surgery will be performed by the renowned Dr. James Andrews. "It had been something that was bothering me for a while, so I knew it wasn't right."
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