Canadian reliever John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) is reportedly close to signing a minor league deal with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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It’s just a game? Hardly. Baseball is a big business, and major league players and coaches put in countless hours of hard work in order to excel under almost unimaginable scrutiny and pressure. So where do they find the joy? While covering spring training in Florida last year, Canadian Baseball Network contributor J.P. Antonacci put that question to Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta, bench coach Rob Thomson, and then-Blue Jays outfielder Curtis Granderson.
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Late Canadian baseball statistician Allan Roth, who was born in Montreal, has been named one of SABR’s 2019 Henry Chadwick Award winners.
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It's an unlikely Canadian baseball success story. Rob Thomson grew up in the small town of Corunna, Ont. in the late '60s and early '70s, but today finds himself with five World Series rings and now in his 27th season as a coach with the New York Yankees. Canadian Baseball Network writer J.P. Antonacci spoke with Thomson about his improbable rise through the baseball ranks.
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MLB.com decided to obtain some long term projections for the first 10 years of Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s career. The projections are pretty eye popping, as is their analysis.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Eric Gagne, Justin Morneau, Roy Halladay, Bob Emslie, Rich Harden and Ron Piche.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the minor and major league transactions involving Canadians from the month of January.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Rich Butler, Bob Emslie, Roy Halladay, Pete LaForest, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina and Larry Walker.
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Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.) is entering spring training a year older, a year wiser, and with a renewed conviction to strive for greatness. The Canadian right-hander, who won’t turn 22 until August, is already gearing up for his second major league spring training with the Atlanta Braves. Canadian Baseball Network contributor Jonathan Hodgson recently spoke with Soroka about the young righty’s journey to the big leagues and his expectations for the 2019 season.
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Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker’s support in the National Baseball Hall of Fame voting rose 20.5 per cent from last year to 54.6%, but he will still need 20.4% more support to be elected next year in his 10th and final year on the ballot.
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Larry Walker, John Axford, Paul Beeston, Chris Mears, Eric Gagne, Fergie Jenkins and Pete Rose.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott asked 36 players, coaches and executives at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday who was the best player in attendance. Thirty of the 36 (83.3%) answered Larry Walker (Maple Ridge, B.C.)
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Receiving the Stubby Clapp Award at the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet on Saturday was extra special for North Vancouver, B.C., native Rowan Wick. The 26-year-old right-hander appeared in 14 games for the triple-A Memphis Redbirds, managed by Clapp (Windsor, Ont.), in 2017, to help the club to a Pacific Coast League championship.
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Canadian left-hander Andrew Albers (North Battleford, Sask.) says the struggles he endured when he pitched in the Korean Baseball Organization in 2014 helped him become an all-star for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball circuit in 2018.
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Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column focuses on the Baseball Canada National Teams Awards Banquet and Fundraiser that was held on Saturday evening in Toronto.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher shares who he thinks is worthy of induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this year. The Canadian ball hall will announce its 2019 class on February 5.
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Cincinnati scout Reds Bill Byckowski (Georgetown, Ont.) is the 2018 Canadian Baseball Network Scout of the year and the winner of the Jim Ridley award.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Bob Elliott has unveiled his 2018 list of the most influential people in Canadian baseball. So who is No. 1 this year?
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Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Wayne Norton, Michael Saunders, Scott Thorman, Andre Dawson, Early Wynn, Phil Niekro, Lorne Thompson and Wayne Brown.
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Canuck moves: Conor Lillis-White, Jamie Romak, Jordan Romano, Jensen Therrien, Rowan Wick and Eric Wood
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