Ontario Terriers and Junior National Team alum Cal Quantrill allowed just two runs in 5 2/3 innings in his major league debut for the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, but his team could muster only one run in a 5-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park.
Read MoreThe Ottawa-Nepean Canadians 2019 Hall of Fame class includes Doug Frobel, Peter Hoy, Michael Kusiewicz, Dave MacQuarrie and Cam Pelton, as well as builders Art Nielsen and Don Campbell.
Read MoreWhat’s the over/under on how many home runs Montreal native Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will hit for the Toronto Blue Jays this year? The answer is in this article.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses his dad, Dave McKay, Alen Hanson, Russell Martin, Bobby Doerr and Bill Stoneman.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses James Paxton, Brett Lawrie, Russell Martin, Al Oliver and Troy Tulowitzki.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Paul Hodgson, Dalton Pompey, John Axford, Michael Saunders, Tyler O’Neill, Jordan Romano, Jim Adduci and Rowan Wick.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network contributor Neil Munro provides an extensive look at the all-time Canadian pitching statistics.
Read MoreOver the last week before the 2019 season starts, the Toronto Blue Jays' bullpen battle is about to get more fierce and much more complicated as Ryan Tepera and John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.), both expected to be in the Opening Day bullpen, have been dealing with elbow issues.
Read MoreCanadian Baseball Network writer Neil Munro takes a look at the offensive milestones that could be reached by Canuck big leaguers in 2019.
Read MoreCanadian outfielder Tanner Kirwer (Sherwood Park, Alta.) says his experiences with Team Alberta and at Tournament 12 helped put him on his path to a professional career in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Dalton Pompey, Jordan Romano, Jeff Francis, Mike Timlin, Walter Alston and Joey Votto.
Read MoreThe UBC Thunderbirds will retire Jeff Francis' uniform No. 16 between games of Saturday’s doubleheader.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Allan Roth, Brett Lawrie, Jacob Robson, Clay Buchholz, Larry Doby and Jesse Jefferson.
Read MoreBaseball Canada’s Adam Morissette provides a summary of the Canadians who are in big league camps this spring.
Read MoreThe walls of the eighth floor cardio unit at Foothills Hospital are narrow. Especially when you have rehabbing heart patients walking with their pals -- an IV with five wheels on the bottom spinning every which way -- plus beds and a mobile nurse’s station against the wall. It was an easy trip for Calgary Flames centreman Mark Jankowski, all 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds of him, as he stopped by Sunday afternoon to visit with his old baseball coach, Bob Elliott.
Read MoreThe Milwaukee Brewers officially signed Langley, B.C., native and former Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie to a minor league deal on Sunday.
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Fergie Jenkins, Stubby Clapp, the Vancouver Asahi, Phil Marchildon, Joey Votto, Don Newcombe, Brett Lawrie and Jack Crimian.
Read MoreTwo Canadians have been ranked among the top 50 right-handed pitching prospects by Baseball America. Both Canucks - Mike Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), ranked No. 8, and Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.), ranked No. 41, - are former Junior National Team members and seem to be on the cusp of big league breakthroughs in 2019.
Read More“She is as talented as she is tenacious. That would be a succinct way to describe Alexis Brudnicki, who has been the Canadian Baseball Network’s most prolific writer over the past eight years. In the modern sportswriting landscape, where churning out copy at lightning speed has become the expectation, I sometimes fear there’s too much emphasis on quantity over quality. With Alexis, we, at CBN, were spoiled, we got both – quality and quantity. In case you haven’t heard, Alexis is moving on from CBN to start a job as a reporter/producer for MLB Advanced Media based in Toronto. And while we’re very proud of her and walking taller around the website’s headquarters in Mississauga and London, we sure will miss her.”
Read MoreKevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Ryan Dempster, Jason Bay, Fergie Jenkins, Bartolo Colon, George Selkirk and Jose Bautista.
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