Canuck moves: John Axford, David Chavarria, Adam Hall, Daniel Procopio, Mike Soroka and Jesen Therrien.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor-in-chief Bob Elliott writes that a team of Seattle Mariners prospects and the Langley Blaze impressed on and off the field in the second annual Wayne Norton Memorial game.
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Kevin 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.
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JNT spring: Owen Diodati, Ryan Leitch, Ayden Makarus go for extra base hits against Yankees, while Mitch Robinson (Surrey, BC) went deep for the Pin-Striped Prospects.
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Scott Thorman (Cambridge, Ont.) wins KC's Dick Howser award
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With Landon Leach (Pickering, Ont.) and Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.), the Minnesota Twins might have the best 1-2 Canadian punch in same minor-league system.
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Former Canadian Junior National Team member Demi Orimoloye has traveled the world playing baseball, but coming to Dunedin is a first for him. The 22-year-old outfielder from Nigeria, who moved to Ottawa when he was two months old, has excelled in track and field, basketball, and football, but he didn’t pick up baseball until he began playing it for fun when he was 10.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the major league and minor league transactions involving Canadians from the month of February.
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As he enters his third spring training and fourth professional season overall, former Okotoks Dawgs first baseman Bruce Yari (Waterloo, Ont.) still fondly remembers his time in Okotoks, and says his Dawgs experience has benefited him in his time as a Cincinnati Reds prospect.
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When the 2016 draft took place RHP Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) was the fifth Canadian selected. The Canuck hurler is now ranked as the Minnesota Twins’ third best prospect by ESPN’s Keith Law and the 102nd overall prospect.
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Two 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.
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Amateur umpire Bobby Pepall had a question about tracking outs as a base umpire. He reached out to Canada’s growing roster of professional baseball umpires for an answer. This is one example of an “umpires’ bond” being formed following the creation of the Canadian Baseball Umpire Camps (CBUC) last year.
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Brampton, Ont., native Chris Graham was one of four umpires chosen to officiate the final game of the Dominican Winter League. It was just the latest gig in his 11-year professional umpiring odyssey.
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From pitching for the Goderich Seahawks and growing up in a town of just 7,500 people, to stepping into the limelight of the Korean Baseball Organization’s reigning champion SK Wyverns as one of the youngest import players ever to join the league, Brock Dykxhoorn has enjoyed a successful and unconventional baseball odyssey. And he’s still only 24 years old.
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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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He is as well-travelled as just about anybody over the course of his 10-year career in professional baseball, but Brazil is a new one for veteran infielder Wes Darvill (Richmond, BC). The 27-year-old has played 10 seasons in professional baseball and is a member of Canada’s Senior National Team for the Pan Am Games Qualification Tournament taking place this week in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
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Adaptation has proven to be no problem for southpaw Conor Lillis-White (Etobicoke, Ont.) to this point in his career, and he’s facing more as he heads south to Arizona for his fourth spring training as a professional, but his first as a member of the Chicago Cubs organization.
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Gatineau, Que., native Phillippe Aumont has signed a contract to return to the independent Can-Am League’s Ottawa Champions.
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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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Calgary native Jordan Procyshen will strap on the catcher’s gear again this spring with new colours, as he announced on his personal twitter page on Wednesday that he has signed a minor league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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