Canadian A.J. Yamaguchi (Vancouver, B.C.) is the latest Canadian to join the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters organization. Canadian Baseball Network writer Evan Christie shares Yamaguchi’s story.
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Trois-Rivieres Aigles standout L.P. Pelletier (Montreal, Que.) has won the 2022 Canadian Baseball Network’s Murray Zuk Award as the top offensive player in the foreign or independent ranks.
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ABC alum and Minnesota Twins infield prospect Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s 2022 Randy Echlin Award winner, as top Canuck hitter in the affiliated minor league ranks.
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“The climbing of the baseball ladder is rarely a linear path.
It’s a journey that often features up and downs, twists and turns and plenty of adversity along the way.
Just ask left-handed pitcher and Vauxhall Jets alum Wesley Moore (Surrey, B.C.).
It’s a path he’s learned to embrace over the past five years of his baseball career and has led him to signing his first professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies this offseason.”
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Tilleman's all-Alberta team: Henderson, Johnson, Radmnanovich, Rietsma, Zimmerman,
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Left-hander Miguel Cienfuegos (Laval, Que.) has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Network’s Claude Pelletier Award, an honour which is handed out annually to the best Canadian pitcher in the independent professional or foreign ranks.
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Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli summarizes the transactions involving Canadians in the pro ranks from the past two months.
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Left-hander Mitch Bratt (Newmarket, Ont.) has won the Canadian Baseball Network’s Wayne Norton Award as the top Canadian pitcher in the affiliated minor league ranks.
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The Ottawa Titans have signed utility player Jakob Newton (Oakville, Ont.).
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Rod Black: And CBN college Player of the Year is … Coutney
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Former Vauxhall Jets left-hander Adam Macko (Stony Plain, Alta.) has been dealt to the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Meanwhile ex-Okotok Dawg Tristan Peters (Winkler, Man.) has landed with the Tampa Bay Rays. Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, has the details.
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the Arizona Fall League’s Breakout Player of the Year.
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The Ottawa Titans have re-signed left-handed pitcher Matt Valin and acquired outfielder Jake Gitter for the upcoming 2023 Frontier League campaign. They have also released Dane Tofteland (Grande Prairie, Alta.).
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The minor league seasons are over. The numbers have been added up. So, who fits into the top 10s in each category among Canadians in the minors and independent ball?
Canadian Baseball Network contributor George Farelli has the answers.
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“If you would have told Ty Penner in high school or even early in his college baseball career that he would one day sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team, he would have wanted to believe you.
But he admits, he doesn’t know if every bone in his body would have thought it was possible.
Just a few short years later, a life-long dream for the Lethbridge infielder became a reality when he signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.”
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Edouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) continued his torrid hitting in the Arizona Fall League with two home runs for the Glendale Desert Dogs on Saturday.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Neve Van Pelt recently connected with highly respected Canadian baseball coach Mike Steed to talk about his baseball odyssey that has taken him from Burlington's Nelson Park to the Atlanta Braves organization.
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The Winnipeg Goldeyes have exercised the options on 22 players, including Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.), Michael Crouse (New Westminster, B.C.), Will McAffer (North Vancouver, B.C.) and Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, Ont.).
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The GM Perspective’s Devon Teeple's 2022 All-Independent League team includes Canadians Miguel Cienfuegos (Laval, Que.) and Ari Sechopoulos (Windsor, Ont.).
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ABC and Junior National Team alum Édouard Julien (Quebec City, Que.) has been named the second baseman on Baseball America’s Double-A All-Star Team.
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