Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker makes a case for the Detroit Tigers being one of the best up-and-coming young teams to watch in 2024.
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“How did Canada’s greatest major league pitcher fare on Opening Day?
Pretty darn well.
Fergie Jenkins (Chatham, Ont.) posted a 2.58 ERA and threw three complete games in 11 Opening Day starts during his major league career.”
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Michael Soroka, Cade Smith, Matt Brash, James Paxton and Otto Lopez.
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Canadian outfielder Jared Young (Prince George, B.C.) was one of six players sent to minor league camp by the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday.
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When the Cubs released Fergie Jenkins in 1984, he was 41 and he went home to Blenheim, Ont. The Pirates, Dodgers and Cleveland called to try to coax him to keep playing. He said no. If the Blue Jays had called, his answer might have been different.
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Toronto Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) has been sidelined with right elbow inflammation.
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The Minnesota Twins have reassigned right-hander Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) to minor league camp.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Adam Macko, Calvin Ziegler, Matt Brash, Cito Gaston and Fergie Jenkins.
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Why not take a look at the previous Toronto Blue Jays signing bonuses on Spring Breakout weekend?
Like any list for organizations, there are hits, there are misses and as always — there are memories.
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“Long before there was Bill James and his vast acolytes of baseball codifiers, there was Earnshaw Cook.
He was the subject of a Sports Illustrated piece called “Baseball Is Played All Wrong,” based on his computerized analysis. That piece ran in 1964. In those days, computers themselves were about as big as Boog Powell, the Orioles’ lefthanded slugger. Yet Cook’s theories has somehow trickled down to the major league dugouts of today.
Cook found that starting pitchers should work a couple of innings, be removed for a pinch-hitter, and be relieved by a better pitcher who would work five or so innings. Then the guy whom we now know as the “closer” would work the eighth and the ninth. The theory was that pitchers should not hit, and pinch-hitters would increase the run totals by a dramatic margin.”
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National team alum and longtime big league reliever John Axford (Port Dover, Ont.) officially announced his retirement on Tuesday night.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Nick Pivetta, Owen Caissie and Edouard Julien.
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With Joey Votto (Etobicoke, Ont.) signing a minor league contract with his hometown Toronto Blue Jays, we thought we’d resurrect this story Scott Langdon wrote about Votto and the slugger’s Toronto baseball roots from December 15, 2020.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge remembers All-American Girls Professional Baseball League superstar pitcher Helen Nicol Fox (Ardley, Alta.).
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew shares his review of Danny Gallagher’s excellent new Montreal Expos book, “Explosion: Genesis to relocation, 1994 saga, contraction, revelations about the dying days, Moises, Lenny, Schneids and the Expos.”
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Philadelphia Phillies’ legendary executive Larry (Baron) Shenk remembers his first spring at Jack Russell Stadium in Clearwater, Fla., in 1964.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew has attempted to document all of the updates and transactions involving Canadians in the professional ranks this off-season.
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Former Montreal Expos shortstop U.L. Washington has died at the age of 70.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Joey Votto, Matt Prash, James Paxton and Tom Cheek.
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“Spring training is the original fantasy league.
Under the friendly skies of Florida and Arizona, the road to October seems unimpeded. No one has lost a game that mattered since November, and, for most teams, September. And no matter how many times those peaceful days are invalidated by the chill of April, the optimism keeps bubbling up.
Those who write about spring training need a serious Geiger counter to find actual news. There are injuries, signings, the occasional tantrum, but most spring days are spent watching people who will never get to a major league game without a ticket competing against others in the same boat.”
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