Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Nick Pivetta, Cade Smith, Michael Soroka, Ernie Whitt, Nolan Ryan, Jacob Robson and Willie Upshaw.
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Canadian Baseball Network writer Patrick Kennedy recently spoke with Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Brash (Kingston, Ont.), who is close to his return from the Tommy John Surgery he underwent last May.
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Former right-hander Ray Burris is a last-minute addition to a star-studded cast of former Expos coming to Laval, Quebec for the latest edition of Expos Fest on Saturday.
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Former professional pitcher and founder of The GM’s Perspective blog, Devon Teeple, laments the loss of the situational player in baseball.
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It seems fitting that Fergie Jenkins, the greatest Canadian pitcher, was the first to toss a shutout against the Toronto Blue Jays in a regular season game. He did it 48 years ago today.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Josh Naylor, Nick Pivetta, Matt Brash, Fergie Jenkins and Carlos Delgado.
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“Among the trophies Fernando Tatis Jr. was supposed to be cramming into his attic by now was not the one for Comeback of the Year.
Not long ago he was hitting baseballs out of sight, 42 of them in 2021. Then he disappeared, too. It doesn’t take long for today’s sensation to become tomorrow’s footnote. Tatis didn’t play in 2022, missed 21 games the next year and 60 games last year, thanks to a shoulder problem. Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge took over baseball’s marquee.
They are still there, but Tatis is again sending out drives that might knock their letters off, or maybe into a lower row.”
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On Jackie Robinson Day, we remember the courageous trailblazer that Jackie Robinson was and how his season with the Montreal Royals in 1946 before he broke Major League Baseball’s colour barrier was so important to him.
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“Warren Cromartie is facing one of the greatest battles of his life.
The former Expos player and a great promoter of baseball's possible return to Montreal is in a wheelchair and partially paralyzed in the legs following spinal-cord surgery done in 2023, a procedure he kept private for a long time until just recently.”
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The Victoria HarbourCats are proud to announce that the Chicago White Sox have recalled infielder Chase Meidroth. He is the eighth former HarbourCat to play in the majors.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Matt Brash, Nick Pivetta, Jordan Romano, Liam Hicks, Cade Smith, Pete Rose and Vinnie Pasquantino.
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Montreal-born Vladimir Guerrero’s 14-year, $500-million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays will be the richest contract ever signed by a player born in Canada. CBN editor Kevin Glew has compiled a list of the top 15 MLB contracts ever signed by players born in Canada.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Cal Quantrill, Nick Pivetta, Michael Soroka, Jack Morris and Tim Raines.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed former Canadian national team member Freddie Freeman on the injured list with a right ankle sprain.
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Imagine some of the biggest stars of the game coming to Alberta to play exhibition games. Instead of Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout, Paul Skenes and Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., it was Reggie Jackson, Joe Carter, Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey, Jr. who suited up at Alberta’s biggest fields. Take a trip down memory lane with Ian Wilson, of Alberta Dugout Stories, as he shines the spotlight on 10 times big league clubs visited Alberta.
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Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew’s weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez, Tyler O’Neill, Michael Soroka, Jason Dickson and Dick Fowler.
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Milwaukee Brewers’ prized prospect Tyler Black (Stouffville, Ont.) will be sidelined for six-to-eight weeks with a hamate fracture in his right hand.
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Canadian Baseball Network columnist Mark Whicker shares who he thinks is the most interesting player on each major league team as the regular season begins.
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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 weekly “But What Do I Know?” column discusses Cal Quantrill, Liam Hicks, Otto Lopez, Abram Toro, Rob Zastryzny, Josh Naylor and Jamie Richmond.
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