Jan. 18, 2020

By George Farelli

Canadian Baseball Network

A total of 20 Canadians were paid to play this season. This listing provides the latest data for Canadians who are now active or have been active in Independent League (nine) or Foreign League (11) rosters.

X-Denotes the player has been released, traded, retired or otherwise moved to another team.

Zero affiliated players have played since the minor league season has been cancelled due to the virus. A total of seven are playing independent and 10 are in foreign lands.

Statistical data included below reflects the final stats of games played during the 2020 season. .

Independent Leagues

American Association

OF Michael Crouse, Port Moody, BC (.262, 10, 30) Chicago Dogs.

INF Wes Darvill, Richmond, BC (.268, 5, 31) Winnipeg Goldeyes

lHP Evan Grills, Whitby, Ont. (3-2, 4.88) Winnipeg Goldeyes

X-RHP Dylan Rheault, Garson, Ont. (0-1, one save, 4.20) Winnipeg Goldeyes

X-INF Eric Wood, Pickering, Ont. (.216, 2, 21) Winnipeg Goldeyes

Constellation Energy League

2B Trei Cruz, Houston, Tex. (.155 1, 5) Eastern Reyes del Tigre

OF Dalton Pompey, Mississauga, Ont. (.071, 0, 2) Sugar Land Lightning Sloths

City of Champions Cup

C Jordan Procyshen, Calgary, Alta., Joliet Sammers (.241, 4, 18).

Liberation League

OF Greg Carrington, Scarbrough, Ont., California Dogecoin (.145, zero, 10; 0-1, 15.75)

Foreign Lands

Japanese Pacific League

LHP Andrew Albers, North Battleford, Sask. (5-8, 3.66) Orix Buffaloes

Korean Professional League (KBO)

3B Jamie Romak, London, Ont. (.282, 32, 91) SK Wyverns.

Austrian Federation

3B Riley MacDonald, North Vancouver, BC (.277, 1, 5) Dornbirn Indians

RHP Ben Runyon, Edmonton, Alta. (3-1, 2.10) Dornbirn Indians

Chinese Professional League (Taiwan)

RHP Brock Dykxhoorn, Goderich, Ont. (5-3, 5.81) Uni President 7-Eleven Lions

German Bundesliga

RHP Sam Belisle-Springer, Montreal, Que. (5-2, 2.86) Hamburg Stealers

C Billy Germaine, Aldergrove, BC (.488, 7, 15) Stuttgart Reds

LHP-OF Ryan Johnson, Winnipeg, Man. (0-2, 6.64; .387, 3, 9) Solingen Alligators

LHP Evan Rutckyj, Windsor, Ont. (3-1, 1.96) Munchen-HaarDisciples

DH Will Thorp, Surrey, BC (.438, 2, 12) Munchen-Haar Disciples

Swiss Federation

OF-RHP Nick KyRose, Toronto, Ont. (.304, 2 8) and (0-0, 7.23) Therwil Flyers