OTTAWA – Fall instructional league camps are underway for 28 of Major League Baseball’s 30 clubs including several Canadian players looking to get valuable reps in after the 2020 minor league season was cancelled earlier this year due to Covid-19.
Regina’s Stu Scheurwater, the only full time Canadian-umpire in Major League Baseball, will be working the National League Division Series between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves beginning today in Houston.
Although his Cleveland Indians squad was eliminated from Major League Baseball’s Wild Card Series last night by the New York Yankees, Mississauga’s Josh Naylor had a pair of games to remember and became a social media sensation with his play.
Major League Baseball’s 2020 Postseason gets underway this afternoon under an expanded 16-team format that includes Canada’s only MLB club, the Toronto Blue Jays, opening their best-of-three Wild Card Series as the eighth seed against top seeded Tampa Bay.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline passed on August 31st with three Canadian big leaguers switching organizations including Josh Naylor and Cal Quantrill moving from the San Diego Padres to the Cleveland Indians in a 9-player blockbuster.
The Cleveland Indians’ organization added a couple Canadians to their big league roster today in acquiring former Junior National Team stars Josh Naylor (Mississauga, ON) and Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) from the San Diego Padres.
Markham, Ontario native Jordan Romano has literally been unhittable this season in earning a role as one of Blue Jays’ Manager Charlie Montoyo’s high-leverage relievers through the team’s first 15 games.
The fact that no minor league baseball will take place in 2020 hasn’t slowed down prospect chatter and with the Major League Baseball Draft and corresponding signing period now in the rearview mirror, MLB Pipeline has released their updated Top 100 and Top 30 by Team prospects lists.
The baseball world was rocked on Monday evening when Canadian Mike Soroka tore his achilles tendon which would in turn end the Calgary native’s season.
OTTAWA - Canadian Mike Soroka suffered a horrendous season-ending injury last night when the Atlanta Braves ace hurler tore his achilles tendon during the third inning against the New York Mets in Atlanta.
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