OTTAWA- The 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft is just six months away where all 30 MLB clubs will restock their farm systems and make dreams come true for amateur players from Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States.
OTTAWA-Joey Votto may need a new trophy case after the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in St. Marys, Ontario named the Cincinnati Reds first baseman the winner of the Tip O’Neill Award for the seventh time.
OTTAWA- A year after taking the helm of the Memphis Redbirds Triple-A club and leading them to a Pacific Coast League championship, Stubby Clapp has been named Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America.
OTTAWA- Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was announced as one of three finalists for the National League’s Most Valuable Player award along with Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins and Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks with the winner being announced on November 16th.
OTTAWA- July 24th, 2017 marked a special anniversary for Baseball Canada as the first-ever installment of the Canadian National Baseball Team took the field for the first time 50 years earlier.
(Photo: Shawn Bowman (left) congratulates Josh Naylor after a home run at the 2015 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan)
ST. MARYS – It was a special day for the Baseball Canada community on June 24th with former Baseball Canada President Ray Carter along with the entire 2015 Canadian Men’s National Team inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.