OTTAWA- For the first time since 2005 a familiar face will be missing from the Women’s National Team dugout when the program resumes this August. That’s because 12-year National Team veteran Autumn Mills is stepping away from the program that she first joined when she was just 17 years old.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is encouraging all of members including provinces, local baseball associations and Canadians from coast-to-coast to “Play Catch” on June 21st as part of Participaction’s 150 Play List!
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce details for the Women’s National Team summer program that will take place following the completion of the Senior Women’s Invitational Championships in Windsor, Ontario.
OTTAWA- A pair of Junior National Team alums, Zach Pop (Brampton, ON) and Daniel Procopio (Toronto, ON), were the lone Canadians selected on day two of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft bringing the two-day total to four Canadians chosen through the first ten rounds.
OTTAWA-Junior National Team right-handed pitcher Landon Leach (Pickering, ON) became the first Canadian selected in the 2017 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft after the Minnesota Twins used the first pick in the second round, 37th overall to draft the 17 year-old. Twenty-three picks later, the Baltimore Orioles used their second round choice (60th overall) on Junior National Team shortstop Adam Hall (London, ON) as the first day of the draft concluded with two Canadians selected.
WHAT: The annual Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft (or Rule 4 Draft) gets underway tonight (7pm ET MLB Network/MLB.com) with the first 75 selections (Round 1, Competitive Balance Lottery Round A, Round 2, Completive Balance Lottery Round B), continues Tuesday with rounds three through ten and concludes on Wednesday with rounds 11-40.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce that Season 2 of the instructional video series is set to launch on June 13th with multiple videos scheduled to be unveiled each week until the beginning of August.
OTTAWA-Although just 19 years old, Calgary’s Mike Soroka has accomplished a lot in his professional baseball career that is just shy of two years old.