OTTAWA- Canada will open play at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) U18 Baseball World Cup against China on August 30th as the international federation today announced the schedule for the event that will take place in Gijang, South Korea from August 30-September 8.
OTTAWA- Calgary’s Mike Soroka is headed to Cleveland and the 2019 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as rosters were revealed earlier today.
OTTAWA- Canadian Jordan Balazovic of Mississauga has been named to the American League roster for the annual SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played on Sunday, July 7th (7pm ET) at Progressive Field in Cleveland as part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star weekend.
OTTAWA- Burnaby, BC’s Theo Millas, a right-handed pitcher with the Junior National Team, will participate in the 12th annual Under Armour® All-America Baseball Game that will take place on July 22nd at Wrigley Field in Chicago.
OTTAWA – Recent Junior National Team graduates Eric Cerantola (Oakville, ON), Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) and Edouard Julien (Québec, QC) are in Omaha, Nebraska as part of an eight-team field that will be competing in the College World Series starting on Saturday, June 15.
OTTAWA- Markham, Ontario’s Jordan Romano made his Major League Baseball debut last night at Camden Yards in Baltimore when he tossed a perfect seventh inning for the Toronto Blue Jays in an 8-6 win over the Orioles.
OTTAWA- Twenty Canadians were selected on day three of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft bringing the total number of Canadians drafted over the three-day event to 25.
OTTAWA- The Toronto Blue Jays made Junior National Team outfielder Dasan Brown the top Canadian selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft when they chose the Oakville, Ontario native with their third round pick, 88th overall.
WHAT: The annual Major League Baseball Draft (or Rule 4 Draft) gets underway tonight (7pm ET MLB Network/MLB.com) with the first 78 selections (First Round, First Round Compensation, Competitive Balance Round A, Second Round, Completive Balance Round B, Second Round Compensation), continues Tuesday with rounds three through ten and concludes on Wednesday with rounds 11-40.
OTTAWA-It’s that time of year where 64 Division 1 baseball programs begin their quest for Omaha, Nebraska, home of the College World Series, where a national champion will be crowned at the end of June.
