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- Junior National Team alum Jimmy Ralph is a Grey Cup champion.
OTTAWA - Prior to the 2017 baseball season, and due to an imminent change in the bat industry, Baseball Canada’s Board of Directors voted to adopt the following rule that was in effect for 2017 Baseball Canada National Championships and will remain for 2018 and beyond.
OTTAWA- In conjunction with Baseball Ontario’s 100th anniversary celebrations in Hamilton, Baseball Canada handed out their National Awards honouring volunteers, coaches, officials and athletes from across the country.
OTTAWA- Eight Baseball Canada National Championship hosts were determined during the annual Baseball Canada Fall Meetings that took place in Hamilton over the weekend.
OTTAWA-Delegates from all ten provincial baseball associations including representatives from the coaching, umpiring and administrative areas will join Baseball Canada’s Executive, Board of Directors and office staff in Hamilton from November 16 to 19 for the annual Baseball Canada Fall Meetings.
OTTAWA- For the seventh time in eight years the Junior National Team will play a split-squad version of the Toronto Blue Jays during spring training.