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WCBL Unveils 2026 Award Winners

The top performers in the Western Canadian Baseball League have been made official.

The summer collegiate circuit that calls Alberta and Saskatchewan home has named its Rookie of the Year, Most Outstanding Canadian, Most Outstanding Pitcher, Top Relief Pitcher, Coach of the Year, Mitch Ball Memorial Award winner, All-Star Teams and Most Valuable Players from the regular season and postseason.

Here is a summary of the WCBL’s major 2026 award recipients …

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Got Milk?

There’s a growth spurt and then there’s Lucas Carroll.

Standing next to the 6-foot-1, 201-pound backstop at his first Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, you’d never imagine that just a couple of years ago, he was a 5-foot-8, 150-pound prospect trying to make it with Webber Academy.

Yet here he was, suiting up with Team Red and facing some of the most talented high school players in Canada.

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The Breakout Brave

He was on the brink of being an afterthought during the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.

Eric Hartman has made the Atlanta Braves look really good by taking a chance on him with their 20th round selection.

And now he’s the Minor League Baseball Breakout Player of the Year.

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Fink Around and Find Out

Gabe Fink flew to Vancouver for the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase with one thing on his mind: retribution.

A year earlier, the highly touted Edmonton native struggled with his command in his one outing at the showcase.

Undeterred and buoyed by being among the first 50 players invited to this year’s event, he wanted to make amends and did so in a big way.

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The New Blue Crew

They came. They saw. They conquered.

The Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase saw 150 of the best high school baseball players from across the country converge on Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver for five days of action.

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Up to the Trask

Stepping onto the mound at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Park in Vancouver, Jake Trask had two things on his mind.

Throw strikes and do it for his home province.

The New Minas, Nova Scotia native proceeded to make his competition uncomfortable in the batter’s box at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

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Daril’s Derby Desires

The target is squarely on the back of Daril Rodriguez and he’s more than okay with it.

The Red Deer native became the third-straight player with Alberta ties to claim the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby in 2025, belting 17 roundtrippers during two rounds to take the crown.

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