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.
Read More Got Milk?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.
Read More The Breakout BraveThe 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.
Read More Daril’s Derby DesiresHe is one of the smallest players at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase but he’s determined to show he has the biggest heart.
Red Deer’s Brooks Froese stands 5-foot-11 and weighs in at 152 pounds, which is just two pounds heavier than the lightest player at the showcase.
Read More Showcasing with … Brooks FroeseHe’s built a lot of what you see in Alberta’s baseball scene today.
From Prairie Baseball Academy and Vauxhall Academy to the Okotoks Dawgs and Badlands Academy in Oyen, Blair Kubicek’s fingerprints are all over it.
He’s been named the Canadian Baseball Network’s Coach of the Year.
Read More ‘Coach Kubi’ Recognized by CBNIn honour of National Coaches Week, our Joe McFarland takes a look back at his summer spent coaching t-ball and coach-pitch.
Read More OPINION: Thanks Coach!Discipline, teamwork, perseverance and loving to be in the competitive moment.
They are the big reasons that Nathan Bailey fell in love with the game of baseball and the ones that continue to drive him as he takes his game to the next level.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Nathan BaileyFor a third-straight year, Team Alberta’s 16U Girls squad has captured a silver medal at nationals.
This time around, they came agonizingly close to their golden goal.
Read More Back on the PodiumThe Red Deer Riggers’ run to a national medal wasn’t for the faint of heart.
As Alberta’s representative at the 2026 Baseball Canada Men’s National Championships, the Riggers came in believing they had the talent to get the job done.
But they had to come back on more than one occasion to claim bronze in 2026.
Read More The Comeback KidsIt’s a moment he won’t soon forget.
Innisfail’s Mac Warawa reflects on helping Alberta claim bronze at the Baseball Canada Cup this summer.
He also looks ahead to the upcoming Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Mac Warawa