2025 WCBL Award Winners Announced

The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) has determined its most outstanding performers for the 2025 season.

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

Here is a rundown of the major award recipients of this year …

OPINION: Unveiling Joe’s WCBL Awards Ballot

It was Levi Abbott’s world and we were just living in it.

In his final year of eligibility, the Lethbridge Bulls hurler laid it all out on the line in one of the best single-season pitching performances we have seen in the Western Canadian Baseball League.

Joe McFarland outlines how Abbott and others did on his ballot for WCBL awards and the annual season-ending all-star team.

OPINION: Five Burning Questions for the WCBL

There’s no rest for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s wicked.

With the 2025 season now wrapped up, Joe McFarland takes a look at a few burning questions the summer circuit has heading into what promises to be a busy offseason.

Luther’s ‘Okotoks of Ontario’

It was Saturday night … a hot summer July night … the time for family night in the park.

And Brendan Luther had his family there.

It’s something the former Edmonton Prospect and Okotoks Dawg hadn’t enjoyed over the last few summers.

WCBL Top Performers

They are the sultans of swat and peak pitchers in the Western Canadian Baseball League.

During a summer of strong performances in the WCBL, these batters and moundsmen stand out among their peers and can be found at the top of the leaderboards at the end of the 56-game regular season.

OPINION: Passing the All-Star Torch

Saskatoon, the floor is yours.

After four years of hosting the stars of the Western Canadian Baseball League, the Okotoks Dawgs have passed the All-Star Game torch onto Saskatchewan’s largest city.

Menard’s Berry Good Day

The East Division picked up its second-straight win at the Western Canadian Baseball League All-Star Game with a 10-3 rain-shortened victory Saturday.

Saskatoon Berries slugger Ethan Menard was named the game’s MVP.

The Rhoades Show

For the second year in a row, a Fort McMurray Giants slugger has taken home the golden bat at the WCBL Home Run Derby.

After Peyton McDowall did the honours in 2024, Matt Rhoades followed through during a soggy Saturday afternoon in Okotoks.

Long Ball Launchers Ready for Derby

The field has been set for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2025 Home Run Derby.

The event – part of the All-Star Game festivities taking place on Saturday, July 19th at Seaman Stadium in Okotoks – gets underway at 5 p.m. and it will feature a dozen long-ball launchers, one from each WCBL team.

Here’s a closer look at the 12 participants …

2025 MLB Draft Review

After 20 rounds of picks and more than 600 player selections, the Major League Baseball Draft has come to a close.

The prospect-plucking exercise took place in Cumberland, Georgia, with the first three rounds taking place on July 13th and the remaining 17 rounds happening on July 14th.

Among the picks were a number of players with ties to the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL).

Here’s a closer look at some of those draft choices …