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 …
Read More 2025 MLB Draft ReviewIt was a good old fashioned baseball night.
While Chase Logan was performing well for the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Okotoks Dawgs, his brother, Gavin, was being promoted to Triple-A in the Arizona Diamondbacks system.
Read More Dawg Day for Logan BrothersAll Tyler Herron wanted was a chance to put his foot in professional baseball’s door.
The Grande Prairie native has always been willing to do whatever it takes to move up the ladder in baseball, whether it’s moving to a new town or changing schools.
He’s now into his first full pro season with the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
Read More Herron’s CrossingIt’s hard to believe that just one year ago, Cohen Achen was putting the wraps on an exceptional collegiate career at Lindsey Wilson College and was getting ready to play summer baseball with the Intercounty Baseball League’s London Majors.
The Calgary native was instead drafted by the Baltimore Orioles and is now in cruise control moving up the team’s depth charts.
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Read More Putting on The ShowBaseball fans will get a glimpse into the future of Major League Baseball this week with the second annual Spring Breakout.
The prospect showcase is a four-day event with the best prospects from each team taking part, including five who are either from Alberta or playing in the WCBL.
Read More Five Reasons to Watch MLB Spring BreakoutYou have to think that baseball people in Calgary look at Okotoks and wonder “what if?”
What if the city had backed the Dawgs instead of forcing them out?
With Foothills Stadium being torn down, it leaves a giant void in the city’s baseball landscape.
Read More OPINION: The Nightmare in CalgaryThe demolition of Foothills Stadium has hit the baseball community like a wrecking ball.
Despite the inevitable end of the facility, which played home to Calgary’s highest levels of baseball for more than half a century, seeing the structure reduced to rubble has left many sports fans heartbroken, angry and despondent.
Read More Bidding Farewell to Foothills StadiumThey were the mainstays on prairie baseball fields for years.
Their names are virtually synonymous with the maple leaf, helping show future generations that they, too, could have professional dreams.
They would go onto play the game at the highest level, then come back home to show the way by becoming coaches themselves, giving back to the game they know and love.
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