For a third straight year, a prospect from an Alberta academy has been crowned the Canadian Futures Showcase Home Run Derby champion.
It was Daril Rodriguez (Red Deer, Alta.), of St. Joseph’s Ball Academy, who dialed up the three-peat, belting 17 total home runs across two rounds (two minutes each, with a 30-second timeout available).
Read More Daril Dominates DerbyRogan Rivard has had a jet-setting type of 2025.
The Vauxhall Academy product has taken part in the Prep Baseball Futures Games and represented Alberta at the Canada Summer Games.
He’s now in Toronto for the Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More 1 Thru 9: Rogan RivardHe’s been one of Canada’s highest-ranked prospects for a couple of years now.
Dawgs Academy product Tim Piasentin (Coquitlam, B.C.) is now joining “Canada’s Team” as the Toronto Blue Jays selected him in the fifth round of the 2025 MLB Draft.
Read More Dream Come TrueSimon Baker and the Sylvan Lake Gulls walked into the 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League season with one thing on their mind: win a championship.
After a record-breaking 44-win season in 2024, the team was upended by the eventual champion Okotoks Dawgs in their third-straight West Division final.
Read More 7th Inning Stretch: Simon BakerFor someone who didn’t like baseball at first, Quincy Jenkins is doing pretty well for himself.
Born in Chicago, he remembers being in the car with his parents at nearby Northwestern University when another sport caught his eye.
After stops in St. Albert and with Dawgs Academy, the multi-tooled shortstop has committed to the University of Michigan.
Read More Going BlueTo say that Landon Kauffman had a memorable summer might be an understatement.
The Dawgs Academy product became a contributing member of the Dawgs’ summer collegiate team that won its third-straight Western Canadian Baseball League title.
And now he has his sights set on making an impact at the Canadian Futures Showcase.
Read More Kauff to the RacesThe MLB Draft Class of 2024 was a big one for Alberta.
With five Albertans being named and a few others with connections to our province, it was the biggest contingent since 2011, despite being half the size.
Joe McFarland says this should be a sign of things to come.
Read More OPINION: Alberta’s Big MLB Draft PresenceWhen Brett Platts was 20 years old, he set a goal of making it to the big leagues by the time he was 25.
While the Prince Edward Island product’s on-field career had come to an end, he was forging a new path in strength and conditioning.
After a stint with Iowa University and the Texas Rangers’ program in the Dominican Republic, the Dawgs Academy grad is heading to the Texas Rangers’ Single-A affiliate, the Down East Wood Ducks.
Read More Realm of PossibilityThe baseball bloodlines run deep in the Chadwick household.
After his dad pitched for the Edmonton Trappers and California Angels in 1986, Tyrelle Chadwick is hoping to blaze his own trail in the sport.
So far so good for the Dawgs Academy product and Illinois State recruit.
Read More The Rising SonThe 2022 baseball season is officially underway.
Scouring the rosters of all Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball teams, there is certainly no shortage of connections to Alberta on the field.
We’ve compiled a list of players who were born here, trained here or played here with the Western Canadian Baseball League.
Read More Alberta’s 2022 Pro Connections