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.

OPINION: Showing Out in Vancouver

Five days. 12 stories written (and more to come). 15 stories edited (and more to come). Five podcast episodes (you get the point).

And an experience that you won’t find anywhere else.

Joe McFarland has more on his experience at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

1 Thru 9: Nathan Bailey

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.

On The Road with … Sam Davis

When you give up five runs in the first inning of a baseball game, it would be easy to just admit it isn’t your day.

But when your team evens it up by the time you go back out for the second inning, those feelings go away pretty quickly.

Such was the case for AHP Renegades hurler Sam Davis as he took to the bump on Thursday against the Etobicoke Rangers at The Road to Okotoks.

AHP Renegades Road to Okotoks

“Pitching wins championships.”

The old baseball adage might be in full effect for AHP Academy Renegades as they head towards The Road to Okotoks.

We take a look at their journey and desire to win the inaugural Morneau Cup.

Hitching a Ride to Okotoks

We are just a couple of weeks away from The Road to Okotoks.

The inaugural Morneau Cup championship will see 16 teams duke it out over five days to settle some bets on the best academy program in the country.

We take a look at the results from the draft, the pools and schedule, and more leading up to the big event.

Next Stop: Okotoks

They may have preferred to settle their differences on the field, but the final four teams remaining in the Prairie Qualifiers for The Road to Okotoks got what they came for.

What started as 13 teams vying for three spots in the inaugural event in Okotoks later this summer turned into a battle of four.

First Stop on the Road to Okotoks

They have hit the road with the hopes of ending up in Okotoks this summer.

Baseball Canada’s inaugural “The Road to Okotoks” tournament, which will culminate with the Morneau Cup being handed out in the Alberta community in a few weeks, begins with Regional Qualifiers starting today.

Back on Canadian Turf

Erik Sabrowski has been on plenty of flights, pitched in a lot of ballparks and explored a slew of major cities over parts of three big league seasons.

But this Thursday’s travel schedule was special.

Matt Betts of Canadian Baseball Network has more on Sabrowski’s first roadtrip to Toronto.

Unexpected Delivery

Coming to the ballpark for a game day looks a lot different for Ryan Kucy than it did when he first started going to college.

Originally an infielder, the Edmonton native and AHP Academy alum is now into his final collegiate season and is now doing it at a new position: pitcher.