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Long Way from Long Point

2026 will go down as a year of making memories for Reid MacDonald.

The 18-year-old was a key piece of a Dawgs Academy 18U Black team that won several major tournaments including the inaugural Morneau Cup before heading to the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

They were the kinds of experiences that the Long Point, Nova Scotia product hoped for when he moved west to Okotoks three years ago.

Got Milk?

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.

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.

The New Blue Crew

They came. They saw. They conquered.

The Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase saw 150 of the best high school baseball players from across the country converge on Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver for five days of action.

Showcasing with … Dayne Liske

He was left almost speechless.

Dayne Liske couldn’t believe what just transpired and even his Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase teammates were wide-eyed.

The Drayton Valley hit two home runs in two innings in Saturday morning’s Team Royal win over Team Navy.

Up to the Trask

Stepping onto the mound at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Park in Vancouver, Jake Trask had two things on his mind.

Throw strikes and do it for his home province.

The New Minas, Nova Scotia native proceeded to make his competition uncomfortable in the batter’s box at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase.

Showcasing with … Hudson Nikkel

The old saying goes that you have to be lucky to be good and good to be lucky.

Luck really didn’t have anything to do with the first home run hit during game play at the Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, which came off the bat of Vauxhall Academy product Hudson Nikkel.

Daril’s Derby Desires

The 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.

Showcasing with … Brooks Froese

He 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.