2025 WCBL Playoff Preview

It’s go time.

The Western Canadian Baseball League’s 2025 regular season is complete and it’s time for postseason action.

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.

7th Inning Stretch: Tyler Vanneste

It’s become an unexpected tradition at the Vanneste residence in Warman.

The family welcomed the entire Medicine Hat Mavericks team for a home-cooked meal during a team trip to nearby Saskatoon to face the expansion Berries in 2024 and continued it again in early 2025.

WCBL Players to Watch

They are the unleashers of long balls, the ground ball vacuums, the base burglars and the strikeout artists that fans get excited to see every summer.

With the 2025 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) season upon us, it’s time to take a closer look at some of the returning veteran players who have brought us to our feet in previous years.

These top hitters, elite pitchers and gold glovers are worth keeping an eye on when you head to WCBL games in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

2025 WCBL Season Preview

Baseball heroics are on deck.

The last time we saw the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) in action, Connor Crowson was stumbling around the bases of Seaman Stadium and arriving at home plate to a championship celebration in front of 6,341 screaming fans.

It was Crowson’s solo home run in the bottom of the ninth that served as a walk-off tiebreaker against the Moose Jaw Miller Express and delivered a three-peat title to the Okotoks Dawgs. The hometown hero made the final play of the WCBL postseason a decisive and memorable one in the 6-5 triumph.

Who will play the role of hero in 2025?

Medicine Hat Mavericks 2025 Preview

Seemingly a lock to make playoffs every year, the Medicine Hat Mavericks consistently field competitive teams each summer.

The Mavs squared off against the Okotoks Dawgs in the 2023 Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) championship final – a best-of-three series they ultimately lost in three games – and they bowed out in the opening round of the postseason to the Saskatoon Berries in 2024.

Medicine Hat will seek to find the same winning formula they’ve applied to the regular season year after year and adapt it for success in the playoffs, where the team will push for a return to the WCBL final yet again.

In The Cards: 2024 Medicine Hat Mavericks

We break down the 2024 Medicine Hat Mavericks team set, and keep an eye out for the Alberta Dugout Stories logo, which appears on several cards.

Five Storylines We’re Watching in 2025

What will Erik Sabrowski do for an encore? Can Michael Soroka find his way as a starter in Washington? And can the Okotoks Dawgs repeat the four-peat?

We look ahead to what promises to be another fantastic year of baseball coverage from an Alberta perspective.

2024 Dugout Stories All-WCBL Team

What if the Western Canadian Baseball League had a team of all-stars that took part in the Major League Baseball Playoffs?

What started as a one-off idea in 2023 is now becoming a yearly tradition as we highlight the best-of-the-best from the WCBL.

WCBL Well Represented on All-Canadian College Teams

The Canadian Baseball Network’s All-Canadian College Teams have been announced and Western Canadian Baseball League players figure prominently among the selections.

The annual release of Canada’s top college baseball players by the national network has been taking place for a quarter century and CBN founder Bob Elliott unveiled the final picks for 2024 recently.