Ray of Sunshine

It didn’t start the way he wanted but Nathan Flewelling ended the 2025 baseball season with a bang.

He’s hoping it’s a sign of things to come as he takes part in his second Spring Training with the Tampa Bay Rays, where the Innisfail native has climbed up the depth charts and is now ranked the No. 11 prospect in the organization.

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The Open Road

Matt Coutney has taken the term “roadtrip” to a whole new level.

While some might be tired of driving along the highway after a long season of professional baseball, the Wetaskiwin native has created a new pre-Spring Training tradition.

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All Aboard to the WBC

He might be the youngest on Baseball Canada’s roster at the World Baseball Classic, but Matt Wilkinson is always willing to answer the bell to prove he belongs.

The Dawgs Academy and Okotoks Dawgs alum is ready to represent his country again before heading back to the Cleveland Guardians system.

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Stealing the Show

You would be hard-pressed to find a more memorable opening weekend of professional baseball than the one Eric Hartman had.

The St. Albert native and Dawgs Academy grad may have come back to Earth later in 2025, but he learned plenty of lessons in his first pro season.

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Dodger Dynasty

When Reno Lizzi first brought professional baseball to Lethbridge, little did he know he was on a collision course with the team he grew up idolizing.

Over the course of the next four years, the Lethbridge Dodgers would claim three Pioneer League championships under manager Gail Henley.

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Hatching Jays and Building A Bridge to L.A.

The Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers bring championship pedigrees to their 2025 battle for a World Series title.

The Jays won Major League Baseball’s top prize in 1992 and 1993, while the Dodgers have eight championships, including one from their time in Brooklyn.

There was a time – in the 1980s and 1990s – when Pioneer Baseball League squads from Medicine Hat and Lethbridge contributed to the ultimate success of their parent clubs in Ontario and California.

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Expos, Eh?

It’s a question that has sat in the back of the minds of baseball fans for more than 20 years.

Who killed the Montreal Expos?

As Netflix gets ready to release its new documentary, we look at the Alberta farm teams of the ill-fated Expos.

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Calgary Cardinals: All-Time Team

The Calgary Cardinals helped professional baseball take flight in the southern Alberta city.

Arriving in 1977, the club offered Calgarians their first ever Pioneer League franchise, and with it, a rookie-level, minor league affiliate.

We look at the best of the two years of the Cards with our latest All-Time Team.

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