He was on the brink of being an afterthought during the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft.
Eric Hartman has made the Atlanta Braves look really good by taking a chance on him with their 20th round selection.
And now he’s the Minor League Baseball Breakout Player of the Year.
Read More The Breakout BraveSkyler Stromsmoe has always said he was “more will than skill.”
Back on the family farm near Etzikom, he reflects on his nine-year minor league career and the opportunity to win medals with Baseball Canada.
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.
Read More The Open RoadYou 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.
Read More Stealing the ShowThe Montreal Expos broke new ground for Canadian baseball.
The club was the first Major League Baseball (MLB) team in the country, and when they established a minor-league outpost in Lethbridge, it was the first affiliated, professional squad to play in Alberta.
Read More Lethbridge Expos: All-Time TeamAs we went through the 2025 baseball season, we didn’t really realize just how many stories we were writing.
Entering 2026, we realize we’ll definitely be busier with a laundry list of major events and personal performances that will likely dominate the headlines.
Read More Six Storylines to Watch in 2026When 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.
Read More Dodger DynastyIt’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.
Read More Expos, Eh?It was the summer of 1987 that sealed Edmonton’s reputation as the City of Champions.
While sports teams had gathered championships, it was actually the response to that summer’s deadly tornado that led to the term being used.
Our latest “In The Cards” looks back at the Trappers of that season, who had a largely underwhelming season.
Read More In The Cards: 1987 Edmonton TrappersThe 1984 Edmonton Trappers were the first Canadian team to win a Pacific Coast League (PCL) championship.
The Trappers would go on to claim three more PCL titles over the course of their existence, but this one had some strong underdog vibes to it.
Learn more in this edition of In The Cards …
Read More In The Cards: 1984 Edmonton Trappers