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.

EDITORIAL: OK Blue Jays!

The signing of Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. to a 14-year, $500-million contract wasn’t just big for the Toronto Blue Jays.

As Joe McFarland opines, it’s huge for the game of baseball across Canada.

Five Reasons to Watch MLB Spring Breakout

Baseball fans will get a glimpse into the future of Major League Baseball this week with the second annual Spring Breakout.

The prospect showcase is a four-day event with the best prospects from each team taking part, including five who are either from Alberta or playing in the WCBL.

Engaged in the Process

A promotion to the big leagues is so close, Adam Macko can almost touch it.

And if everything goes according to plan, the young left-hander would like to do it sometime in 2025.

The highly touted Toronto Blue Jays prospect is coming off a year which saw him play at three different levels, with his final start coming with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons.

A Wager in Washington

The 2024 season felt like the tale of two campaigns for Calgary’s Michael Soroka.

He started the year as a starter with the Chicago White Sox before heading to the bullpen, where excelled in the second half.

The right-hander is hoping to keep that momentum going after signing with the Washington Nationals.

Sabrowski’s Reflections

Stepping onto the mound at Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals, left-hander Erik Sabrowski doesn’t remember much from the moment that made him a Major League Baseball player with the Cleveland Guardians.

The Absolute Human Performance alum spoke with Canadian Baseball Network’s Tyson Shushkewich to talk about the year that was and what’s to come in 2025.

October Surprise

Don’t cry because it’s over – smile because it happened.

We take a look back at the phenomenal regular season and playoff performance of Erik Sabrowski.

After getting called up to the Cleveland Guardians at the end of August, the St. Albert Minor Baseball and Absolute Human Performance grad was lights out.

MLB Postseason Ties to Alberta

It’s October, which means it’s time for Major League Baseball playoffs.

The Toronto Blue Jays are out of it.

The Montreal Expos are long gone.

And it feels like Calgary pitcher Mike Soroka and the Chicago White Sox have been out of the playoff hunt since spring training.

What’s an Alberta baseball fan supposed to do?

The A’s in Alberta

As Oakland baseball fans say goodbye to the Athletics, the curtain is also going down on a small piece of Alberta’s baseball history.

The Athletics had a Pioneer League team in Medicine Hat in 1977, then an affiliation with the Edmonton Trappers from 1995 to 1998.

Standing on Guard

It was kind of fitting that Erik Sabrowski had to wait a little while longer than he had hoped to make his Major League Baseball debut.

After getting through two Tommy John surgeries and the global pandemic just to turn pro, the St. Albert product made the best of the opportunity.

On Sept. 4, 2024, Sabrowski came out of the bullpen for the Cleveland Guardians against the Kansas City Royals.