Celebrating Baseball Sask’s Best

Blink and it feels like you missed it.

The baseball season across the Canadian prairies flies by, especially when the weather cooperates, and that was the case again in Saskatchewan in 2024.

Baseball Sask reflected on the year that was with its annual awards banquet on Oct. 19.

Muenster Mash

Merek Yeager can’t help but laugh about his first experience in Toronto.

Invited to the 2023 Blue Jays Academy Canadian Futures Showcase, he checked into his hotel then tried to figure out how to get to Rogers Centre.

Since then, the Muenster product has been on a jet-setting trip through the Canadian baseball world.

Max Velocity

After seeing all that Western Canada has to offer, Max Poirier is ready for something different.

Born in Saskatchewan, raised in B.C. and now trained in Alberta, the Dawgs Academy product has now committed to the University of Miami.

He’s coming off a stellar year where he played for the Baseball Canada Junior National Team and starred at the Canadian Futures Showcase.

Jesson Keeps ‘Em Guessin’

It wasn’t until after the game that Tucker Jesson realized what had happened.

When he struck out Sam Thiessen in the bottom of the seventh to preserve a 1-0 lead, the young hurler had also completed his first career no-hitter.

The Regina product had simply wanted to save arms for the next games at the Ray Carter Cup.

Trentin’s Travels

Trentin Kooy loves being on a baseball field.

He’s played in numerous tournaments and showcases over the past couple of years, hoping to capture the attention of scouts and college coaches.

The Saskatoon native and Going Yard Academy product is hitting the biggest stage soon at the Canadian Futures Showcase.

Silver Sluggers

After two straight silver medal performances at the Baseball Canada Men’s National Championships, the Regina Trappers are hoping to win it all at home in 2025.

Fantastic Four

Saskatchewan is quickly asserting itself as a powerhouse on the girls and women’s national baseball stage.

The province just finished its best summer ever with a silver medal and three second-place finishes.

And players with the program believe the best is yet to come.

Currie Up and Wait

If the Regina Red Sox had it their way, they would have been playing in a new baseball stadium yesterday.

Their current abode, Currie Field, is more than 60 years old and in need of major upgrades and repairs – ranging from only having one dressing room, a backstop that is held together with zip-ties and washroom facilities which operate off a septic tank system that can’t keep up with park usage.

7th Inning Stretch: Brody Alexandre

No one knows Swift Current quite like Brody Alexandre.

The slugger is now in his fourth season with the hometown 57s after a solid spring with Trinidad State College.

Ian Wilson caught up with him during a roadtrip through Saskatchewan for our latest 7th Inning Stretch.

Taste of Home

It was a homecoming like no other for Tyler Vanneste.

The Warman, Saskatchewan native was able to play in his old high school digs in Saskatoon during a recent roadtrip to visit the Berries.

He also welcomed his Medicine Hat Mavericks teammates to his parents’ home for a delicious feast.