ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Canadian Junior National Baseball Team began spring training on Thursday and for shortstop Adam Hall it’s the next stop on an impressive baseball journey. The 17-year-old began playing baseball as…
DUNEDIN, FLA. – Four games into his junior year at the University of Virginia, John La Prise was sidelined with a hip injury that required season-ending surgery. Though, that had no effect on the Toronto Blue Jays front office as they selected the former Cavalier infielder/outfielder in the 19th round, (572nd overall), of the 2015 MLB draft.
DUNEDIN, Fla. – For Jays prospective catcher Seth Conner baseball is more about the mental side of the game than anything else. As a coach and player he has always preached the importance of being…
DUNEDIN, Fla. -Confidence is not a problem for Shane Dawson. Now that his body is ready he says. The Drayton Valley, Alb., native wants to build on a very successful 2015 baseball season and continue…
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – Family is everything for Jake Cronenworth, who is participating in spring training for the first time in his professional baseball career. The Tampa Bay Rays selected him in the seventh round…
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays prospect Riley Unroe is always trying to outplay his baseball pedigree. Unroe knew what he had to accomplish at each stage of his career. Having a father who…
LAKELAND, Fla.- Grayson Greiner is passionate about baseball and life. The 22-year-old Detroit Tigers prospect enjoys nothing more than talking about baseball, and reliving the great moments he’s already experienced in his young career. The…
DUNEDIN, Fla – Daniel Rodriquez knew he wanted to be a baseball player even though he was growing up in soccer loving Mexico.
The 18-year-old, who prefers Dalton, is currently in minor league spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays, hoping to be promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts in the mid A Midwest League.
Born in Mexicali, Baja California, Rodriguez’s passion for baseball started when he was a little boy, encouraged by his mom ‘’ against his grandfather’s wishes.
DUNEDIN, Fla. – Injuries may have altered the course of Scott Silverstein’s career, but he doesn’t waste time with regrets.
Drafted in the 32nd round in 2008 by the Washington Nationals, the left-handed pitcher discovered he had a torn labrum and postponed his professional career to accept a scholarship opportunity at the University of Virginia.
“Everybody has got a different path,” Silverstein said at the Bobby Mattick Training Center. “I certainly enjoyed my time at Virginia, obviously my path was different due to injury, but I wouldn’t trade my path for anything.
Dunedin, Fla, — Blue Jays shortstop prospect Richard Urena is fluent in baseball. Still, Urena admits that even after two years of minor league baseball with the Blue Jays organization he still struggles with the…