2026 Program 1

OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF THE VANCOUVER CANADIANS

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FRONT OFFICE STAFF ALLAN BAILEY

GENERAL MANAGER AAllan Bailey has been with the Vancouver Canadians since 2007 and was appointed General Manager on September 5th, 2018 after spending the previous seven seasons as the organization's Assistant General Manager. 2026 is his 20th season with the club Allan has led several departments during his tenure with the C's including the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office and its ticket operations as well as his more recent efforts in the Team Operations handling everything from player housing and travel right through to Information Technology (IT).

Born in Victoria, B.C., Allan was raised on the North Shore and up on the Sunshine Coast. Allan completed his education at McGill University while playing five seasons with the McGill Redbirds baseball program. Prior to university, Allan played for the North Shore Twins of the B.C. Premier League

WALTER COSMAN

VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES & MARKETING With more than 20 years of Sales & Marketing experience here in Vancouver, Walter decided to put those skills to work in the sport he's most passionate about: baseball. 2026 is his seventh season at The Nat. With a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick, Walter has worked with Proctor & Gamble, Molson Canada, Granville Island Brewing and Steamworks Brewing.

With a longstanding corporate partnership with the Canadians prior to his arrival in May of 2019, Walter joined the organization fully aware of the standard that has put the C's among the best in Minor League Baseball.

ROSEMARY ALBERTS

MANAGER, MARKETING SERVICES Rosemary has been with the Canadians since the 2024 season. She specializes in overseeing sponsorship servicing, ingame entertainment, social media, and fan communications while supporting fan engagement and brand growth for the Canadians. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with her Bachelor of Arts in May 2023 and her Master of Management in December 2023.

Born in Richmond, Rosemary was raised in Victoria where she grew up playing volleyball. Her previous work experience includes being the Communications & Administrative Coordinator for Athletics for Kids and a Varsity Game Day Statistician for UBC Athletics.

When Rosemary is not at The Nat, she enjoys her time watching the Canucks, kickboxing, or spending time with family and friends.

BRENDA CHMILIAR

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Brenda enters her 17th season at Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium and her sixth as Financial Controller for the Canadians.

She spent the first 10 of those years with Aramark Food Services in the company's financial division, dividing her time between the ballpark and Rogers Arena.

Her knowledge of stadium operations thanks to her time with both Aramark and the Canadians have proven to be invaluable during her tenure.

Brenda is responsible for all aspects of the financial operations and is right at home here at The Nat; much of her childhood was spent on local baseball fields up in Kamloops.

ROB FAI

DIRECTOR, SALES & MARKETING Rob returned to the Vancouver Canadians in 2025 and embarks on his 16th year with the organization in 2026. He has previously served as Communications Director and Broadcaster. In his role as Director of Sales, Marketing & Merchandise, Rob focuses on expanding the organization’s outreach, managing outgoing sales and sponsorships, overseeing merchandise, and revitalizing the Canadians Baseball Foundation.

In 2015, Rob was inducted into the Vancouver Canadians Broadcast & Journalism Hall of Fame. He also received Baseball B.C.’s Meritorious Award that same year in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the sport of baseball in British Columbia.

During his time away from the organization, Rob hosted weekend programming at 980 CKNW and is currently a faculty member in the Journalism Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

JACOB NAKHLEH

MANAGER, TICKET OPERATIONS Jacob joined the C’s for the 2016 season, starting his time at The Nat in the Box Office. Jacob was first hired as a member of the game day staff, then promoted to Box Office Assistant before joining the sales team at the conclusion of the 2021 season. After spending the 2022 and 2023 seasons working in sales and community relations, Jacob is thrilled to be back where it all started – working in (and now running) the Nat Bailey Box Office.

Prior to joining the C’s in a full-time role, Jacob earned his Bachelor of Commerce in Finance from the University of Saskatchewan.

When he’s not at The Nat, Jacob can be found wishing he was out ice fishing back in Saskatchewan or rooting on his USask Huskies, Toronto Blue Jays, and Seattle Seahawks.

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TYLER ZICKEL

MANAGER, BROADCASTING & MEDIA RELATIONS 2026 is Tyler’s sixth with the Canadians, ninth within the Blue Jays organization and 12th in Minor League Baseball.

Before the C's, Tyler served as the Director of Promotions & Entertainment and Radio Broadcaster for the Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Over the course of three seasons in Manchester, he oversaw the entire in-game presentation and promotions departments while traveling throughout the Eastern League calling 'Cats games. He has especially fond memories of the 2018 campaign, when he worked alongside current Jays (and former C’s) skipper John Schneider and the likes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio and Jordan Romano.

He began his MiLB career in 2014 as a communications intern for the Advanced-A Lake Elsinore Storm in the California League. He made his professional baseball radio debut with the Storm and handled the middle innings of road games for the rest of his tenure.

COOPER MISIC

SENIOR COORDINATOR, SALES Cooper enters his fifth season with the Canadians and his second season as Senior Coordinator, Sales. He is excited to continue taking on more responsibilities with the club as well as continuing to grow within the Canadians Organization itself.

A former Langley Blaze star pitcher who took his talents south of the border to play for both Galveston College in Texas and Central Washington University in Washington State. Cooper graduated from CWU with a degree in Sports Management with a Specialization in Business.

When Cooper’s away from The Nat, you can find him enjoying his time outside, trying out all the new restaurants and cafes in town , and hitting up the golf course as much as possible.

ZACH MAHAFFY

COORDINATOR, SALES Zachary is entering his fifth season with the Vancouver Canadians, and his second as Sales Coordinator. He first joined the club as Box Office Assistant prior to the 2022 season, and moved into a sales role in 2024.

In April 2023, Zachary graduated with a BBA from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, concentrating in Marketing and Strategic Analysis.

Born in Mississauga, Ontario, but raised in Surrey, Zachary played rep hockey with Semiahmoo MHA as well as one season in the Pacific Junior Hockey League with the White Rock Whalers and Port Moody Panthers, in addition to playing baseball with the White Rock South Surrey Baseball Association. Outside the Nat, you can find him at your local arena officiating a hockey game, at the gym, or cheering on the Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Blue Jays, or Seattle Seahawks..

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CHARLENE YAROSHUK

ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR Charlene has been with the Vancouver Canadians since the 2018 season. She spent her first summer working as a co-op student before transitioning to working full time in the accounting department.

Charlene graduated from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 2020 with her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.

Growing up in New Westminster Charlene spent over 10 years practicing martial arts and currently holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Before joining the Canadians she previously worked as an assistant martial arts instructor.

DREW HOWSON

COORDINATOR, SALES 2026 marks Drew’s fifth season in the Toronto Blue Jays organization and fourth in Vancouver. This year is his second as a Sales Coordinator.

After graduating St. Clair College with a degree in Sport and Recreation Management and interning with the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, Drew began his career in professional baseball as a member of the Canadians Grounds Crew. He would go on to gain experience with the Toronto Blue Jays Facility Department, assisting with the renovation and clean-up of Rogers Centre before returning to Rogers Field at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Drew is a baseball savant. He played and coached at many levels in his hometown community of Windsor, Ontario, most notably with the Tecumseh Rangers. In his off time, you’ll usually find him hiking, playing his guitar, or cheering on the Detroit Tigers and his beloved Michigan Wolverines. Go Blue!

CHRIS GEORGES

SALES ASSOCIATE Chris Georges returns for his third year with the Canadians, adding sales to his arsenal after two seasons as a media relations and broadcast assistant.

Born and raised in Pickering, Ontario, Chris played varsity baseball for four years at the University of Waterloo.

He continued his studies with the completion of BCIT's Radio Arts and Entertainment program in 2024.

When he isn't at The Nat, Chris can be found playing an array of different sports, including a weekly dodgeball league. He is a longtime loyal fan of the Kansas City Chiefs, Atlanta Braves, and Colorado Avalanche.

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MAYELA RODRIGUEZ

SALES ASSOCIATE Matthew is beginning his first season with the Vancouver Canadians as a Sales Associate. After spending over a year in B2B sales with PepsiCo, he decided to return to the diamond and pursue a career in professional baseball.

A 2021 graduate of Graceland University, Matthew has played and coached baseball internationally in Austria and Australia, as well as locally with the North Shore Twins back in 2016.

MARKETING ASSOCIATE This is Mayela’s first season with the Canadians. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a degree in Communication.

Mayela was part of the Vancouver Canucks Top Prospect Internship Program where she discovered her passion for the sports industry.

Outside of work she can be found reading, at the gym or watching Formula One.

When he’s not at the Nat, Matthew can be found coaching high school baseball, biking around the city, or having coffee on Main Street. His long-term goal is to one day work with the Toronto Blue Jays or within Major League Baseball.

BEN LETWIN

COORDINATOR, SALES Ben enters his second year with the Canadians as a Sales Associate. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Langara College in December 2025.

DAWSON MARCHAND

COORDINATOR, SALES 2026 marks Dawson’s second season with the Vancouver Canadians as a Sales Associate. He is excited to apply his skills and continue growing within the organization.

He formerly worked at Nat Bailey for two seasons on the food service side as a lead cook in the premium third base porch section and is passionate about his role as a Sales Associate.

Growing up in Maple Ridge, Dawson graduated from BCIT in 2024 with a diploma in Marketing Management, specializing in Digital Marketing and Brand Strategy. His passion for sports and marketing led him to pursue a career in the sports industry, where he is eager to contribute to the team’s success.

Growing up in Vancouver, Ben played rep hockey with the Vancouver Thunderbirds and won the AAA Provincials with the team in 2018.

Outside of the Canadians, he enjoys playing hockey In the UBC Rec League, playing golf in his free time, and watching the Seahawks and Canucks.

When Dawson’s away from The Nat, you can find him training in Muay Thai Kickboxing, going to the gym, watching NBA basketball, or cheering on the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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CHARLES O’NEILL

DIRECTOR, STADIUM OPS Charles is in his third season with the team in 2026 after working for a variety of baseball clubs including the Long Island Ducks and New York Mets. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his prior experiences to Nat Bailey Stadium.

He previously completed his Bachelor of Sports Management from Farmingdale State College in New York.

HEAD GROUNDSKEEPER Levi – the 2023 Northwest League Groundskeeper of the Year – is no stranger to this circuit, with prior experience as the Head Groundskeeper for the Spokane Indians at Avista Stadium. His talents have also taken him to the desert, where he was the Field Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Spring Training facility in Arizona. 2026 is his fifth season at The Nat. The Colton, WA native graduated from Washington State University with a Double Major in Turfgrass Management and Vegetable Management and two minors in Horticulture and Agricultural Systems.

In his time away from the ballpark, you can find him on the golf course, weight training or enjoying time with family and friends.

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The Canadians are a part of the Toronto Blue Jays organization. The C’s are a High A affiliate of the Blue Jays.

That means they are in the middle of the Toronto farm system, slightly higher than the Dunedin Blue Jays (Low A) and the Gulf Coast Blue Jays (Rookie). Baseball players work their way up through the organization in hopes of getting to the big leagues. Toronto is in the American League and pulls its talent from these teams.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS (MLB) | TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (416) 341-1000 | BLUEJAYS.COM MANAGER

JOHN SCHNEIDER

DON MATTINGLY

BENCH COACH

ASSOCIATE MANAGER

PITCHING COACH

PETE WALKER

DAVID POPKINS

FIRST BASE COACH

THIRD BASE COACH

ASSISTANT HITTING COACH

ASSISTANT HITTING COACH

ASSISTANT PITCHING COACH

MARK BUDZINSKI

DEMARLO HALE

CARLOS FEBLES

BULLPEN COACH

LOU IANNOTTI

BULLPEN CATCHER

GRAHAM JOHNSON

HUNTER MENSE

BULLPEN CATCHER

ALEX ANDREOPOULOS

HITTING COACH

SAM GREENE

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACH

LUIS HURTADO

JOHN LANNAN

BUFFALO BISONS (AAA) | BUFFALO, NEW YORK (716) 846-2000 | BISONS.COM MANAGER

BENCH COACH

CASEY CANDAELE

HITTING COACH

CESAR MARTIN

RYAN LONG

ASST. HITTING COACH

PITCHING COACH

TREVOR CHO

DREW HAYES

ASST. PITCHING COACH

COACH

HENRY LEAKE

CHRIS SCHAEFFER

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS (AA) | MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE (603) 641-2005 | NHFISHERCATS.COM MANAGER

BRENT LAVALLEE

BENCH COACH

HITTING COACH

JAKE McGUIGGAN

MITCH HUCKABAY

PITCHING COACH

POSITION COACH

AUSTIN BIBENS-DIRKX

COACH

THOMAS CAULFIELD

DELTA CLEARY JR.

VANCOUVER CANADIANS (HIGH A) | VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA (604) 872-5232 | CANADIANSBASEBALL.COM MANAGER

BENCH COACH

JOSE MAYORGA

MATT VON ROEMER

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

ASST. ATHLETIC TRAINER

KATIE REYES

PITCHING COACH

HITTING COACH

ERIC YARDLEY

POSITION COACH

JONATHAN DAVIS

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DALTON HOLEMO

JOE CARDENAS

NOAH OR

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ROBELIN BAUTISTA

PETR STŘÍBRCKÝ

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OWEN RUDDOCK

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HITTING COACH

GIL KIM

ASST. HITTING COACH

NASH KNIGHT

PITCHING COACH

JONATHAN DAVIS

ASST. PITCHING COACH

CORY RIORDAN

ANTONIO CACERES

COACH

COACH

ASHLEY STEPHENSON

RODRIGO VIGIL

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ANDY FERMIN

BENCH COACH

CHRIS SCHAEFFER

HITTING COACH

PAUL ELLIOTT, FRED LANDERS

PITCHING COACH

ANTONIO CACERES, ALEX KACHLER

DEVELOPMENT COACH

ALEX KACHLER

DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE BLUE JAYS DOMINICAN SUMMER LEAGUE (DSL) | BOCA CHICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MANAGER

DANNY CANELLAS

BENCH COACH

DIEFERSON BARRETO

HITTING COACH

RICARDO NANITA

PITCHING COACH

VICTOR RAMOS

COACH

PEPE FORTUNATO

COACH

BRANDON GONZALEZ

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THERE ARE COACHES WHO MANAGE GAMES, AND THEN THERE ARE LEADERS WHO SHAPE CAREERS. JOHN SCHNEIDER BELONGS FIRMLY IN THE SECOND CATEGORY. THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS SKIPPER IS FRESH OFF GUIDING HIS CLUB TO THE DOORSTEP OF A WORLD SERIES TITLE IN 2025 — A RUN THAT CAPTIVATED A NATION AND EARNED HIM RECOGNITION FROM NONE OTHER THAN NBA COACHING LEGEND STEVE KERR. BUT LONG BEFORE SCHNEIDER WAS ORCHESTRATING LATE-INNING MAGIC AT THE ROGERS CENTRE, HE WAS CUTTING HIS TEETH IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, MANAGING THE VANCOUVER CANADIANS DURING TWO FORMATIVE STINTS IN 2011 AND 2014–15.

In those years at The Nat, Schneider didn't just develop players — he developed himself, building the culture-first philosophy that would eventually carry a franchise and a country all the way to October. Vancouver Canadians broadcaster Tyler Zickel caught up with Schneider at the start of the 2026 Blue Jays season for a wide-ranging conversation about resilience, leadership, Steve Kerr, and what The Nat still means to one of baseball's most compelling managers.

Tyler Zickel: Let’s jump right into it. I don't want to talk too much about last year, because I know the vibe is 2026, we are attacking, we are not defending, but holy cow! What a whirlwind of a postseason to be literally 2 inches away from a World Series championship. How was your off-season? I did some reading about, you know, you waking up in the middle of the night, replaying some things in your head. How was the off-season? Were you able to disconnect? And, you know, I know you love to spend time with your family, so just tell me about the winter months.

John Schneider: I think it was quick, for one — quick off-season

to wake up and have a different outcome, but that never happened.

You know, Jess was getting to the point where she'd just start yelling at me when I would wake up in the middle of a bad dream, but I think after probably a couple months, you start to really just say, okay, what did we do good that got us there, and how can we continue to do that and hopefully get back there?

TZ: The ability to put that in the past — both failure in the moment for any given game during the regular season and on the world's biggest stage — that's something you have to communicate to the returning guys in your group as well. How have you been able

— and, you know, if there's one thing I love more than baseball, it's my wife and kids. Got to spend some time with them, and that was really, really nice to just kind of get away from the bells and the whistles of the World Series and the postseason and all the stress and all that kind of stuff. But it was really, really cool to hear people give feedback about our team, and the way we played, and, you know, how many people became Blue Jay fans. So, there were definitely some sleepless nights — when you're that close, you want

to communicate that message? I certainly saw the clip from the beginning of spring training. So that seems to be the theme for you and the coaches: hey, that's the past, we've moved on, and it's a new identity for this year, while retaining some of the good stuff from 2025.

JS: Yeah, and it's a fine line, it's a balance, right? My goal was to not shy away from what we did and how we accomplished it, but just really say, okay, it was more so the how — it was the process of

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how. And that we're all going to be tied to that World Series forever.

Everyone that was here, and every person in the organization, every fan. That's never going to leave you, right? But you can't let it define you. You can't let the loss, the heartbreak define you. You can have it give you lessons and great memories and, you know, figure out the reasons why you got there, and that's what we were focused on.

It's like, okay, what did we do good? What did we do great to put ourselves in that situation? You know, when you get there — we say baseball happens, you know, a ball gets stuck in the wall, you're a couple inches short of the plate, a great catch gets made, or a pitch gets hit — baseball happens. But the fact that we're there and we feel good about the way we got there is what we're looking into doing more of this year.

TZ: I know you're a big vibes guy. I got a big taste of that back in 2018, when you were managing the Fisher Cats with Vladdy and Bo and Cavan and Jordan and all those guys, and I got to be Pluto orbiting around the Sun of that team, which was so great. And now, being down at Spring Training 10 days ago, watching you work, watching everybody go about their business — the vibes are high. It seems like everybody is truly pulling on the same side of the rope.

I had a chance to be a fly on the wall for your message to the minor leaguers when you and your staff were talking to all the minor league guys as well. And it really does seem to be, one, the best time to be in this organization — and you know better than anybody, 25 years in the org, you certainly have seen every iteration of the Jays in this new millennium. And two, it seems like you never know who's going to be the next Trey Yesavage. Obviously, he's a bit of a unicorn, but it's next man-up mentality, as good as the big league club has been.

JS: I think we leaned into that big time last year here in Toronto with the roster we had. For one, I just wanted all the new signings, or the non-roster invites to spring, or every single person in the organization to know that this is what we value as important, and this is what we know works. It's almost like, you know, you get a little bit of street cred to say that, because you accomplished what you accomplished, and kind of the proof is in the pudding a little bit.

And I just — I'm a big believer, like you said, you were around me all year in 2018 — I'm a big believer in everyone being on the same page, and everyone having their voice being heard. I really meant it when I said to the whole minor league camp, like, hey, if you guys have questions, come on over to my office and ask. I do think this is an unbelievable time to be a Blue Jay, between — not just, you know, again, not what we did last year, what we're going to do — I think locking up Vladimir, and Kirky, and Dylan Cease, and Tyler Rogers, and our fans, our payroll flexibility, just kind of everything about this organization, our facilities. It's such a good time to be a Blue Jay, so I just really want everyone to know that. And you kind of get some feedback on some of the guys you bring in that have been at different places, and they are giving really good feedback. You know, it's a pretty cool environment that I really try deliberately to create, and to harbor, and to let the guys kind of grow.

TZ: Tell me what it was like to get that letter from Steve Kerr.

Obviously reading Mitch's article in The Athletic, it just seems like such a special little feather in your cap. I know that's not why you do it, but that seems to be a nice result of you and your staff — but you as the leader going through your processes, and also just being the guy that you are.

JS: Yeah. And I didn't, you know — I was shocked when I got the letter, right? I've never met Steve. He's someone that I watched in the 90’s with Michael Jordan, watched The Last Dance, and admired him as a player — really admired him as a coach. What he has done in his coaching career, I think, is up there. We're talking top 5, top 10 of all time in any sport. So to kind of have the coaching fraternity come full circle — and I view myself as a guy kind of just getting going in this — I've since been in touch with him, which was great.

Mark Shapiro had his number, and we've been going back and forth a little bit. It was just reassuring that someone who had been through a similar tough loss — I don't want to say heartbreak; heartbreak is,

in my opinion, kind of outside of the sporting world — but a tough loss in 2016. What he said was exactly what we started talking about in late November as an organization, and what we wanted the players to hear, what we wanted the fans to hear, which is that that loss won't define you. But how you handled the adversity, how you came together as a team, and what you value as important is what's going to define the group going forward. And that kind of led into my message of, you know, we're not defending anything, we're attacking this year. But to have him — and I didn't know this story was going to get out the way it did — I already told Steve, I hope it doesn't offend you that it got out, and he's totally cool with it. It was just so powerful to me because he's a role model of mine from a coaching standpoint. So to have him kind of recognize what I was really trying to do deliberately was really, really humbling.

TZ: People who've known you for a little while — we’re not surprised to see you get that love from Steve Kerr, and I absolutely see the comparison between the two of you. I know different stages of coaching careers, but what a cool thing to be included. When I read that, it just once again hit home that “Schneids is doing it at the highest level. How cool is that?”

JS: Yeah, and it was cool, because I had no idea what that was. I opened up the envelope, and it had a Golden State Warriors logo on it, and the date jumped out at me — it was November 2nd, 2025. So to have him watch the World Series and then write that the next day was just really cool. You know, again, like you said, it's not why any of us do it — you do it for the guys, and you do it for the want and the drive and the obsession to get better. And I think, if anything, it's the way that guys handled it too that everyone really recognized in terms of how we went about our business and what we value as important as an organization.

TZ: Before we flashback to your time at The Nat to wrap up our time together today — just quickly take the temperature of these first three games of the season. I want to know what the fans have been like at the Rogers Centre. Of course, we've been watching on TV here in Vancouver; it seems electric. To go back-to-back walk-off wins — as much as you'd love to win a game cleanly, especially having a lead in the ninth, that sort of thing — but the boys found a way, and then to do what you guys needed to do yesterday, and looking to take care of business tonight against Colorado. Tell me what it's been like to start this season, coming off last year and now just really picking up where you all left off.

JS: Two words: emotional and electric. You know what I mean? Like, what our team did on opening night — there were, myself included, some teary eyes on the field, just because we never... when you do what we did last year and the run we went on, you never saw it through the eyes of the fan. You saw it through your own eyes and what you do every day, so to hear the fan messages was like, wow.

That whole production was 10 out of 10 by our team. And then just the atmosphere, man — like, the cheers for the players, the lights, the electricity, the place was packed at like 6:30 and the ceremony didn't even start till 7. The city is different around the ballpark. I live close to the ballpark, and it's a different feel than it's ever been, and it's so cool. It's just so unique and so special to be a part of that field, to be connected to a city, and really for us, for a country. And the feeling of the dugout was cool, man. Like, I think there's so many things to fall back on from last year — yes, all being a little bit short of your ultimate goal, there's so many instances that are going to be beneficial for the guys this year that were there. Just slowing things down, understanding that they've been in the highest stakes, pressure-packed spot this sport has to offer. So, hopefully some situations for these guys, for myself, are just a little bit slower. And that's what it felt like the first two games — when you're down, or there's a little bit of a gut punch, there was absolutely no panic in the dugout. It was a very calm, cool, collected feel. And what I loved about it was we played our game. We just played our game.

We continued to do what we do well, and we continued to lean into what's important to us. We want to just continue to do that going forward, no matter the opponent, no matter the stakes. I think we're VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2026 / 17

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really seeing that if we play our game, we're as good as anybody. And really, really cool that we get to open up two series at home here, because I think they said almost every home game this season is sold out already.

TZ: Wow. JS: You get 40,000 on a Sunday afternoon — I mean, what's better than that? So it's a heck of a joy to be back here, man.

TZ: I'll tell you what, we are feeling the ripple effects out here in the West, simply based on the success of the big league club. Obviously, you know what we do here at The Nat with the Canadians. We'll talk about your memories in just a second, but truly the Jays have lifted an entire nation, and people here on the West Coast who maybe didn't even care that much about Blue Jays baseball — all of a sudden they're locked in. We've got people admitting they're bandwagon fans jumping on board, and we've been saying “hey, there's room for everybody right now, get on while you can.”

JS: Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. There are new fans here in Toronto too.

I've been out to dinner just in the last week with Jess and the boys, and people are just coming up to us and saying, “hey, we didn't even watch baseball until last year, but you guys were so fun to watch, and now we don't miss a game,” and it's like, wow, that's awesome. And they're saying thank you to me, and I'm like, man, I wish you could just go find all the players. It’s just so cool to feel connected to the fans, it really is.

TZ: That's fantastic. Well, some fans here in Vancouver are still very much feeling connected to you and the Canadians alumni who have been contributing on the game's biggest stage. Of course, we've talked about Trey, Mason, Davis, Addison, even Yuka, of course, doing her thing on the dietitian side. It’s so nice to see some Canadians alums up there doing it at the highest level. Take me back to your time here — two different stints as Canadians manager, and correct me if I'm wrong, Schneids, but it feels like that time in your life was really the transformative period to set you on the path that you have now been on and have achieved: the big league managerial position.

JS: Without a doubt. You know, my first time stepping foot in Vancouver — this was 2011, right? My first stint there — I felt like I had kind of made it, because it's a big league city. It is a big league operation by every measure. I'm still in touch with Andy Dunn, and Jake Kerr, and Jeff Mooney, and Allan Bailey, and Rob Fai, who married me and Jess, you know what I mean? So, I still have very strong ties there. I saw Andy Dunn down in Lakeland this spring, and it's like I never kind of left. Being there was such a unique feeling of... you felt the connection to the big league team, right? It's a very unique thing being a Canadian affiliate and a Canadian big league team. And then in 2014 and 15, yeah, man — you really felt it with some players we had there. We had some really good players, we had a really good team in 2014. And it felt like a big league stage in the minor leagues, and I think that the job that you guys do there — from the fan support to housing the players to the facilities that have been upgraded, the atmosphere at The Nat — what it creates for culture and teammates and vibes, you know what I mean? It is such a unique place. And a place that really kind of reignited me in terms of coaching, if that makes sense, because you spend a couple years down in rookie ball at the complex and you're playing at noon and it's hot and there's no fans, and then you get back into this environment that just goes, oh wow, baseball is the best. It's a place that I will always have a special place in my heart for, and how welcomed I was there is just something I'll never forget. I know it's gotten better since I've left — both the facilities and the way that people are treated. So really, really thankful that I got my feet wet with the Blue Jays there in Vancouver.

TZ: Are there any moments that stand out from your tenure here, whether they were on-field moments or opportunities to take in the city and the culture? Anything that stands out? I know it's been over a decade since you were last here.

JS: Yeah. Crazy. There are so many. I remember getting my first smart

car there in 2011, that was cool — driving up to Whistler, where the Olympics had just been. Doing Grouse Mountain with Jess. A really cool moment for me personally — I remember being on the top of the... are you sitting in the press box right now?

TZ: I'm in the home broadcast booth, yes, I'm looking down at the field.

JS: I remember being on top of where you are for the first time, and looking down at The Nat, and looking at the park in the back, and just saying “oh my gosh, this is absolutely stunningly beautiful.” That stands out to me about Vancouver. I remember being on a beach with Jess — this was before we had Gunnar and Grayson — and we were sitting there, having a beer after a game one day, and we were looking up at snow-capped mountains, and we made a promise that someday we will bring the boys back to that very beach, just to show them that this is kind of where mom and dad started our baseball journey together. So that kind of makes me emotional, you know what I mean? The fact that I can still remember that that vividly. And then just the atmosphere at the ballpark — there isn't one moment, I mean, maybe like day games where you look up at the sun and the crowd, and coaching third, it felt like the fans were right on top of you. There are so many of those memories — the playoff memories, the bus rides up and down the West Coast. There are just so many things that I'll never forget that really will just... I'll look back, and I'm smiling right now talking about it. I'll always do that.

TZ: Lastly, we've got our group here in Vancouver. They showed up yesterday — Jose Mayorga, our manager, Matt von Roemer, our bench coach, the whole coaching staff, and of course this roster of players — a mix of returners and guys who are making their High-A debut. As the big league manager, what's your message to the guys here in Vancouver to start the season? And I know you had a chance, as we talked about earlier, to talk to all the minor leaguers, but for the guys here in Vancouver specifically, any words of wisdom to share with them for the season?

JS: For one, I mean — for Hosey and the staff, man, I love him, I love the way he's evolved in his career, and I think he's an awesome guy to lead that team. And to be a spokesman for the organization there — not just the Blue Jays, but for the Canadians. I think he's a very, very exciting young manager for a lot of different reasons. For the players, the first thing is, enjoy the city, enjoy what you are about to experience, because there is probably not a better experience in any level of the minor leagues that they're going to go through.

That's one. And then two, understand that they're not as far away from the big leagues as they think. The guys that you mentioned that are making huge impacts here — players and staff — you're not that far away. And if you can lean into what you're good at, if you can be obsessed with being a great teammate, and be obsessed with winning, things will take care of themselves — not just for your own personal stats or accomplishments, which is very prevalent in the minor leagues, but it'll take care of itself for the team, and it'll take care of yourself going forward in life, you know what I mean? So that's what I want everyone to kind of lean into. And leave it all out on the field every day, because you're ging get tremendous support from the fans of the Nat. TZ: Schneids, you're the man. Thank you very much for doing this, dude.

JS: Of course, Zick. Yeah, man, thank you so much. Sorry it took a little time, but I always got time for you, man. You're one of my favorites.

TZ: I appreciate you, thank you very much. Your legacy lives on here at this ballpark, and lives on here in my heart as well.

JS: Thanks again Zick. Go C’s!

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# PITCHERS 28 Gilberto Batista 10 Austin Cates 27 Eminen Flores 31 Daniel Guerra Silvano Hechavarria 21 Colby Holcombe 44 Johnny King 22 Landen Maroudis 5 Aaron Munson Connor O’Halloran 20 Mason Olson 35 Carson Pierce 32 Kelena Sauer 34 Jay Schueler 38 Danny Thompson Jr. 33 Jonathan Todd 1 Juanmi Vasquez 30 Holden Wilkerson # CATCHERS (3) 12 Edward Duran 25 Hayden Gilliland 3 Jacob Sharp^ # Infielders (7) 7 Manny Beltre 23 Kendry Chirinos 16 Carter Cunningham 9 JR Freethy 39 Dub Bleed 6 Maddox Latta 18 Arjun Nimmala Adrian Pinto 8 Tucker Toman # Outfielders (4) 4 Jake Casey 24 Alexis Hernandez 19 Brennan Orf 26 Matt Scanell Sam Shaw 2 Mathieu Vallee

T HT WT BORN HOMETOWN SCHOOL ACQUIRED PRO YR R 6-0 190 01/08/05 San Cristobal, DOM Trade w/BOS, 07/27/24 4th R 6-1 200 05/20/03 Henderson, NV UNLV/College of So. Nevada 7th round, 2024 2nd R 5-11 180 02/27/03 Santiago, DOM Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/22 5th R 6-6 230 03/13/04 Catia La Mar, VEN Intl. Free Agent, 08/06/22 5th R 6-4 200 03/18/03 Cueto, CU INT FA, 06/07/2024 3rd R 6-6 250 12/12/02 Florence, AL Mississippi State/NE Miss. CC 9th round, 2024 3rd L 6-3 210 07/26/06 Naples, FL Naples HS 3rd round, 2024 2nd R 6-3 190 12/16/04 Largo, FL Calvary Christian HS 4th round, 2023 3rd R 5-10 180 03/15/02 San Antonio, TX Angelo State 19th round, 2023 4th L 6-2 190 09/01/02 Mississauga, ON Michigan 5th round, 2023 4th L 5-10 180 12/23/01 Spanish Fork, UT BYU/College of So. Idaho NDFA, 06/30/25 2nd R 6-3 215 09/10/01 Edmond, OK Oklahoma/Cowley College NDFA, 08/04/23 3rd R 6-3 230 09/26/02 Mililani, HI San Diego State 15th round, 2023 3rd R 6-3 205 06/05/01 Rock Falls, IL Southeastern/Parkland College NDFA, 07/22/24 3rd R 6-0 180 08/09/02 New Bern, NC UNC Greensboro/NC Wesleyan 8th round, 2025 2nd R 6-6 225 08/21/01 Reidsville, NC Western Carolina 15th round, 2024 3rd L 5-11 205 12/01/03 Santo Domingo, DOM Intl. Free Agent, 08/06/22 5th R 6-4 205 06/07/03 Roanoke, VA Virginia Military Institute 18th round, 2024 2nd

B-T HT WT BORN HOMETOWN SCHOOL ACQUIRED PRO YR R/R 5-11 210 05/29/04 Caracas, VEN Trade w/MIA, 08/31/22 6th L-R 5-11 206 10/29/01 Maryville, TN Tennessee Tech NDFA, 07/21/24 2nd R-R 5-7 180 09/15/01 Whittier, CA UNLV Trade w/SEA, 07/26/24 4th

B-T HT WT BORN HOMETOWN SCHOOL ACQUIRED PRO YR R-R 5-10 175 06/09/04 Invivienda, DR Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/21 6th R-R 5-11 190 10/06/04 Bachaquero, VEN Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/22 5th L-R 6-4 220 11/06/00 Haymarket, VA East Carolina/Florida SW State 10th round, 2024 3rd S-R 6-0 215 12/23/02 Rocklin, CA Nevada 14th round, 2024 3rd R-R 6-1 200 09/01/02 Ladera Ranch, CA UC Irvine Trade w/MIA, 03/29/26 2nd R-R 5-11 193 01/21/03 Granada Hills, CA CSU Fullerton/LA Valley College NDFA, 07/18/25 2nd R-R 6-1 205 10/16/05 Valrico, FL 1st round (20th overall), 23 4th R-R 5-8 170 09/22/02 Caucagua, VEN Trade w/COL, 07/09/22 6th S-R 6-0 207 11/12/03 Columbia, SC Hammond School 2nd round (CB), 22 5th

B-T HT WT BORN HOMETOWN SCHOOL ACQUIRED PRO YR L-R 6-2 190 04/17/03 Pittsburgh, PA Kent State 15th round, 25 2nd R-R 6-1 185 10/05/02 Tinaco, VEN Rule 5 (BOS), 23 6th L-R 6-2 230 09/06/01 Wildwood, MO So. Illinois Edwardsville 13th round, 23 4th L-L 5-11 205 08/31/01 Stone Oaks, TX Wake Forest/Princeton NDFA, 07/22/25 2nd L-R 5-10 180 02/26/05 Victoria, BC 9th round, 23 4th L-R 5-9 175 08/08/00 Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, QC So. Illinois/NE Okla. A&M/DBU NDFA, 02/19/26 1st

TORONTO SYSTEM: AAA - Buffalo; AA - New Hampshire; A+- Vancouver; A - Dunedin

^Development List

INJURED LIST: RHP Silvano Hechavarria (7-Day), INF Adrian Pinto (7-Day), OF Jake Casey (7-Day), OF Mathieu Vallee (7-Day), LHP Connor O’Halloran (60-Day), OF Sam Shaw (60-Day) PRONUNCIATIONS: Kendry Chirinos (chee-REE-nos) | Daniel Guerra (GAIR-uh) | Alexis Hernandez (alexee) | Landen Maroudis (muh-ROW-diss) Arjun Nimmala (ARJ-in ni-MAUL-uh) | Kelena Sauer (ka-LEN-nuh sour) | Jay Schueler (SHEE-ler) | Maddox Latta (LAH-tuh) Mathieu Vallee (matthew val-AY) | Jose Mayorga (my-OR-guh) | Matt von Roemer (von ROW-mer) | Petr Stříbrcký (pet-er stree-BRICK-ski) Dalton Holemo (daulton ho-LAY-mo) | Callista Tsangarakis (tenga-RACK-iss) FIELD STAFF 17 Manager: Jose Mayorga 15 Bench Coach: Matt Von Roemer 29 Pitching Coach: Eric Yardley 13 Asst. Pitching Coach: Tommy Caulfield 11 Hitting Coach: Jonathan Davis 14 Position Player Coach: Petr Stříbrcký 22 / VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2026

Athletic Trainer: Dalton Holemo Athletic Trainer: Callista Tsangarakis Strength & Conditioning: Joe Cardona Asst. Strength & Conditioning: Noah Or

Dietitian: Kat Musial Mental Performance: Juan Garcia Technology & Coaching Asst.: Owen Ruddock Clubhouse Mgr: Nolan Bowker

NO PITCHERS B-T 54 Luis De La Torre LHP 15 Trey Dillard RHP 52 Hunter Dryden RHP 17 Cole Hillier RHP 29 Gerelmi Maldonado RHP 28 Yunior Marte RHP 47 Niko Mazza RHP 31 Charlie McDaniel LHP 41 Brayan Palencia RHP 32 Ben Peterson RHP 45 Liam Simon RHP 43 Ryan Slater RHP 16 Austin Strickland RHP 14 Tyler Switalski LHP 48 Ryan Vanderhei RHP 56 Cade Vernon RHP 59 Esmerlin Vinicio LHP

HT 5'11 6'0 5'10 6'2 6'2 6'6 5'10 6'3 5'11 6'3 6'4 6'3 5'11 6'4 6'5 6'2 6'1

WT 209 214 184 210 256 236 193 208 204 219 251 203 234 248 202 211 146

BORN 9/6/03 11/15/98 16/10/02 12/7/00 12/21/03 8/9/03 2/19/02 7/4/01 1/14/03 8/18/01 10/16/00 5/23/02 5/31/02 6/18/03 1-01-06 1/17/02 1/31/03

BIRTHPLACE Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ Spokane, WA Pasadena, CA Palo Negro, VEN Azua, DOM Richardson, TX Lake Mary, FL San Felipe, VEN Cary, NC Princeton, NJ Lake Forest, IL Winchester, OH Washington, PA Tucson, AZ Bowling Green, KY Santo Domingo, DOM

COLLEGE ACQUIRED Ogden HS (UT) Intl. FA(7/3/23) Texas A&M University MiLB FA (2/19/26) Whitworth University 17th Round, 2024 Draft Point Loma Nazarene University UFA (8/4/23) -Intl. FA(1/15/21) -Trade with KC (7/31/25) University of Southern Mississippi 8th Round, 2024 Draft Presbyterian College UFA (7/19/24) -Intl. FA(10/6/20) University of North Carolina UFA (7/19/24) University of Notre Dame 5th Round, 2022 Draft University of Florida 18th Round, 2024 Draft University of Kentucky Trade with PIT (4/2/24) West Virginia University 16th Round, 2024 Draft Texas Christian University 10th Round, 2023 Draft Murray State University 10th Round, 2024 Draft -Intl. FA(7/2/19)

NO CATCHERS (3) 7 Diego Cartaya 53 Ty Hanchey 23 Onil Perez

B-T HT R/R 6'1 L/R 5'9 R/R 5'11

WT 217 195 226

BORN 9/7/01 12/19/99 9/10/02

BIRTHPLACE Maracay, VEN Norfolk, VA Santo Domingo, DOM

COLLEGE -Florida A&M University --

ACQUIRED MiLB FA (7/29/25) UFA (7/25/23) Intl. FA(7/2/19)

NO INFIELDERS (6) 12 Zander Darby 35 Robert Hipwell 6 Gavin Kilen 13 Walker Martin 8 Jack Payton 9 Zane Zielinski

B-T HT WT L/R 6'2 218 L/R 6'1 223 L/R 5'11 188 L/R 6'3 215 R/R 5'11 209 R/R 6'2 195

BORN 11/26/02 3/6/03 3/28/04 2/20/04 8/7/01 7/28/01

BIRTHPLACE Palo Alto, CA Los Gatos, CA Janesville, WI Greeley, CO Orland Park, IL Evanston, IL

COLLEGE UC - Santa Barbara Santa Clara University University of Tennessee Eaton HS (CO) University of Louisville University of Illinois-Chicago

ACQUIRED 12th Round, 2024 Draft 6th Round, 2024 Draft 1st Round (13th), 2025 Draft 2nd Round, 2023 Draft 11th Round, 2023 Draft 9th Round, 2024 Draft

BORN 10/29/03 7/19/05 8/22/04 5/9/03

BIRTHPLACE Galloway, NJ Pinar Del Rio, CUB Cuauhtemoc, MEX Canton, MS

COLLEGE Rutgers University --Mississippi State University

ACQUIRED 3rd Round, 2025 Draft Intl. FA(7/17/23) Intl. FA(1/15/23) 4th Round, 2024 Draft

NO OUTFIELDERS (4) B-T 1 Trevor Cohen L/L 38 Lisbel Diaz R/R 2 Carlos Gutierrez L/R 5 Dakota Jordan R/R

HT 6'0 6'2 5'9 6'0

WT 192 204 180 231

SAN FRANCISCO SYSTEM: AAA - Sacramento ; AA - Richmond; A+ - Eugene Emeralds; A - San Jose

^Development List

INJURED LIST: PRONUNCIATIONS: Luis Pino (PEEN-yo) | Nate Keavy (KEE-vee) | Bo Babich (bab-ick) | Brayan Palencia (like 'Brian') | Ryan Vanderhei (VAN-dur-high) Esmerlin Vinicio (es-MER-lin vin-EE-cee-oh) | Gavin Kilen (KEE-lin),

FIELD STAFF 34 Manager: Jacob Heyward 10 Pitching Coach: Luis Pino 51 Hitting Coach: Braxton Lee 61 Fundamentals Coach: Nate Keavy

Trainer: Joseph Holstedt Strength Coach: Michael McAvinn Player Development Associate: Jordan Kaplan

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FIELD STAFF

JOSE

MAYORGA

17

MANAGER After leading the C’s to a 75-win season in 2025 – the second-most regular season wins for the club this millennium – and a franchise-record 11-game winning streak, Jose Mayorga is back on the top step in the home dugout. Mayorga has been managing in the Blue Jays system since 2022. He spent two seasons at the helm for the FCL Blue Jays then managed Single-A Dunedin to a 69-61 record in 2024, the club’s best mark since 2019. The Pueblo Nuevo, Panama native was also the bench coach for the C’s in 2018. Mayorga brings a championship pedigree to Vancouver, leading the Federales de Chiriqui to back-to-back Panamanian Professional Baseball League titles in 202223 and 2023-24. The latter squad went 5-1 in the 2024 Caribbean Series and placed third in the tournament. Mayorga returned to Los Federales this offseason and will be the head man for Panama at this year’s World Baseball Classic. As a player, Mayorga was a catcher in the Philadelphia Phillies system from 2010 to 2015.

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MATT

VON ROEMER

15

BENCH COACH von Roemer is back as Mayorga’s right-hand man, continuing his impressive rise as a professional coach since joining the Blue Jays as an intern in 2019. Among many team highlights in 2025, he celebrated his first win as a pro manager when he filled in during Mayorga’s paternity leave. He has rapidly ascended the organizational ranks, first as Technology Operations Coordinator then as Double-A New Hampshire’s development coach in 2023 before making his bench coach debut on Mayorga’s staff with Single-A Dunedin last year. The Kendall Park, NJ native played collegiately at Kenyon College from 2015 to 2018, slashing .366/.416/.503 with a .919 OPS in 147 games played across four seasons with the Lords (now known as the Owls).

ERIC

YARDLEY

29

PITCHING COACH Eric Yardley returns to the same role he thrived in last year, shepherding the likes of ranked Blue Jays prospects Trey Yesavage, Gage Stanifer and Fernando Perez as part of one of the Northwest League’s best pitching staffs. A native of Richland, WA, the former right-handed reliever posted a career ERA of 3.52 in 53.2 innings of work across 51 MLB games. Yardley also logged Triple-A innings with the Cubs and Blue Jays in 2022.

He joined the coaching ranks last season and served as Double-A New Hampshire’s bullpen coach.

JONATHAN

DAVIS

11

HITTING COACH Jonathan Davis, Hitting Coach – Former big leaguer Jonathan Davis will work with the hitters this season after joining the C’s staff in the same role in the second half last year. Originally drafted by Toronto in the 15th round of the 2013 draft out of Central Arkansas, Davis stopped in Vancouver in 2014 then continued up the ladder until he made his MLB debut on September 5, 2018. He appeared in 102 games across four seasons with the Blue Jays then was picked up by the Yankees, where he wrapped up the 2021 campaign. He signed with Milwaukee in 2022 then spent his final big league season with Miami in 2023. After retiring as a player, he joined Single-A Dunedin’s coaching staff in 2024.

TOMMY

CAULFIELD

13

ASSISTANT PITCHING COACH Bautista will handle the Vancouver relief corps in 2025 after two seasons as the pitching coach for the DSL Blue Jays. Originally from El Seibo, DR, Bautista graduated from Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA in 2019 and joined the Blue Jays as Player Development Intern later that year.

PETR

STŘÍBRCKÝ

14

POSITION COACH Petr Stříbrcký, Position Coach – Petr Stříbrcký returns to the C’s for his second High-A season after serving in the same role last year. The Blansko, Czech Republic native has played and coached all over the world, including an eight-year stint as the director of the Portuguese Baseball Academy.

Stříbrcký joined Toronto’s organization as the hitting coach of the DSL Blue Jays in 2019 and returned to that role in 2021 before arriving stateside as the development coach of the FCL Blue Jays in 2022. He was promoted to Single-A Dunedin in 2023 and spent two seasons with the D-Jays.

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GILBERTO

BATISTA PITCHER

28

THROWS: Right HT: 6-0 WT: 190 DOB: 2001-08-05 HOMETOWN: San Cristobal, DR ACQUIRED: Trade w/BOS, 07/27/24 PRO YEAR: 4th

COLBY

HOLCOMBE PITCHER

21

THROWS: Right HT: 6-6 WT: 250 DOB: 2012-12-02 HOMETOWN: Florence, AL SCHOOL: Mississippi State/NE Miss. CC ACQUIRED: 9th round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 3rd

MASON

OLSON

PITCHER

20

THROWS: L eft HT: 5-10 WT: 180 DOB: 12/23/01 HOMETOWN: Spanish Fork, UT SCHOOL: BYU/College of So. Idaho ACQUIRED: NDFA, 06/30/25 PRO YEAR: 2nd

AUSTIN

CATES

PITCHER

10

THROWS: Right HT: 6-1 WT: 200 DOB: 05/20/03 HOMETOWN: Henderson, NV SCHOOL: UNLV/College of So. Nevada ACQUIRED: 7th round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 2nd

JOHNNY

KING

PITCHER

44

THROWS: Left HT: 6-3 WT: 210 DOB: 07/26/06 HOMETOWN: Naples, FL SCHOOL: Naples HS ACQUIRED: 3rd round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 2nd

CARSON

PIERCE PITCHER

35

THROWS: Right HT: 6-3 WT: 215 DOB: 2009-10-01 HOMETOWN: Edmond, OK SCHOOL: Oklahoma/Cowley College ACQUIRED: NDFA, 08/04/23 PRO YEAR: 3rd

EMINEN

FLORES PITCHER

27

THROWS: Right HT: 5-11 WT: 180 DOB: 02/27/03 HOMETOWN: Santiago, DR ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/22 PRO YEAR: 5th

LANDEN

MAROUDIS PITCHER

22

THROWS: Right HT: 6-3 WT: 190 DOB: 12/16/04 HOMETOWN: Largo, FL SCHOOL: Calvary Christian HS ACQUIRED: 4th round, 2023 PRO YEAR: 3rd

KELENA

SAUER

PITCHER

32

THROWS: Right HT: 6-3 WT: 230 DOB: 09/26/02 HOMETOWN: Mililani, HI SCHOOL: San Diego State ACQUIRED: 15th round, 2023 PRO YEAR: 3rd

DANIEL

GUERRA PITCHER

31

THROWS: Right HT: 6-6 WT: 230 DOB: 03/13/04 HOMETOWN: Catia La Mar, VZ ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 08/06/22 PRO YEAR: 5th

AARON

MUNSON PITCHER

SCHUELER PITCHER

5

34

THROWS: Right HT: 6-3 WT: 205 DOB: 2006-05-01 HOMETOWN: Rock Falls, IL SCHOOL: Southeastern/Parkland College ACQUIRED: NDFA, 07/22/24 PRO YEAR: 3rd

HECHAVARRIA PITCHER

48

THROWS: Right HT: 6-4 WT: 200 DOB: 03/18/03 HOMETOWN: Cueto, Cuba ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 06/07/24 PRO YEAR: 3rd

THROWS: Right HT: 5-10 WT: 180 DOB: 03/15/02 HOMETOWN: San Antonio, TX SCHOOL: Angelo State ACQUIRED: 19th round, 2023 PRO YEAR: 4th

JAY

SILVANO

CONNOR

O’HALLORAN

26

PITCHER THROWS: Left HT: 6-2 WT: 195 DOB: 22 - 09/01/02 HOMETOWN: Mississauga, ON ACQUIRED: 5th Round, 2023 PRO YEAR: 4th

DANNY

THOMPSON JR. PITCHER

38

THROWS: Right HT: 6-0 WT: 180 DOB: 2008-09-02 HOMETOWN: New Bern, NC SCHOOL: UNC Greensboro/NC Wesleyan ACQUIRED: 8th round, 2025 PRO YEAR: 2nd VANCOUVER CANADIANS 2026 / 29

JONATHAN

TODD

PITCHER

33

THROWS: Right HT: 6-6 WT: 225 DOB: 08/21/01 HOMETOWN: Reidsville, NC SCHOOL: Western Carolina ACQUIRED: 15th round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 3rd

JACOB

SHARP

CATCHER

3

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 5-7 WT: 180 DOB: 09/15/01 HOMETOWN: Whittier, CA SCHOOL: UNLV ACQUIRED: Trade w/SEA, 07/26/24 PRO YEAR: 4th

DUB

GLEED

39

HT: 6-1 WT: 200 B/T: R/R DOB: 09/01/02 HOMETOWN: Ladera Ranch, CA SCHOOL: UC Irvine ACQUIRED: Trade w/MIA, 03/29/26 PRO YEAR: 2nd

1

JUANMI

VASQUEZ PITCHER

THROWS: Left HT: 5-11 WT: 205 DOB: 2012-01-03 HOMETOWN: Santo Domingo, DR ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 08/06/22 PRO YEAR: 5th

MANNY

BELTRE

INFIELDER

7

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 5-10 WT: 175 DOB: 2006-09-04 HOMETOWN: Invivienda, DR ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/21 PRO YEAR: 6th

MADDOX

LATTA

INFIELDER

6

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 5-11 WT: 193 DOB: 01/21/03 HOMETOWN: Granada Hills, CA SCHOOL: CSU Fullerton/LA Valley College ACQUIRED: NDFA, 07/18/25 PRO YEAR: 2nd

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HOLDEN

WILKERSON PITCHER

30

THROWS: Right HT: 6-4 WT: 205 DOB: 2006-07-03 HOMETOWN: Roanoke, VA SCHOOL: Virginia Military Institute ACQUIRED: 18th round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 2nd

KENDRY

CHIRINOS INFIELDER

23

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 5-11 WT: 190 DOB: 2010-06-04 HOMETOWN: Bachaquero, VZ ACQUIRED: Intl. Free Agent, 01/15/22 PRO YEAR: 5th

ARJUN

NIMMALA INFIELDER

18

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 6-1 WT: 205 DOB: 10/16/05 HOMETOWN: Valrico, FL ACQUIRED: 1st round (20th overall), 2023 PRO YEAR: 4th

EDWARD

DURAN

CATCHER

12

BATS/THROWS: Right/Right HT: 5-11 WT: 210 DOB: 05/29/04 HOMETOWN: Caracas, VZ ACQUIRED: Trade w/MIA, 08/31/22 PRO YEAR: 6th

CARTER

CUNNINGHAM INFIELDER

16

BATS/THROWS: Left/Right HT: 6-4 WT: 220 DOB: 11/06/00 HOMETOWN: Haymarket, VA SCHOOL: East Carolina/Florida SW State ACQUIRED: 10th round, 2024 PRO YEAR: 3rd

ADRIAN

PINTO

INFIELDER BATS/THROWS: R/R HT: 5-8 WT: 170 DOB: 09/22/02 HOMETOWN: Caucagua, VZ ACQUIRED: Trade w/COL, 07/09/2022 PRO YEAR: 6th

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Roy Campanella played his first game for the Baltimore Elite Giants in 1937 at the age of 15, making him the youngest player in MLB history.

(National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)

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BY BILL FRANCIS

ONLY A NUMBER Roy Campanella debuted in the Negro Leagues at 15, making him the youngest player in big league history.

Catcher Roy Campanella was a trailblazer, a legend and an inspiration. Decades after his passing, though, the Hall of Famer officially became the youngest player in big league history.

For years, the title of youngest MLB player belonged to lefty hurler Joe Nuxhall, who debuted with the Cincinnati Reds on June 10, 1944, at the age of 15 years and 316 days.

But when Major League Baseball announced in December 2020 that they had officially designated the Negro Leagues as Major League status and incorporated the statistics and records of seven Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 into the record books, Campanella, who played as a 15-year-old (younger than Nuxhall) in 1937 with the Negro National League’s Washington Elite Giants (also referred to as the Baltimore Elite Giants), added another record to his legacy.

“All of us who love baseball have long known that the Negro Leagues produced many of our game’s best players, innovations and triumphs against a backdrop of injustice,” said Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred at the time of the announcement. “We are now grateful to count the players of the Negro Leagues where they belong: as Major Leaguers within the official historical record.”

According to Manfred, this action corrected a historical oversight and officially recognizes the achievements of the approximately 3,400 players who competed in these leagues, placing them on par with other major league ball players.

During World War II, the major leagues desperately needed replacements for those players who were serving in the armed services. Those who left the ballfield for the battlefield included, among others, such future Hall of Famers as Luke Appling (Army), Yogi Berra (Navy), Bill Dickey (Navy), Joe DiMaggio (Army), Larry Doby (Navy), Bob Feller (Navy), Hank Greenberg (Army), Monte Irvin (Army), Stan Musial (Navy), Buck O’Neil (Navy), Phil Rizzuto (Navy), Jackie Robinson (Army), Duke Snider (Navy), Warren Spahn (Army) and Ted Williams (Marines).

On June 10, 1944, with the Reds trailing the St. Louis Cardinals 13-0 in the bottom of the eighth, Reds manager Bill McKechnie brought Nuxhall in to pitch for the first time on a big league diamond.

hits, five walks and five earned runs. Musial collected a single. The Reds lost the game, 18-0. It was the only game the young southpaw pitched in the majors that year.

“I was only 15, after all. I had just finished junior high school,” Nuxhall later said. “Probably two weeks prior to that, I was pitching against seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders, kids 13 and 14 years old. All of the sudden, I look up and there’s Stan Musial and the likes.”

“I’m lucky. Never thought that at 15 I’d be pitching in the big time.

Guess lots of kids would like to do that,” Nuxhall said in the clubhouse after his outing. “I was nervous. Sure, I had watched ’em as they came to bat, thinking I ought to know their weakness.”

Cincinnati had gotten clearance under the child labor laws to sign Nuxhall to a contract. On Feb. 18, 1944, he signed for $175 per month along with a $500 signing bonus.

With some minor league seasoning. Nuxhall made it back to the majors in 1952 and would ultimately enjoy a successful 15-year big-league career before embarking on a long stint as a beloved broadcaster for the Reds. He passed away in 2007 at the age of 79.

“The boy’s background runs along the Feller pattern,” said Reds public relations manager Lee Allen at the time of the signing. “His father was an old semipro player and raised the lad to play ball practically from the diaper stage. By the time he was nine he was pitching on a knothole team, and he now has completed six seasons of knothole ball. Last year he tossed a pair of no-hitters and another pair of onehitters.”

In his debut, Nuxhall’s pitching line in two-thirds of an inning was two

While the date of Campanella’s debut date is up for debate, depending on the source, either option would still make him younger than Nuxhall. Seamheads.com pegs it as June 22, 1937, while Retrosheet. org has it as June 19, 1937.

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complicates efforts to pinpoint a player’s official debut, as it often depends on whether the game was part of league play or merely an exhibition. Yet, for the dedicated and meticulous researcher, no obstacle is insurmountable. Careful analysis of game accounts and editorial coverage can help reconcile discrepancies and bring clarity to the historical record.”

League. When I started, we received 50 cents a day for meal money.

We traveled by bus and we didn’t think it was bad. I didn’t think it was anything extraordinary because I just wanted to play ball. I was 15 and gee how I wanted to play ball. I also wanted to be an architect.

That was my goal. I wanted to go to college and major in architecture, but I wanted to play sports, too. I found out that I couldn’t do both.

The Philadelphia Tribune’s Randy Dixon was prescient when writing about the young backstop in a June 24, 1937, piece.

“At the time I was a third-string catcher. They had fellows by the names of Biz Mackey, Nish Williams and myself, and being 15 years old, it was out of this world playing with these guys. We had a tremendous pitching staff with approximately four starting pitchers and about two reserves and that was it.

“It seems tough that I must be so defunct when the topic of Roy Campanella, a 15-year-old marvel from the Tioga sector, comes up for discussion,” Dixon wrote. “When such an unusually promising and talented chappie as Campanella has the floor, the guy doing a column should be at his best.

“Roy pastimed last campaign for the Nicetown Giants. Just a mere slip of a kid with oodles of guts and determination plus. He changed his short pants for a catcher’s mask and a uniform and went behind the platter alongside the big guys. He listened and learned and improved.

The result has been that Biz Mackey, probably the greatest catcher of all-time Negro baseball, gave Campanella the onceover last week, liked his attitude to say nothing of his work, and signed him to do duty for the Elite Giants. A kid of 15 summers in the big time. Get that angle will you please!

“Roy went on exhibition last Saturday when the Elites and the Newark Eagles cavorted on local loam while the Philadelphia Stars were out on the road having assault and battery committed on them by auto.

And what he showed was a revelation. ‘Your Man’ Dixon says without qualification that no one, anywhere, possesses a more deadly or accurate throwing arm from home plate to second base than this mere slip of a lad. Ask anyone who was on hand Saturday to see him mow down ambitious base stealers with his rifle pegs.

“The ballplayers marveled, the fans went into delirium. The critics gaped. But Roy just took it all as a matter of routine duty. Once he learns a little more tricks and brushes up a bit, he’ll be a star of stars. The only thing I don’t like about him is the length of his name.

Sorta tough on columnists and headline writers to spell correctly.

Otherwise, he has more earmarks of a future great than any lad his age these eyes have ever seen.”

Campanella, who was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 19, 1921, played his first organized baseball at the age of 12 with a team of newsboys.

While playing American Legion ball, he was spotted by Tom Dixon of the Bacharach Giants, a local semipro all-black team.

The youngster soon moved up to the Baltimore Elite Giants of the professional Negro National League. He played for them through 1945, initially only during the summer but full-time after he turned 16 and quit school.

“I’ll never forget the day he came to my house,” Campanella said about Elite Giants owner Tom Wilson’s initial visit with his parents. “My mother (Ida) and father (John) were sitting in the living room. They told him very politely that I couldn’t play baseball on Sunday. In fact, no professional team could play on that day. So, he arranged it that I could play on the weekends, but not on Sundays.

“It was better than a college education. Here I was, a young boy, traveling in and out of big cities, coming into contact with so many different people, living with 17 or 20 different fellows on a team. And I was the youngest, and all those older fellows were looking out for me.

I had a lot of big brothers back then.”

In a 1979 newspaper interview with Art Rust Jr., Campanella recalled those early days in Black baseball.

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“Nobody ever believes me, but I didn’t know Blacks were not playing major league ball until the owners of the Baltimore Elite Giants came to my house and asked my parents to let me play with them on weekends. My attitude hadn’t changed about wanting to play ball. But I couldn’t understand why Blacks couldn’t play in the major leagues. Being brought up and raised in Philadelphia and going to an integrated school all my life, and having always played with whites on the football, baseball, basketball, track and field teams, it really never came to be an issue with me. But it did when I found out I couldn’t play big league ball. Being one of the youngest players on our team of the Baltimore Elite Giants, I had this explained to me by the older players and explained in such a way as to show me that none of the white players in any of the other leagues, major or minor, could play any better than we could.”

Throughout his later life, Campanella would praise future Hall of Famer Biz Mackey as a mentor, the elder statesman the Elite Giants catcher and manager when the 15-year-old broke in.

“In my opinion, Biz Mackey was the master of defense of all catchers,” Campanella said. “When I was a kid in Philadelphia, I saw both Mackey and Mickey Cochrane in their primes, but for real catching skills, I don’t think Cochrane was the master of defense that Mackey was. When I went under his direction in Baltimore, I was 15 years old. I gathered quite a bit from Mackey, watching how he did things, how he blocked low pitches, how he shifted his feet for an outside pitch and how he threw with a short, quick, accurate throw, without drawing back. I got all this from Mackey at a young age.”

“Campy” would eventually sign with the Brooklyn Dodgers prior to the 1946 season. First applying his skills in the minors before making his debut with the franchise in 1948. He excelled with the famous “Bums,” spending 10 seasons there while capturing three National League Most Valuable Player awards.

Campanella’s career came to an unimaginable halt in the early hours of the morning of Jan. 28, 1958, when, while driving to his home on Long Island, N.Y., he hit an ice patch and his car slammed into a telephone pole. At the age of 36, he was paralyzed from the chest down.

The Hall of Fame Class of 1969 member would pass away at the age of 71 in 1993.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in 1985, Campanella said: “I’ve always thought I was born at just the right time. My generation had a valuable opportunity and made a tremendous impact – and how many persons can say that? I was one of the first of my race to play in the major leagues, and I feel I helped the situation quite a bit.

I’m proud of the way I conducted myself – on and off the field.”

Bill Francis is the senior research and writing specialist at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Reprinted with permission from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

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CANADIANS TO REACH THE MAJOR LEAGUES The Vancouver Canadians Baseball Club has welcomed more than 800 players onto its rosters since 2000. That’s a lot of guys

all striving to one day reach the bright lights of the Major Leagues. Here is a list of every one of our players who has arrived at the game’s highest stage and play in Major League Baseball.

2003 Rich Harden Neal Cotts Mike Wood

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P P

2001 2001 2001

21-Jul 12-Aug 21-Aug

2004 Santiago Casilla Nick Swisher Joe Blanton

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P OF P

2002 2002 2002

09-Aug Oakland 03-Sep Oakland 24-Sep Oakland

2005 Mark Teahen Dan Johnson Omar Quintanilla Freddie Bynum Nelson Cruz

Oakland Chicago (AL) Oakland

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

INF INF INF INF OF

2002 2001 2003 2000 2002

04-Apr 27-May 31-Jul 30-Aug 17-Sep

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P OF P C P C INF

2001 2003 2001 2004 2004 2002 2002

22-Apr 02-May 29-May 12-Jun 17-Jul 03-Sep 13-Oct

POS 2007 Travis Buck OF Jared Burton P Danny Putman OF Dallas Braden P Connor Robertson P Marshal McDougall INF Kevin Melillo INF Bill Murphy P

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

2005 2002 2004 2004 2004 2000 2004 2002

02-Apr 04-Apr 23-Apr 24-Apr 17-May 05-Jun 24-Jun 03-Sep

2008 Gregorio Petit John Baker Jeff Gray

2006 John Rheinecker Andre Either Chris Mabeus Kurt Suzuki Jason Windsor Jeremy Brown Mark Kiger

2009 Andrew Bailey Landon Powell Tommy Everidge Brad Kilby Jeff Baisley 2010 A.J. Griffin Alexi Ogando 2011 Justin Sellers Anthony Recker Corey Brown

Kansas City Oakland Colorado Oakland Milwaukee Texas Los Angeles (NL) Milwaukee Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Cincinnati Oakland Oakland Oakland Texas Oakland Arizona

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

INF C P

2004 2002 2005

18-May Oakland 09-Jul Florida 08-Sep Oakland

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P C INF P INF

2006 2004 2004 2005 2005

06-Apr 11-Apr 28-Jul 02-Sep 09-Sep

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P

2010 2004

24-Jun 15-Jul

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

INF C OF

2005 2005 2007

12-Aug Los Angeles (NL) 25-Aug Oakland 06-Sep Washington

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Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Oakland Texas

2012 Pedro Figueroa Sean Doolittle Dan Straily

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P P

2007 2007 2009

21-Apr Oakland 05-Jun Oakland 30-Aug Oakland

2013 Ian Krol Kevin Pillar Max Stassi Michael Choice

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P OF C OF

2009 2011 2009 2010

05-Jun 14-Aug 20-Aug 02-Sep

2014 Bo Schultz Marcus Stroman Aaron Sanchez Dalton Pompey Daniel Norris

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P P OF P

2009 2012 2011 2012 2012

23-Mar 04-May 23-Jul 02-Sep 05-Sep

2015 POS Miguel Castro P Roberto Osuna P Noah Syndergaard P Justin Nicolino P Dusty Coleman INF David Rollins P

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

2014 2012 2011 2011 2008 2011

06-Apr 08-Apr 12-May 20-Jun 03-Jul 04-Jul

2016 Andy Burns Matt Dermody

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

INF P

2011 2013

09-May Toronto 03-Sep Toronto

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

OF P OF INF P P P P INF INF

2012 2010 2013 2014 2012 2014 2014 2012 2014 2014

18-May 09-Jun 23-Jun 24-Jun 09-Aug 15-Aug 01-Sep 01-Sep 01-Sep 29-Sep

2017 Dwight Smith Jr. Seth Frankoff Ian Parmley Franklin Barreto Taylor Cole Tim Mayza Jairo Labourt Carlos Ramirez Richard Urena Tim Locastro

Washington Toronto Houston Oakland Arizona Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto New York (NL) Miami Kansas City Seattle

Toronto Chicago (NL) Toronto Oakland Toronto Toronto Detroit Toronto Toronto Los Angeles (NL)

2018 Ryan Borucki Justin Shafer Murphy Smith Dawel Lugo Jose Fernandez Jonathan Davis Jon Berti

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MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P P INF P OF INF

2014 2014 2009 2013 2014 2014 2011

26-Jun 18-Aug 27-Aug 30-Aug 01-Sep 05-Sep 26-Sep

2019 John Schneider Travis Bergen Cavan Biggio T.J. Zeuch Lane Thomas Ryan McBroom

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MLB DEBUT TEAM

MGR 2011/14-15 28-Mar P 2015-17 29-Mar INF 2016 25-May RHP 2016 03-Sep OF 2015 17-Apr INF/OF 2014 03-Sep

Toronto Toronto Toronto Detroit Toronto Toronto Toronto Toronto San Francisco Toronto Toronto St. Louis Kansas City

2020 Nate Pearson Dany Jiménez Patrick Murhpy Ángel Perdomo

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ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P P P

2017 2017 2016 2015

29-Jul 23-Jul 18-Sep 18-Aug

2021 Josh Palacios Alek Manoah Riley Adams Tayler Saucedo Nick Allgeyer Otto López

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ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

OF P C P P INF

2016 2019 2018 2015 2018 2018

09-Apr 27-May 08-Jun 17-Jun 02-Jul 17-Aug

POS

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

P P INF INF P P P

2016 2017 2012 2018 2015 2018 2017

9-April 19-April 20-April 1-May 9-May 28-May 31-July

2023 POS Samad Taylor INF Spencer Horwitz OF Davis Schneider INF/OF Hagen Danner P Cam Eden OF Jose Espada P

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

2017 2021 2022 2021 2021 2018

18-Jun 19-Jun 4-Aug 11-Aug 21-Sep 24-Sep

POS 2024 Addison Barger INF/OF Brandon Eisert P Adam Kloffenstein P Orelvis Martinez INF Steward Berroa INF Yosver Zulueta P Leo Jimenez INF Luis De Los Santos INF Griffin Conine OF

ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

2021 2021 2022 2021 2022 2022 2022 2021 2018

24-Apr 17-Jun 20-Jun 21-Jun 23-Jun 25-Jun 4-July 31-July 26-Aug

2025 Alan Roden Mason Fluharty Matt Svanson Paxton Schultz Will Robertson Lázaro Estrada Trey Yesavage

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ALUMN

MLB DEBUT TEAM

OF P P P OF P P

2023 2022 2022 2021 2021 2021 2025

27-Mar Blue Jays 01-Apr Blue Jays 17-Apr Cardinals 20-Apr Blue Jays 12-Jun Blue Jays 5-Jul Blue Jays 15-Sep Blue Jays

2022 Zach Jackson Zach Logue Christian Lopes Vinny Capra Danny Young Josh Winckowski Jake Fishman

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HOW TO SCORE A BASEBALL GAME Different fans have different methods of keeping a scorecard, and many use their own notations. But here's a simple method:

circle put the symbol of the play and/or the player that drove him in.

For example, if the No. 5 hitter drives in two runs with a single, mark his single in the bottom right of his box and mark a circle with the number "5" in the boxes of the runners who score (Some people like to use uniform numbers here, so you can tell who did what, even after lineup changes).

For example, If the hitter grounds out to shortstop, for example, write in "6-3," which shows the shortstop threw him out at first base. If the hitter flies out to left field, write a "7."

If the batter gets a hit, write in the hit according to which base he reached. Each corner of the box represents a base, with the lowerright corner being first.

At the end of each inning, total the hits and runs for that inning only.

At the end of the game you'll be able to add the innings total to get the game score.

If he singles, put a "-" in the lower right. If he doubles, write a "=" in the upper right, and so on. For a walk, use "BB" in the lower right. As the runner advances, mark the appropriate symbol in the appropriate corner.

If a runner scores, put a circle at the bottom of the box, and inside the

EXAMPLE SCOREBOARD

SYMBOLS FOR PLAY

1ST INNING 1. SINGLED, ADVANCED ON NEXT BATTER'S WALK, TOOK 3RD ON FIELDER'S CHOICE, SCOREO ON NO. 4 BATTER'S DOUBLE 2. WALKED, LATER FORCED OUT, SHORTSTOP TO SECOND BASE 3. REACHED ON FIELDER'S CHOICE, ADVANCED TO 3RD ON NEXT BATTER'S DOUBLE, SCORED ON NO. 5 BATTER'S SINGLE 4. DOUBLED, SCORED ON NO. 5 BATTER'S SINGLE 5. SINGLED, ADVANCED TO 2ND ON NEXT BATTER'S SINGLE, STOLE 3RD BASE, THROWN OUT ON GROUNDER, SHORTSTOP TO CATCHER 6. SINGLED, STOLE 2ND BASE 7. REACHED 1ST ON FIELDER’S CHOICE 8. POPPED OUT TO 2ND BASE 2ND INNING 9. LEADOFF WITH DOUBLE 1. FLIED OUT TO CENTERFIELD 2. POPPED OUT TO SHORTSTOP 3. STRUCKOUT SWINGING

TEAM BATTING ORDER

1

3 2

Single: S or – Double: D or = Triple: T or = Homerun: HR or =

2

1. CENTER FIELDER 8 4 6-4 6 2. SHORTSTOP BB 3 3. 1ST BASEMAN 5 FC K = 4. 3RD BASEMAN 5 SB 2 5. RIGHT FIELDER 6-2 SB 6. LEFT FIELDER 7. DESIGNATED HITTER FC 8. 2ND BASEMAN 4 / 9. CATCHER = R H 3 4 0 1 TOTALS

Sacrifice: Walk: Strikeout: Called Out on Strikes: Balk: Fielder’s Choice: Hit by Pitch: Wild Pitch:

Passed Ball: PB SB

Stolen Base: Double Play: Error: Sacrifice Fly: Intentional Walk: Foul Fly: Force Out: Line Drive: Bunt:

DP E SF IBB F FO L B Unassisted: U

SH or SAC BB K K BK FC HP WP

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS BY THE NUMBERS PITCHER CATCHER 1ST BASEMAN 2ND BASEMAN 3RD BASEMAN 6 SHORTSTOP 7 LEFT FIELDER 8 CENTER FIELDER 1 2 3 4 5

8 7

9

6 5

4 1

3

9 RIGHT FIELDER

BASIC UMPIRE SIGNS FOR THE PLAYERS AND FANS Umpires use a number of signals. Some of these are familiar and are associated with the Rules of Baseball, like safe, out, foul, etc. These are a few you are likely to see when scoring a game.

FOUL TIP

DOUBLE

TRAPPED BALL/SAFE

DELAYED DEAD BALL

TIME/DEAD BALL

COUNT

HOLD UP PLAY

HOME RUN

PLAY BALL

INFIELD FLY

FAIR BALL

FOUL BALL

STRIKE OUT

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