Tyler Partridge

Centennial Sports Journalism grad. Contributor/social mediaist for Canuck Baseball Plus🍁 ⚾️ Host/Producer of This Week in Canadian Sports (TWICS) podcast 🇨🇦

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Brady Cerkownyk

In 14 games at Rookie Ball the Toronto-native is hitting .357/.472, with 1 homer and a 1.115 OPS

Small sample size but a strong start for the #Nationals catching prospect

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Here is my 6th instalment of Canadian minor leaguers. If you missed it the last few weeks, I will be looking at 3🇨🇦minor leaguers that are having success in 2026

I’m going to try to cover as many different provinces as possible 🧵

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Thomas Ireland

The first player on my list from Saskatchewan, Ireland has looked stellar at Triple-A for the #Rangers this year

He has a 2.89 ERA, with a 10.9 strikeout/9 in relief

2021 was the last time a Saskatchewan-born player played in the Majors (Andrew Albers)

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But there may be another🇨🇦on the way (not Adam Hall). Brendan Lawson is currently having a monster collegiate season and some have him projected as the 1st overall pick in 2027

He’d still be a number of years from the majors but we could soon be in the golden age of🇨🇦shortstops

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In 2020, I wrote a blog about the underwhelming history of Canadian shortstops

In the article I noted, this might change with 2 exciting young🇨🇦shortstops in the minors - Adam Hall and Otto Lopez

Here’s a brief look at the history of🇨🇦shortstops 🧵

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Otto Lopez has already established himself as one of the better shortstops in the League and if his career keeps up at this pace, he could pass Arthur Irwin and Smith on the all-time 🇨🇦shortstops list soon enough

Currently on pace to become only the 5th🇨🇦with a 200-hit season

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My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes column discusses:

-Otto Lopez
-Owen Caissie
-Michael Soroka
-Cade Smith
-Roy Halladay
-Felipe Alou
-Adam Macko
-Erik Sabrowski
-Charles McAdoo
-Jared Young
-Jonah Tong

Read it here: https://t.co/eDD4NRJh3p

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The last time an Albertan started a game for the #BlueJays was August 6, 2013 when Josh Johnson (his Dad is Albertan) pitched 5 scoreless in what would be his last MLB start

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Matt Coutney

The Albertan infielder has never pushed past Double-A in his career but at 26, he may be at a career crossroads

He’s batting .281/.397, with 4 homers and is currently in the #Angels system

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Here is my 5th instalment of Canadian minor leaguers. If you missed it the last few weeks, I will be looking at 3🇨🇦minor leaguers that are having success in 2026

I’m going to try to cover as many different provinces as possible 🧵

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Owen Gregg

The #BlueJays infield prospect has only played 13 games so far in his professional career but he is hitting .424/.486 with 4 steals

It’s a small sample and is at Single-A but not a bad start for the undrafted Oakville-native

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@CollinGallant Here’s the whole list😄

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Brendan Lawson

Okay, not a minor league player but a collegiate player turning a lot of heads. The Toronto-native is hitting .309/.519, with 15 homers and 16 steals in 51 games for the Florida Gators

There is a case to made he could go 1st overall in the 2027 Draft

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Here is my 4th instalment of Canadian minor leaguers ballplayers. If you missed it the last few weeks, I will be looking at 3🇨🇦minor leaguers that are having success in 2026

I’m going to try to cover as many different provinces as possible 🧵

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Cam Leiter Jr.

The American #Dodgers prospect spent some of his youth living in Canada and would be eligible to play for🇨🇦in the future and yes he is part of that Leiter family

In his 1st pro-season he has a 2.40 ERA and 13.2 K/9 at Single-A