See Article in The Province - Langley Blaze alumni C Kellin Deglan and 1B Jordan Lennerton continue putting up numbers in baseball minors.

Sophomore RHP Karl Malecek (Langley Blaze) playing for Blinn College Buccaneers was a unanimous All-Region XIV Conference South Zone selection. Malecek, a 6-3, 195-pound right-hander from North Vancouver, Canada, went 6-3 with a 3.36 ERA in 77 2/3 innings this season, walking 15 while striking out 46. [See Article]

Eighth-ranked Arizona State University's Junior RHP Zak Miller (Langley Blaze) raised his record to 3-0, went a career-long 5 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high seven to earn his third win of the season, including his second against UNLV in the past two weeks. He allowed just four base runners over the first four innings before giving up two runs, including one earned, in the fifth inning. [read more]

 Senior pitcher Lucas Waddell (North Delta Blue Jays) broke Harding’s record for most career wins on March 16 against Southern Arkansas University. Waddell’s win sent him into the top spot in the record books with 23 wins. Matt Walter was the previous record holder with 22 wins. Waddell also earned the win for the Bisons against Northwestern Oklahoma State on March 30, giving him his 24th career win. [read more]

 Sophomore Karl Malecek (Langley Blaze) threw a complete game shutout to lead the Blinn Buccaneer baseball team past the Alvin Dolphins Friday in the opener of a three-game Region XIV series. [read more news here]

RHP Mike Ellis (Langley Blaze) a Junior at Florida International University (SunBelt) has been named to the preseason all-conference team and is predicted to be the top pitcher in the conference this year.
 
"FIU should have a solid club, but it's not one void of question marks. For instance, the Panthers have a big-time staff ace in junior right-hander Mike Ellis, who was 89-92 during the fall, touching 93. He also showed a good 81-83 slider with mound presence and a hard-nosed attitude."  See Article

 2013 is off to a great start for three Royals alumni. It was announced this week that Taylor Green and Mark Hardy have been named to Team Canada for MLB's upcoming Winter Baseball Classic. The WBC kicks off for Canada on Friday, March 8 against Italy in Arizona. It is the first time for Taylor and Mark in the WBC and we wish them the best of the luck - Go Canada!

Meanwhile down in Australia, Royal's alum Carter Bell is playing winterball for the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League and he's on fire. In his last 10 games, Carter has 18 hits, 3 doubles, 2 stolen bases and a home run for slash line of .548/.686/1.233 (AVG/OBP/SLG). His 26 RBI lead the Heat and place third in the league overall.

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Professional baseball players Jim VanOstrand, Shawn Bowman, Rene Tosoni and Cole Armstrong, all BCPBL Alumni, will be leading a high energy baseball camp at the Richmond Oval, Dec 21-22. [See more information]

Sophomore RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria Eagles) has been noted among Top 100 2013 Juco Prospects. "The 6-foot-5, 215-pound Pivetta, meanwhile, falls very much into the same realm as the similarly-sized Gates as he exploded on the scene this fall with a fastball at 95-97 mph after being just another arm at New Mexico JC as a freshman." [Read More]

Despite experiencing career-high statistics this Major League Baseball season, Seattle Mariners outfielder Michael Saunders knows he is capable of much more. “No, I wasn’t satisfied,” the Victoria native said over the phone from Denver, where he resides during the off-season. “However, I do know I made some strides in the right direction. “You never feel like you’ve secured a spot. It’s a mentality you bring every season,” stressed the 25-year-old former member of the Victoria Mariners. “If you start feeling comfortable that could drive you in the opposite way that you want to go. You can never get content. There is always someone in the minors looking for your job.”

[Read more At Times Colonist]

LHP James Paxton (North Delta Blue Jays) and C Kellin Deglan (Langley Blaze) have both been invited to play in the Arizona Fall League. [see The Province news article]

Freshman LHP Ty Walker, former 2011 Fraser Valley Chief and BCPBL 1st Conference All-Star, is playing just south of Boston for the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the summer.  After appearing in 8 games, Ty has a posted 0.93 ERA with 2 wins, and has averaged a strikeout per inning. [Read interview with Ty]

RHP Kyle Lotzkar (Langley Blaze) has earned a spot with the World Team as they take on the US Team in the 2012 Futures Game, July 8th at Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City.  Lotzkar, a first round supplementary pick in  2007  with Cincinnati, started the season in Class A Bakersfield, but after 5 starts was promoted to AA Pensacola. Lotzkar currently has an overall ERA of 2.78 in 12 starts. [Read more]

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RHP Scott Mathieson (Langley Blaze GM Doug Mathieson's son) is playing ball in Japan this year and putting up great numbers. The Langley Blaze product has put up strong numbers for the Yomuri Giants, sporting a 0.77 earned run average in 21 appearances as of Sunday. In that time, he's allowed just 15 hits in 23 and one-third innings, while striking out 28 and walking seven. [Read more in the Langley Advance]