Author | Yubai Liu

They’ve done it! On Sunday night, the Vancouver Canadians  won their second straight Northwest League Championships! After an exciting and unforgettable three-game battle against the Boise Hawks, the Canadians were able to come out on top and raising the banner to announce their dominance in the northwest. After Vancouver won the first game of the [...]The post Canadians are NWL Champions, Again! appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 10, 2012, 9:04 am EDT via jaysprospects.com

In one of the tightest playoffs battles in recent years, the Vancouver Canadians edged out the rival Eugene Emeralds by one game in the standings to become Northwest League West second-half champions. This guaranteed them a first round playoffs series with the first-half-champion Everett AquaSox. Going into their final five-game series at Yakima on August [...]The post How the West Was Won: Vancouver Canadians appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 5, 2012, 2:52 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.

In one of the tightest playoffs battles in recent years, the Vancouver Canadians edged out the rival Eugene Emeralds by one game in the standings to become Northwest League West second-half champions. This guaranteed them a first round playoffs series with the first-half-champion Everett AquaSox. Going into their final five-game series at Yakima on August [...]The post How the West Was Won: Vancouver Canadians appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 5, 2012, 9:52 am EDT via jaysprospects.com

The Vancouver Canadians edged out a close 1-0 win against the Everett AquaSox on Monday night to take a 1-0 lead in the West Division final. They are now only one more win away from advancing to the Northwest League Championship final. Pitching dominated the game and it wasn’t until the bottom of the eighth [...]The post Canadians edge AquaSox in opener appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 3, 2012, 11:39 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.

The Vancouver Canadians edged out a close 1-0 win against the Everett Aquasox to take a 1-0 lead in the playoffs series. They are now  only one more win away from advancing to the League Championships. Pitching dominated the game and it wasn’t until the bottom of the 8th inning that Canadians’ third baseman, Kellen [...]The post Vancouver edge out the Aquasox in opener to move within one win of League Championships appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 3, 2012, 11:39 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.

Days after winning a close battle for the second Northwest League playoff spot, the Vancouver Canadians turn their eyes to the real prize: a shot at repeating as NWL champions. The format: The C’s will play a best-of-3 series against the West Division winner from the first half, the Everett Aquasox. The first game will [...]The post Vancouver Canadians Playoff Preview: Hitting Meets Pitching appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

September 3, 2012, 3:26 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.

If one was to describe Art Charles’ game in one word it would be, power.In 29 games with the club, Charles has exerted his bat into the clean-up spot for the C’s during their current playoffs run, hitting six homeruns and nine doubles, and leading the team with a .491 slugging percentage. In his last game [...]The post Art Charles Powering His Way through the Northwest League appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

August 29, 2012, 10:32 am EDT via jaysprospects.com.

Before a dazzling show of fireworks on Saturday night at Nat Bailey’s stadium, the Canadians presented their own finest in the year-end awards ceremony. There were four awards presented by the team in front of the sold-out crowd: Team’s Best Pitchers: Javier Avendano (RHP): 73IP, 7-1(W/L), 1.23 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 87 Strikeouts Taylor Cole (RHP): 58IP, [...]The post Celebrating the Canadians Bests in the midst of a Pennant Chase appeared first on JaysProspects.com - Scouting, News and Analysis for Jays Prospects and Minor Leagues.

August 26, 2012, 11:47 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.

In Part I for our series, “Finding Success Abroad,” we took a closer look at the emerging pitcher, Javier Avendano, the Venezuelan righty who accredits a lot of his growth as a professional to his time spent playing winter ball at home. As we turn our attention to the other side of the plate, we find the [...]

August 10, 2012, 10:17 am EDT via jaysprospects.com.

As the sporting world is current fixated on the 2012 Olympic Games in London, we can easily turn inwards to see the impact of sports globalization on the Blue Jays organization. This two-part story will feature a pair of Venezuelan stars that are leading the charge for the Canadians on the mound and at the [...]

August 5, 2012, 1:29 pm EDT via jaysprospects.com.