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C's Recap - Quinones Strikes Out 11, Brito Homers + Reyes Clutch in Relief to Help Canadians Hold Off Emeralds. #VanCanadians #MontysMounties #WeAreBlueJays

The Vancouver Canadians beat the Eugene Emeralds for the first time this season with a 7-5 victory at Ron Tonkin Field Thursday. The Emeralds put up a crooked a number in the first inning for the third straight night as Logan Wyatt hit a two-out, two-run home run off Luis Quinones that scored a Simon Whiteman walk. The C’s got those two runs back in their first at-bat off Em’s starter Nick…

C's Recap - Hops Say Nein to Canadians Attempt at Nine-game Winning Streak. #VanCanadians #MontysMounties #WeAreBlueJays

The Vancouver Canadians saw their eight-game winning streak snapped as they fell to the Hillsboro Hops 4-3 at Ron Tonkin Field Friday. The first two runs of the game were solo home runs. Andy Yerzy opened the scoring for the Hops with a two-out homer off Nick Fraze in the first inning to give them a 1-0 lead. That homer was matched by Ryan Gold as he took Slade Cecconi deep with an opposite…

C's Recap - #VanCanadians Trio of Watson, Fraze + Gold Dust Devils for 2nd Win of the Season. #MontysMounties #WeAreBlueJays

The Vancouver Canadians have their second victory of 2021 after a 4-2 triumph over the Tri-City Dust Devils at Gesa Stadium Saturday. The C’s got to work against Tri-City starter Hector Yan in the top of the first inning by loading the bases with one out on a Tanner Morris walk, a Cameron Eden single to left and a free pass to Philip Clarke. Ronny Brito‘s fly ball to shallow center was not deep…

C's Recap - Donnie Murphy to Lay Down Law as #VanCanadians manager in 2021, Canellas Also Returning + BC's Lavallee Named Skipper of GCL #BlueJays. Plus C-Notes including why @CanadianClubby is The Man! #MontysMounties

The Toronto Blue Jays have named former major league outfielder Donnie Murphy as the manager of the Vancouver Canadians for 2021. TSN’s Scott Mitchell was the first to tweet out the Jays minor league appointments. Also, North Delta, BC’s Brent Lavallee—who was supposed to manage the C’s in 2020 before the coronavirus cancelled minor league baseball’s entire season—will be in charge of the troops…

C’s Alumni Update – Hissey, Capra & Palacios Produce Walk-Off Win Wednesday For New Hampshire

Ryan Hissey‘s first home run of the year for New Hampshire was a timely one Wednesday. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats were down to their last strike but three former Vancouver Canadians teamed up to save the day. A game-tying two-run home run from 2015 C’s catcher Ryan Hissey tied the game in the ninth before Vinny Capra (2018) walked and stole second base. 2016 outfielder Josh Palacios followed…

C’s Alumni Update – Hissey, Capra & Palacios Produce Walk-Off Win Wednesday For New Hampshire

Ryan Hissey‘s first home run of the year for New Hampshire was a timely one Wednesday. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats were down to their last strike but three former Vancouver Canadians teamed up to save the day. A game-tying two-run home run from 2015 C’s catcher Ryan Hissey tied the game in the ninth before Vinny Capra (2018) walked and stole second base. 2016 outfielder Josh Palacios followed…

C’s Alumni Update – Five Days In May

Quite a few notable performances were turned in by former Vancouver Canadians in the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system over the first five days in May. Here is a quick recap of what happened with Lansing, Dunedin, New Hampshire and Buffalo. Christian Williams had a perfect night at the plate for Dunedin May 1. Williams Waxes Tortugas, Pearson Promoted & Steinmetz Swats One Out Christian…

Here is Part 2 of C's Chat @csplusbaseball with 2019 Vancouver Canadians RHP #48 Alek Manoah (@Alek_Manoah47), the #BlueJays first round pick of 2019 from the West Virginia Mountaineers (@WVUBaseball). #MontysMounties.

Alek Manoah made his professional debut in Spokane with a shutout inning July 27. (Photo Credit – Ben Steiner)

After providing a quality start in Part 1, 2019 Vancouver Canadians pitcher Alek Manoah is back again to close out Part 2 of this latest episode of C’s Chat.

With his college career completed, the next step for Manoah was the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft. He had a lot of…