This embedded content failed to load. Rays infielder Junior Caminero has been named a finalist for the 2025 Hank Aaron Award, Major League Baseball announced today. Introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record, the award is presented annually to the best overall offensive performer … Read more
Recently, many of the best young prospects gathered in Minneapolis for the 2025 World Junior Summer Showcase, a week-long event that includes Canada, the United States, Sweden, Finland, and Czechia where teams practice and play exhibition games to help with the selection process for the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship. Related: 3 Final Takeaways … Read more
It’s the final day of the World Junior Summer Showcase, and there were two games on the schedule on Saturday afternoon, August 2, both rivalry games. The first was between the Nordic countries of Sweden and Finland, and both teams had a great showcase leading up to the final day. Both teams had players leading … Read more
The second game of the day on Friday, August 1, at the World Junior Summer Showcase was between Finland and the United States. They’d had some heated games earlier in the week, but today’s game was a bit more reserved. Jack Parsons was in the net for the USA, but halfway through the game, he … Read more
On Friday, August 1, the World Junior Summer Showcase was down to its final two days of games. The first game was between Canada and Sweden, with Finland and USA to follow. Evan Gardner was in net for Canada, but in the third period they switched to Joshua Ravensbergen, while Love Harenstam was in net … Read more
The fourth day of the World Juniors Summer Showcase was back to two games and the first on Wednesday, July 30 was between Sweden and USA. Tensions were once again high, which was noticeable following the first whistle just seven seconds into the game. The biggest roster move was Cole Eiserman back in for the … Read more
The second game of the day was Team USA White against Sweden on Monday afternoon, July 28. USA White had beaten Finland the day before, while Sweden took down USA Blue. This would be the final game of the showcase, where USA was split into two teams as they will consolidate their roster prior to … Read more
The second day of games at the World Juniors Summer Showcase (WJSS) saw a repeat of the first day, but the teams were flipped. On Monday afternoon, July 28, the first game of the day was USA Blue against Finland; USA White had taken on Finland the day before and won 5-2. The goaltending for … Read more
