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With 24 Canadian-born players in Major League Baseball in 2026, fans of Canadian Baseball have a lot to be proud of this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five Canadian-born players have played in the 2026 MLB playoffs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liam Hicks – Tampa Bay Rays
Tristan Peters – Chicago White Sox
Nick Pivetta – San Diego Padres
Erik Sabrowski – Cleveland Guardians
Cade Smith – Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian-born MLB Playoff records set (*) or continued:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games Pitched: Cade Smith – 18 – *
Games Started: Nick Pivetta – 4 – *
Innings Pitched: Nick Pivetta – 26.1
Strikeouts: Cade Smith – 33 – *
Tristian Peters became just the 9th Canadian to record a stolen base<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian-born players facing each other in the playoffs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004 Dodgers vs Cardinals DS – Eric Gagne vs Larry Walker – 1-2, strikeout, single
2008 Cubs vs Dodgers DS – Ryan Dempster vs Russell Martin – 0-2, walk
2008 Cubs vs Dodgers DS – Rich Harden vs Russell Martin – 2-3, 2 doubles, 1 RBI
2025 Seattle vs Toronto ALCS – Matt Brash vs Vladimir Guerrero Jr – 0-2, strikeout, hit by pitch
2026 Cleveland vs White Sox ALDS – Cade Smith vs Tristan Peters – 0-3, 2 strikeouts
2026 Cleveland vs White Sox ALDS – Erik Sabrowski vs Tristan Peters – 1-1, single
*2026 Cleveland vs Tampa Bay ALCS – Cade Smith vs Liam Hicks – 0-1, groundout
*2026 Cleveland vs Tampa Bay ALCS – Erik Sabrowski vs Liam Hicks – 0-1, pop-out<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 regular season Canadian-born facts and figures:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Liam Hicks had the 2nd most RBIs for a catcher with 82 (Martin – 87)
-Tristan Peters played in the 4th most games by an outfielder with 156 (Bay – 162, 159, Puhl – 157)
-Tristan Peters became the 4th Canadian to hit for the cycle on August 22. (Wood 1885, O’Neill 1887 X2, Kottaras 2011)
-Erik Sabrowski pitched the 6th most games in a season by a lefty with 60 (Cormier- 84, 65, 64, 60, Hiller – 64, Wilson – 60)
-Cade Smith saved the 5th most games in single season with 41 (Gagne – 55, 52, 45, Axford – 46)
-Vladimir Guerrero Jr now ranks 13th all-time in games played with 1,119 (leader is Joey Votto with 2,056)
-Nick Pivetta now ranks 10th all-time in innings pitched with 1,245.2 (leader is Fergie Jenkins with 4,500.2)
-Erik Sabrowski and Cade Smith became the 20th pair of Canadians to get the W and the SV in the same game since 1942 (May 16)
-Michael Soroka struck-out 10 hitters twice (March 30 and April 10)
-Josh Naylor stole 30+ bases again and became just the 4th Canadian to do so in multiple seasons (Johnson 1889-90, Smith 1886-90, Puhl 1978-79)
-Jordan Romano moved into 3rd place all-time for saves with 128 (Gagne – 187, Axford – 144)
-Cal Quantrill moved into 11th place all-time for games started with 164 (leader is Fergie Jenkins with 594)
-Owen Caissie hit the longest homerun for the Marlins in 2026 (453ft)
-Tyler O’Neill is 5th all-time for homeruns for outfielders with 128 (leader is Larry Walker with 383)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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