We will now release our 5th edition of the CABC Men's AAA Top 10 Rankings for the 2024 season. The list is meant to have some fun and grow the sport of baseball at the Men's AAA level. These rankings are based on games played from Jul 1st - Jul 15th, 2024.

 

I have done as much scouring of webpages as I can to try and make the rankings as legit as possible. I have used regular season results and stats for all teams and at the request of many will start to use tournament results that I can get my hands on to make the rankings as legit as possible. The number at the end of each team in brackets is their ranking from the pre-season rankings if they were on the list.

 

Again, as stated before, this is meant to have a bit of fun and create some chatter across the country about this level of baseball. Everything is not going to be perfect everytime and evertyone is entitled to their opinion with this stuff as well. Without further ado....here we go for Round 3:

 

Honorable Mentions

*Dartmouth Dry (7-2; 1st Place Nova Scotia League) (NR)

-The Dry enter the Top 10 for the 1st time this season; they have won 7 in a row inclduing going 3-0 in this time frame

 

*Regina Trappers (7-2; 1st Place Qu'Appelle Valley League) (NR)

-The Trappers also enter the Top 10 for the 1st time this year; they were 3-0 in league play in this time frame

 

*Tecumseh Thunder (9-6; 2nd Place Can-Am League (NR)

-The Thunder crack the top 10 for the 1st time this year; they were 4-1 in league play over the last two weeks

 

*Windsor Stars (10-7; 3rd Place Can-Am League) (HM)

-The Stars rebound after a rough couple of weeks and go 3-1 during this time frame to remain in the Top 10

 

*Deloraine Royals (11-5; T - 2nd South West League) (HM)

-The Royals with a strong finish to the regular season as they go 3-1 over the last 2 weeks climbing to a tie for 2nd place.

 

*Charlottetown Islanders (13-8; 1st Place New Brunswick League) (NR)

-The Isles crack into the Top 10 for the first time this year; they have won 7 of their last 8 including 3-1 in this time frame.

 

National Top 10 Rankings

#10 - Ilderton Riverhawks (8-0-1; 1st Place Southwestern League) (7)

The Riverhawks remain in the National Top 10 Ranking as they come in this time at #10. The club had a quiet week in league play as they won their only league game against the Sarnia 22U Brigade. They also won an exhibition game against the Wyoming Cattlebarons of the MOSBL by a score of 9-6. Ilderton also attended the Hap Walters Tournament going 2-0-1 in that tournament and just missing qualifying for the final. The Riverhawks will get a good test over the coming weeks as they have a couple of league games before they open the Ontario Elimination Tournament against the Windsor Stars.

 

**No Player or pitchers statistics are available at this time**

 

#9 - Pirates de St Jean sur Richelieu (13-7; 3rd Place Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Quebec) (NR)

The Pirates make their first appearance in the National Top 10 Rankings this season as they come in at #9 in this set of rankings. After a little bit of a slow start to the season, St Jean sur Richelieu has been coming on strong over the past few weeks as they were 4-2 in league play and have been quickly climbing the LBMQ standings. After starting off with a loss to Montreal, the Pirates won three straight beating Sherbrooke, Coaticook and a return engagment with Montreal. They then lost a close one to Granby before wrapping up with a win over Thetford. 

 

Top Hitters

*Gabriel Fromental Houle (30-for-75, .400 Avg, 8 HR, 5 2B, 25 R, 33 RBI, 3 SB)

*Francois Lafreniere (41-for-76, .539 Avg, 7 HR, 3 2B, 31 R, 23 RBI, 4 SB)

*Kevin Tremblay (19-for-63, .301 Avg, 6 HR, 2 2B, 26 R, 23 RBI, 4 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Sean Jackson (4-1, 44 Inn, 44 H, 19 R, 17 ER, 21 BB, 40 K, 2.70 ERA)

*Francois Lafreniere (5-2, 37 1/3 Inn, 48 H, 26 R, 22 ER, 13 BB, 36 K, 4.13 ERA)

*Guillaume LeBlanc (2-0, 22 2/3 Inn, 28 H, 13 R, 9 ER, 6 BB, 15 K, 2.78 ERA)

 

#8 - Etobicoke Rangers (12-3; T-1st Place COBA Major League) (HM)

The Etobicoke Rangers find their way back into the National Top 10 Rankings this time around after an honorable mention last time. The Rangers had an exceptional two week period as they were 5-0 in league play which included a pair of wins over the Burlington Brants and the Erindale Cardinals as well as a 9-1 win over Brampton. Etobicoke also participated in the Hap Walters Tournament and went a perfect 3-0 in round robin play and were slated to play in the final but it was washed out by rain. They will now prepare for the Ontario Elimination Tournament and an opening round game against Ajax.

 

Top Hitters

*Hunter Bisser (23-for-54, .426 Avg, HR, 2 3B, 7 2B, 19 R, 22 RBI, 3 SB)

*Michael Ferracuti (23-for-70, .329 Avg, HR, 3B, 8 2B, 21 R, 20 RBI, 4 SB)

*Alex Thrower (27-for-70, .386 Avg, 3B, 2B, 21 R, 15 RBI, 6 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Andrew Hyde (4-1, 34 Inn, 31 H, 12 R, 11 ER, 7 BB, 39 K, 2.39 ERA)

*Justin Teichman (3-1, 14 1/3 Inn, 16 H, 10 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 12 K, 5.01 ERA)

*Owen Boone (1-0, 19 Inn, 10 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 33 K, 0.47 ERA)

 

#7 - Edmonton Cubs (12-5; 2nd Place Sunburst League) (5)

The Edmonton Cubs slide a couple of spots this week and come into the National Top 10 Rankings at #7. The Cubbies had a strong couple of weeks in league play as they went 4-1 during this time frame. They had a pair of wins over the St Albert Tigers as well as signle wins over the Edmonton Padres and Sherwood Park A's. Their sole loss came to the A's 4-3 at home at RE/MAX Field. Edmonton will now have a couple more weeks of league play as well as the Red Deer Riggers Tournament before gearing up for the Sunburst League playoffs coming up soon. 

 

Top Hitters

*Tony Olson (22-for-51, .431 Avg, HR, 5 2B, 17 R, 16 RBI, 7 SB)

*Cody Scammell (17-for-47, .362 Avg, HR, 7 2B, 12 R, 17 RBI, SB)

*Dean Olson (18-for-53, .340 Avg, 3 3B, 15 R 4 RBI, 9 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Ryan Moroz (5-0, 17 1/3 Inn, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 17 BB, 22 K, 0.80 ERA)

*Brendan Wiun (3-1, 28 Inn, 31 H, 18 R, 16 ER, 11 BB, 18 K, 4.00 ERA)

*Taylor Thomas (2-2, 1 Sv, 33 Inn, 40 H, 26 R, 16 ER, 2 BB, 13 K, 3.39 ERA)

 

#6 - Cartwright Twins (15-2; 1st Place Border League) (10)

The Cartwright Twins make a big move this week and jump four spots in our National Top 10 Rankings and settle at #6. The Twins had another good stretch of games as they went 4-1 over this time frame to vault their way into 1st place overall in the Border League. They had a pair of wins over the Morden Mud Hens as well as single wins over Clearwater and the Winkler Whips, Their sole loss came to the Pilot Mound Pilots 4-3. Cartwright will now prepare for the Manitoba Provincial Championships this coming weekend in Morden. 

 

Top Hitters

*Drew Haight (25-for-54, .463 Avg, 2 HR, 6 2B, 17 R, 13 RBI, 3 SB)

*Ty Enns (29-for-63, .460 Avg, 2 HR, 5 2B, 22 R, 18 RBI, SB)

*Bryce Enns (19-for-50, .380. Avg, 3 HR, 7 2B, 18 R, 16 RBI, 2 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Ty Enns (5-1, 2 Sv, 44 1/3 Inn, 43 H, 20 R, 16 ER, 13 BB, 36 K, 2.53 ERA)

*Matt Johnston (3-0, 21 Inn, 30 H, 18 R, 17 ER, 10 BB, 21 K, 5.67 ERA)

*Drew Haight (2-0, 14 Inn, 15 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 6 BB, 7 K, 2.50 ERA)

 

#5 - Castors Acton Vale (15-6; 2nd Place Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Quebec) (2)

The Castors d'Acton Vale slide a few spots this week and come in at #5 of our National Top 10 Rankings. The Castors have been a mainstay in the Top 5 this season and finished the last two weeks at .500 going 3-3 in LBMQ action. For their wins, they defeated the Guerriers de Granby twice as well as the Cardinaux des Laurentides. They dropped games to the Jets de Montreal (9-8), Cardinaux des Laurentides (10-2) and Cactus de Victoriaville (3-2). Their recrod still keeps them in 2nd place overall in the LBMQ as they will prepare for the playoffs in a few weeks. 

 

Top Hitters

*Leonardo Ochoa (21-for-64, .328 Avg, 3 HR, 8 2B, 15 R, 20 RBI, 4 SB)

*Jean-Francois Delisle (24-for-66, .363 Avg, 5 2B, 11 R, 16 RBI, 3 SB)

*Deric Lamontagne (25-for-76, .328 Avg, 2 HR, 4 2B, 18 R, 14 RBI, 18 SB)

 

Top Pitchers 

*Bryan Corona (5-0, 2 Sv, 33 Inn, 19 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 10 BB, 41 K, 0.64 ERA)

*David Gauthier (2-1, 1 Sv, 30 1/3 Inn, 32 H, 17 R, 14 ER, 10 BB, 35 K, 3.23 ERA) 

*Philippe Saad (3-4, 23 2/3 Inn, 27 H, 21 R, 15 ER, 9 BB, 32 K, 4.44 ERA)

 

#4 - Red Deer Riggers (13-4; 1st Place Sunburst League) (6)

The Red Deer Riggers climb a couple of spots from our last rankings and currently sit at #4 in the National Top 10 Rankings. The Riggers have gone on a major run in the Sunburst loop as they went 5-0 in their last two weeks of league play vaulting them into 1st place overall in the loop. The Red Deer club had a pair of wins against the Calgary Diamondbacks ans also had singlw wins against the Calgary Rockies, St Albert Tigers and Edmonton Padres. The Riggers will now prepare for their annual tournament in Red Deer and also for the Sunburst Playoffs coming up soon. 

 

Top Hitters

*Kyle Belich (14-for-39, .359 Avg, 2 HR, 3B, 3 2B, 16 R 16 RBI, SB)

*Matt Murray (20-for-50, .400 Avg, 2 HR, 9 2B, 11 R, 15 RBI, 5 SB)

*Riley Doig (11-for-30, .367 Avg, 3 HR, 3B, 3 2B, 10 R, 9 RBI, 5 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Tyler McWillie (3-1, 27 Inn, 16 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 16 BB, 37 K, 2.59 ERA)

*Rees DeRuyter (2-0, 20 2/3 Inn, 32 H, 18 R, 13 ER, 5 BB, 22 K, 4.40 ERA)

*Kai Poffenroth (2-2, 10 1/3 Inn, 11 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 1.36 ERA)

 

#3 - Cactus de Victoriaville (13-4; 1st Place Ligue de Baseball Majeur du Quebec) (1)

For the first time this summer, the Cactus de Victoriaville slip out of the #1 overall spot and fall to #3 in our National Top 10 Rankings. Although the Cactus remain in first place overall in the LBMQ, they had a bit of an off couple of weeks going 2-3 in league play. Victoriaville defeated Coaticook 5-4 and they also defeated Acton Vale 3-2. Their losses were to Thetford (5-4), Drummondville (3-2) and Sherbrooke (5-4) The Cactus will now look to rebound and make a strong run towards the playoffs as they look to capture the LBMQ regular season title. 

 

Top Hitters

*Raphael John LeBlanc (16-for-55, .290 Avg, 3 HR, 2 2B, 11 R, 12 RBI)

*Rylan Sandoval (18-for-49, .367 Avg, 2 HR, 5 2B, 13 R, 10 RBI, 3 SB)

*Emile Boies (14-for-41, .341 Avg, 2 HR, 2 2B, 11 R, 9 RBI, 2 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Rene-Dave Pelchat (4-0, 36 1/3 Inn, 32 H, 11 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 20 K, 1.93 ERA)

*Emile Boies (3-0, 1 Sv, 20 2/3 Inn, 13 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 26 K, 0.34 ERA)

*Etienne Blanchette (2-2, 1 Sv, 13 2/3 Inn, 13 H, 9 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 15 K, 1.54 ERA)

 

#2 - Boissevain Centennials (14-2; 1st Place South West League) (4)

The Boissevain Centennials climb a pair of spots this time around and end up at #2 for our National Top 10 Rankings. The Cents have had a pretty good season to this point in the year as they went 3-1 during this time frame to keep themselves atop the South West League standings. They had victories against the Deloraine Royals (7-2), Virden Oilers (13-5) and Reston Rockets (7-1) before dropping their final regular season game to the Rivers Comets (16-6). They now qualifiy for the Manitoba Provincial Tournament and will look to add a provincial title to their league title in 2024. 

 

Top Hitters

*Skylar Canada (21-for-53, .396 Avg, 2 HR, 2B, 11 R, 16 RBI, 4 SB)

*Drew Hilhorst (19-for-47, .404 Avg, HR, 2 3B, 4 2B, 10 R, 15 RBI, SB)

*Austin Clyne (24-for-43, .558 Avg, 3B, 6 2B, 17 R, 14 RBI, 4 SB)

 

Top Pitchers

*Austin Clyne (4-0, 20 Inn, 17 H, 10 R, 10 ER, 8 BB, 19 K, 3.50 ERA)

*Jay Pringle (3-0, 22 Inn, 14 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 10 BB, 19 K, 2.86 ERA)

*Zane Sawyer (3-0, 22 Inn, 19 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 23 K, 1.59 ERA)

 

#1 - Newmarket Hawks (11-2; 1st Place Greater Toronto League)

For the first time this summer a team other than the Cactus de Victoriaville is #1 in the country and that team is the Newmarket Hawks. The Newmarket club has had a pretty incredible run in the GTBL in Toronto as they are currently sitting with an 11-2 record including going 4-0 during this last two week stretch. Those games included three wins over the East York Bulldogs and a win over the Kendal Eagles. They were also 2-0-1 at the Hap Walters Tournament narrowly missing out on the final by defensive runs. The Hawks will now prepare for an opening round match-up with those same East York Bulldogs at the Ontario Elimination Tournament with a handful of league games coming up. 

 

Top Hitters

*Bryn Sanford (11-for-22, .500 Avg, 2B, 7 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB)

*Darcy Moore (10-for-32, .313 Avg, 2 HR, 4 2B, 8 R, 12 RBI, 3 SB)

*Troy McLoughlin (9-for-26, .346 Avg, HR, 7 R, 5 RBI)

 

Top Pitchers

*Josh Appel (2-0, 17 Inn, 13 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 1.59 ERA)

*Christian Mullen (2-0, 17 Inn, 13 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 11 BB, 19 K, 1.59 ERA)

*Andrew Raponi (1-0, 6 Inn, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 12 K, 1.50 ERA)

 

Congrats to all of the teams that made the list this time around. After a few weeks, we will have another look at this and release another list after a few more weeks of the season have gone by. By that point, we should be getting close to playoff time in a lot of the leagues. Hope everyone enjoys this round of the rankings!!

 

The CABC Team