Baycats open 2026 season with victory over Puig-led Toronto Maple Leafs

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A new era of Barrie Baycats baseball has finally started.

The team is playing in the recently renamed Canadian Baseball League, which is now a fully professional circuit.

And that was on full display in the Baycats’ season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs, who fielded disgraced former MLB All-Star Yasiel Puig.

Puig, who is preparing for sentencing in the U.S. in a high-profile sports gambling case, was held hitless by the Baycats, who walked away with a dominant 6-1 win.

But the Baycats would stumble in Game 2 on the road against London, falling 4-2.

Next up is a home game tonight against Welland.

Marco Vigliotti
Marco Vigliotti
Marco Vigliotti is the editor-in-chief of iPolitics. He's been writing about federal politics on-and-off since 2015. In addition to his work with iPolitics, he's a regular guest on CBC Radio. He's worked as a journalist in three different provinces, and previously served as the city editor for the Ottawa Citizen.

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