Ottawa Titans (baseball)

The Ottawa Titans is a professional baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] They play their home games at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park. They become the city's sixth professional baseball franchise succeeding the International League's Ottawa Giants, Ottawa Athletics and Ottawa Lynx, the Can Am League's Ottawa Rapidz and Ottawa Champions as well as and the Intercounty Baseball League's Ottawa Fat Cats

Ottawa Titans
Information
LeagueFrontier League
LocationOttawa, Ontario
BallparkRCGT Park
Year founded2020
ColoursRed, black, white
     
OwnershipSam Katz, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, Jacques J.M. Shore
ManagerSteve Brook
Websiteottawatitans.com

History

After the 2019 season, the Can-Am League merged with the Frontier League, leaving Ottawa without a baseball team. In September 2020, the Frontier League decided to expand to Ottawa, announcing that the league would be granting a franchise to a group led by Sam Katz, the former mayor of Winnipeg and owner of the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, and Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, who owns the Ottawa 67's junior hockey team and the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League. The league considers Ottawa to be an expansion team.[2][3][4]

On October 6, 2020, Ottawa announced Steve Brook as the team's inaugural manager. Brook previously managed the River City Rascals in the Frontier League from 2010 to 2019. He led the Rascals to a 488–373 record over his nine seasons at the helm including the 2010 and 2019 championships.[5] In December 2020, Ottawa announced the team name as Ottawa Titans a result of a name-the-team contest,[5][6] and the team colors in the tradition of Ottawa sports franchises such as the Ottawa Redblacks, Ottawa 67's, and Ottawa Senators.[6]

Roster
Ottawa Titans roster
Active (24-man) roster Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • -- Tanner Cable
  • -- Austin Dubsky
  • -- Evan Grills
  • -- Carter Hayes
  • -- Micah Kaczor
  • -- Mateos Kekatos
  • -- Cody Mincey
  • -- Alex Nolan
  • -- Brandon Sherman
  • -- Jackson Sigman
  • -- Cody Thopson
  • -- Justin Watts
  • -- Paul Young
  

Catchers

Infielders

  • -- Trevor Achenbach
  • -- Kyle Barret
  • -- Brandt Broussard
  • -- Elliott Curtis
  • -- Nick Gotta

Outfielders

  • -- Nick Anderson
  • -- Kevin Connolly
  • -- Matt Feinstein
  • -- Kyle Gaedele
  • -- Tony Holton
  • -- Zach Racusin
  

Manager

  • -- Steve Brook

Coaches

  • -- Nick Kennedy (assistant)
  • -- Kyle Gaedele (hitting)
  • -- Cody Mincey (pitching)

Disabled list
‡ Inactive list
§ Suspended list

Roster updated February 2, 2021
 Transactions

References
  1. "Ottawa gets Frontier League baseball team for 2021". CBC News. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  2. "Frontier League Welcomes Ottawa for 2021 Season". frontierleague.com (Press release). Frontier League. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  3. Reichard, Kevin (25 September 2020). "Frontier League returns to Ottawa in 2021". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  4. Baines, Tim (23 September 2020). "PLAY BALL! Sam Katz confident baseball will be a hit in Ottawa when it returns next year". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
  5. "Decorated Manager Brook Hired to Lead Ottawa". frontierleague.com (Press release). Frontier League. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. Baines, Tim (3 December 2020). "REMEMBER THE TITANS: Ottawa's new pro baseball team gets a name". Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 3 December 2020.


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