OTTAWA- The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft resumed today with rounds three through ten that saw seven Canadians taken. After Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) and Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, ON) were selected on day one, a total of nine Canadians have now been drafted with rounds 11-40 slated for the third and final day tomorrow (Noon ET).
OTTAWA- Junior National Team catcher Andy Yerzy (Toronto, ON) was selected 52nd overall in the second round of the 2016 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. He becomes the first current member of the Junior National Team program to be selected in the 2016 draft.
OTTAWA- The San Diego Padres used the 8th overall selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft this evening to select Port Hope, Ontario native Cal Quantrill out of Stanford University.
WHAT: The annual Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft (or Rule 4 Draft) gets underway tonight with the first 77 selections (Round 1, Competitive Balance Lottery Round A, Round 2, Completive Balance Lottery Round B), continues Friday with rounds three through ten and concludes on Saturday with rounds 11-40.
Statement from 2016 Baseball Canada Cup Organizing Committee
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic- From start to finish at he inaugural U20 Women’s International Cup, Canada dominated the competition scoring 54 runs while only surrendering ten in running the table and capturing gold by defeating the host Dominican Republic 13-3 Sunday afternoon at Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal.
SANTO DOMINGO, DR – As Team Canada’s starting pitcher Ann-Sophie Lavallée was getting stronger, Mexico’s pitching staff fizzled, and a seven-run fifth inning propelled the undefeated Canucks to the gold medal game of the inaugural Women’s International Cup with an 11-1 mercy rule victory at Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal. Canada will face the Dominican Republic, who edged Cuba 9-8 in the other semi-final, at 2pm ET Sunday for the championship.
SANTO DOMINGO, DR – The Mexican defenders were chasing Emma Carr’s hits all over Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal today. She hit one so hard that her teammate couldn’t even get out of the way of it on time and was called out in the second inning! The centre fielder from Toronto had two hits for the third consecutive game as Canada beat Mexico 7-3 to wrap up the round-robin portion of the inaugural U20 Women’s International Cup tournament with a perfect 3-0 record.
SANTO DOMINGO, DR – From coast to coast, like butter on toast, southpaw Claire Eccles (White Rock, BC) and righty Katie Hagen (Dartmouth, NS) used their poise as well as their curve balls to get out of jams in combining on a four-hitter while striking out six in Team Canada’s convincing 9-1 win over the host Dominican Republic at Santo Domingo’s Olympic Stadium at the inaugural U20 Women’s International Cup tournament.
OTTAWA-There will never be another like him.
