Baseball Canada | Twenty-one Canadians selected in 2013 MLB Draft

June 08, 2013

Twenty-one Canadians selected in 2013 MLB Draft

TORONTO- The third and final day of the 2013 MLB Draft took place today with fifteen Canadians selected by MLB clubs bringing the grand total to 21 Canadians taken over the three day event.

Fifteen players selected are either current or former members of the Junior National Team.

Baseball Canada would like to congratulate all Canadians that were selected over the past three days.

Canadians selected in 2013 MLB Draft

1) LHP Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, AB) – Chicago Cubs 2^nd Round (41^st overall) University of Missouri
2) RF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) – Seattle Mariners 3^rd Round (85^th overall) Langley Blaze/JNT*
3) RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) – Washington Nationals 4^th Round (136^th overall) New Mexico JC*
4) LHP Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, ON) – Baltimore Orioles 5^th Round (159^th overall) Ontario Terriers/JNT*
5) SS Malik Collymore (Mississauga, ON) – St. Louis Cardinals 10^th Round (305^th overall) Ontario Blue Jays/JNT*
6) RHP Andrew Cooper (Belle River, ON) – Washing ton Nationals 12^th Round (376^th overall) Sierra JC
7) 3B Lachlan Fontaine (Vancouver, BC) – Seattle Mariners 13^th Round (387^th overall) North Shore Twins/JNT*
8) 3B Adam Nelubowich (Stony Plain, AB) – Houston Astros 18^th Round (527^th overall) Washington State University*
9) RHP Sean Ratcliffe (Ajax, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 18^th Round (535^th overall) Ontario Blue Jays/JNT*
10) RHP Dylan Rheault (Garson, ON) - Baltimore Orioles 19th Round (579th overall) Central Michigan University
11) SS Daniel Pinero (Toronto, ON) – Houston Astros 20^th Round (587^th overall) Ontario Blue Jays*
12) C Morgan Lofstrom (Kelowna, BC) – Cincinnati Reds 20^th Round (615^th overall) Okanagan A’s/JNT*
13) C Mike Reeves (Peterborough, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 21^st Round (625^th overall) Florida Gulf Coast University
14) RHP Daniel Procopio (Toronto, ON) – New York Mets 22^nd Round (656^th overall) Toronto Mets/JNT*
15) C Owen Spiwak (Mississauga, ON) – New York Mets 26^th Round (776^th overall) Ontario Blue Jays/JNT*
16) RHP Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) – New York Yankees 26^th Round (794^th overall) Ontario Terriers/JNT*
17) RHP Dylan Brooks (Dorchester, ON) - San Francisco Giants 30^th Round (912^th overall) London Majors/JNT*
18) SS Charles Leblanc (Laval, QC) – Milwaukee Brewers 33^rd Round, (992^nd overall) ABC
19) OF Julien Service (Whitby, ON) – Minnesota Twins 37^th Round (1100^th overall) Northeast Texas JC
20) RHP Kurtis Kostuk (Abbotsford, BC) – Arizona Diamondbacks 38^th (1140^th) Abbotsford Cardinals/JNT*
21) SS Chris Thibideau (Dartmouth, NS) – San Diego Padres 40^th Round (1198^th) Vauxhall Academy/JNT*

*Current or former member of Junior National Team

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