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OTTAWA-The MLB First-Year Player Draft concluded today with rounds sixteen through forty taking place where 17 Canadians were selected bringing the total number of Canadians selected for the three-day event to 26.

Sixteen of the 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.

MLB First-Year Player Draft-Canadians Drafted

         Day 2

1.        3B Eric Wood (Pickering, ON) – Pittsburgh Pirates 6^th (196^th) Blinn JC

2.        *LHP David Otterman (Coquitlam, BC) – Milwaukee Brewers 7^th (245^th) UBC

3.        *C Rowan Wick (Vancouver, BC) – St. Louis Cardinals 9^th (300^th) Cypress JC

4.        *RHP Jeff Gibbs (East York, ON) – Arizona Diamondbacks 9^th (303^rd) U of Maine

5.        *INF Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, ON) – San Diego Padres 11^th (345^th) Stony Brook U

6.        *3B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, ON) – Oakland A’s 12^th (379^th) St. Michael’s College

7.        *LHP Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 12^th (385^th) Henry St. HS

8.        OF Tyler Hollick (Calgary, AB) – San Francisco Giants 14^th (448^th) Chandler-Gilbert College

9.        *RHP Dayton Dawe (London, ON) – New York Yankees 15^th (487^th) AB Lucas HS

Day 3

10.     LHP Shane Dawson (Drayton Valley, AB) – Toronto Blue Jays 17^th (535^th) Lethbridge CC

11.     *RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, ON) – Cincinnati Reds 20^th (622^nd ) St. Anne’s Catholic SS

12.     OF Julien Service (Whitby, ON) – Baltimore Orioles 21^st (642^nd) Sinclair SS

13.     2B Keaton Briscoe (Vancouver, BC) – Boston Red Sox 24^th (751^st) UBC

14.     RHP Jasvir Rakkar (Brampton, ON) – Chicago Cubs 26^th (794^th) Stony Brook University

15.     RHP Adam Paulencu (Sherwood Park, AB) – Colorado Rockies 26^th (798^th) Embry-Riddle University

16.     *OF Nathan DeSouza (Milton, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 26^th (805^th) E.C. Drury HS

17.     *OF Damion Smith (Windsor, ON) – Arizona Diamondbacks 27^th (843^rd) Holy Names Catholic HS

18.     *LHP Fernando Fernandez (Montréal, QC) – Philadelphia Phillies 27^th (848^th) Edouard Montpetit HS

19.     *RHP Jake Marks (Brights Grove, ON) – New York Mets 28^th (860^th) St Clair SS

20.     *1B Bryan Saucedo (Toronto, ON) – Milwaukee Brewers 29^th (905^th) Malvern Collegiate Institute

21.     *OF Jacob Robson (Windsor, ON) – San Diego Padres 30^th (915^th) Vincent Massey SS

22.     *RHP Logan Seifrit (Spruce Grove, AB) – Seattle Mariners 33^rd (1001^st) Vauxhall HS

23.     *RHP Christian Botnick (Brampton, ON) – Chicago Cubs 34^th (1034^th) Notre Dame Catholic SS

24.     *C Chris Shaw (Winnipeg, MB) – Milwaukee Brewers 38^th (1175^th) Holy Trinity Academy

25.     3B Shaun Valeriote (Guelph, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 39^th (1195^th) Brock University

26.     OF Derek Jones (Brampton, ON) – Milwaukee Brewers 39^th (1205^th) St. Marguerite D’Youville SS

*Current or past member of Junior National Team

Breakdown:

Drafted by: Blue Jays 4, Brewers 4, Diamondbacks 2, Padres 2, Cubs 2, Giants 1, Pirates 1, Yankees 1, Reds 1, Orioles 1, Red Sox 1, Rockies 1, Phillies 1, Mets 1, Cardinals 1, A’s 1, Mariners 1.

By Province: Ontario 17, Alberta 4, BC 3, QC 1, MB 1.