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TORONTO- A total of 16 Canadians were selected during the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft including 13 today.

Twelve players selected are either current or former members of Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team program.

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

Canadians selected in 2014 MLB Draft

Day One

1) OF Gareth Morgan (Toronto, ON) – Seattle Mariners, Competitive Balance Round B (74th overall), Junior National Team/Ontario Blue Jays

Day Two

2) RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, ON) – Houston Astros, 2nd Round (166th overall), Central Arizona College
3) RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays, 10th Round (294th overall), Oral Roberts University

Day Three

4) C Jordan Procyshen (Calgary, AB) – Boston Red Sox, 14^th Round (434^th overall), Northern Kentucky University
5) C Chris Shaw (Winnipeg, MB) – St. Louis Cardinals, 14^th Round (435^th overall), Midland College
6) LHP Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, MB) – Milwaukee Brewers, 16^th Round (476^th overall), Junior National Team/Vauxhall
7) 3B Mitchell Robinson (Surrey, BC) – Miami Marlins, 22^nd Round (647^th overall), Junior National Team/Langley Blaze
8) 3B Robert Byckowski (Etobicoke, ON) – Cincinnati Reds, 22^nd Round (665^th overall), Junior National Team/Ontario Blue Jays
9) RHP Zach Pop (Brampton, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays, 23^rd Round (684^th overall), Junior National Team/Ontario Blue Jays
10) LHP Kurtis Horne (Sooke, BC) – New York Mets, 31^st Round (925^th overall), Junior National Team/Langley Blaze
11) OF Austen Swift (Etobicoke, ON) – Oakland Athletics, 35^th Round (1062^nd overall), Ontario Blue Jays
12) RHP Cody Chartrand (Nanaimo, BC) – Texas Rangers, 36^th Round (1086^th overall), Lewis-Clark State College
13) 2B Michael Foster (Pickering, ON) – Houston Astros, 38^th Round (1126^th overall), Northeastern University
14) 2B Louis-Philippe Pelletier (Montréal, QC) – San Diego Padres, 38^th Round (1137^th overall), Junior National Team/ABC
15) SS Brad Antchak (Delta, BC) – Houston Astros, 39^th Round (1156^th overall), Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
16) OF Julien Service (Whitby, ON) – Chicago White Sox, 40^th Round (1188^th overall), Howard College

Bold indicates current or former member of Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team (18U) program