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July 11, 2023

2023 MLB Draft: Canadian recap

OTTAWA – Toronto’s Brady Cerkownyk and Junior National Team grad Jérémy Pilon (Valleyfield, QC) were the only two Canadians selected on the third and final day of the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft with rounds 11 through 20 taking place.

The three day total of Canadians selected sits at nine players in total with the Toronto Blue Jays accounting for two selections while the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Rays had one each.

Canadians selected in 2023 MLB First-Year Player Draft

*3B Myles Naylor (Mississauga, ON) – Oakland Athletics – Competitive Balance Round A (39^th overall) Junior National Team/Ontario Blue Jays
RHP Matt Duffy (Burlington, ON) – Boston Red Sox – Round 4 (115^th overall) Canisius College
*LHP Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays – Round 5 (157^th overall) University of Michigan
*OF Sam Shaw (Victoria, BC) – Toronto Blue Jays – Round 9 (274^th overall) Victoria Eagles
OF Avery Owusu-Asiedu (Saskatoon, SK) – Philadelphia Phillies – Round 9 (283^rd overall) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
LHP Matt Wilkinson (Ladner, BC) – Cleveland Guardians – Round 10 (308^th overall) Central Arizona
OF Pier-Olivier Boucher (Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, QC) – Atlanta Braves - Round 10 (309^th overall) Southern Illinois U Carbondale
C Brady Cerkownyk (Toronto, ON) – Detroit Tigers – Round 15 (440^th overall) Connors State
*LHP Jérémy Pilon (Valleyfield, QC) – Tampa Bay Rays – Round 18 (543^rd overall) Junior National Team

*Junior National Team alumni

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