Baseball Canada | 31 Canadians Picked in Second Day of MLB Draft

June 07, 2008

31 Canadians Picked in Second Day of MLB Draft

OTTAWA, ON - The first day of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft saw ONE Canadian selected, that being Brett Lawrie of Langley, BC who was selected 16^th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers.

On the second day of the MLB draft, 31 Canadians were selected. A total of 32 Canadians were selected over the two day event. Here are the Canadians selected on the second day of the draft:

Andrew Albers; North Battleford, SK (10^th round, 315^th/Padres), LHP
Brad Furdal; Ancaster, ON. (11^{th round}, 323^rd/Rays), RHP
David Francis; Mississauga, ON (12^thround, 370^th/Braves), RHP
Marcel Champagnie; Bolton, ON (15^thround, 469^th/Angels), SS/OF
Carter Morrison; Langley, BC (16^thround, 479^th/Reds), CF
Stosh Wawrzasek; Langley, BC (16^thround, 488^th/Brewers), RHP
Michael Crouse; Port Moody, BC (16^thround, 489^th/Blue Jays), OF
Nick Bucci; Sarnia, ON (18^thround, 548^th/Brewers), RHP
Jordan Meaker; Burlington, ON (20^thround, 618^th/Diamondbacks), RHP
Mathieu Poirier; Montreal, QC (21^stround, 634^th/Athletics), RHP
Mitch Delaney; LaSalle, ON (21^stround, 650^th/Yankees), 1B
Carter Bell; Courtenay, BC (22^ndround, 657^th/Giants), INF
Marcus Knecht; Toronto, ON (23^rdround, 698^th/Brewers), OF
Michael Gosse; Pitt Meadows, BC (23^rdround, 703^rd/Tigers), 2B
Lionel Morrill; Edmonton, AB (24^thround, 726^th/Twins), OF
Brad McElroy; St. Thomas, ON (25^thround, 759^th/Blue Jays), OF
J.R. Robinson; Burnaby, BC (31^stround, 939^th/Blue Jays), LHP
Jordan Lennerton; Surrey, BC (33^rdround, 1003^rd/Tigers), 1B
François Lafreniere; St-Bruno, QC (34^thround, 1017^th/Giants), RHP
Ruddy Rio-Nunez; Montreal, QC (35^thround, 1066^th/Phillies), OF
Nick Purdy; Grafton, ON (36^thround, 1075^th/Royals), RHP/OF
Clay Caufield; Toronto, ON (38^thround, 1160^th/Yankees), RHP
Nick Fogarty; Richmond Hill, ON (40^thround, 1208^th/Brewers), LHP
Benson Merritt; Smithville, ON (42^ndround, 1259^th/Reds), RHP
George Agyapong-Mensah; Mississauga, ON (44^thround, 1329^th/Blue Jays), RF
Jean-François Ricard; Montreal, QC (44^thround, 1334^th/Mets), LHP
David Cooper, Edmonton, AB. (44^thround, 1337^th/Diamondbacks), SS
James Kottaras; Markham, ON (45^thround, 1357^th/Brewers), 2B
Ashton Florko; Trail, BC (45^thround, 1359^th/Cubs), LHP
Nathan Linseman; Ariss, ON (45^thround, 1361^st/Tigers), LHP
Leonardo Ochoa; Longeuil, QC (48^thround, 1428^th/Giants), SS

Baseball Canada would like to congratulate all the Canadians selected during the two days of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

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