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OTTAWA – Baseball Canada has announced the 23 athletes selected to attend to the Junior National Team Selection Camp from October 16–20 in the Dominican Republic.
Players will compete for a spot on Canada’s final 20-player roster for the 2026 WBSC Americas U-18 Pan American Championship from October 22-29 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic.
The five-day camp will include four games against professional academy teams from the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals.
The roster features a wealth of Junior National Team experience, with 17 of the 23 athletes having previously represented Canada as part of the program.
Returning to the Junior National Team are RHP Calum Andersen (Calgary, AB), INF Kadyn Armitage (Surrey, BC), OF Maxime Blain (Repentigny, QC), RHP/OF Austin Blair (Victoria, BC), INF Ramsey Chung (Mississauga, ON), OF Sam Ellis (La Pêche, QC), RHP Gabe Fink (Edmonton, AB), 1B Jalen Jacob (Maple, ON), MIF Elliot Lascelles (Toronto, ON), 1B/RHP Zach MacDonald (Lacombe, AB), INF Cohen Miller (Calgary, AB), RHP Max Nantais-Vlahovich (Mississauga, ON), RHP Joseph Pereira (Etobicoke, ON), LHP Ethan Reason (Stouffville, ON), C Taye Thierman (Calgary, AB), RHP Desmond Tregaskis (Delta, BC), and C Rhys Whiteford (Duncan, BC).
Six players are set to make their Junior National Team debuts in RHP Caleb Dupuis (Georgetown, ON), 3B/2B Dayne Liske (Drayton Valley, AB), OF Daril Rodriguez (Red Deer, AB), RHP Evan Shewfelt (Grimsby, ON), LHP Deven Simonovic (Victoria, BC) and LHP Johann Sternberg (Toronto, ON).
Head Coach and Director of Men’s National Teams Greg Hamilton will lead the coaching staff alongside former National Team and professional players Chris Begg, Jesse Hodges and Mike Johnson.
Follow the Junior National Team throughout Selection Camp on X at @BaseballCANJNT and follow Baseball Canada on Instagram and Facebook for additional content.
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