Baseball Canada announced, today, its roster for the National Junior Team’s final training camp and exhibition series in preparation for the World Junior AAA championships in September.
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The training camp, which will be held in Havana, Cuba Sept. 9 to 16, will mark the last of four steps in the selection process for Baseball Canada’s national junior team. A fall instructional league camp was held last September while baseball Canada staged a spring training camp in April followed by a series of exhibition games against Major League Baseball instructional teams on a tour of the Dominican Republic.
Of the 23 players invited to camp, 18 will be selected to represent Canada at the World Junior AAA Championships also in Cuba, Sept. 17 to 27.
“Throughout the year, all of these athletes have proven they can compete at a very high level and that’s why they’ve been invited to this camp,” said National Junior Team head coach Greg Hamilton. “We’re going to have to make some tough decisions to set our final roster for the World Championships, but Canada will be well represented.”
The Canadian contingent will play four exhibition games against the Cuban National team during the training camp.
Schedule
Saturday, Sept. 9 - Practice
Sunday, Sept. 10 - Canada vs. Cuba
Monday, Sept. 11 - Practice
Tuesday, Sept. 12 - Canada vs. Cuba
Wednesday, Sept. 13 - Canada vs. Cuba
Thursday, Sept. 14 - Day Off
Friday Sept. 15 - Canada vs. Cuba
