Baseball Canada | Five Canadians Taken in First Day of Draft

June 08, 2007

Five Canadians Taken in First Day of Draft

The first day of the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft saw five Canadians taken within the first four rounds. Here are the players chosen:

RHP Phillippe Aumont, Gatineau, QC (1^st round, 11^th/Mariners)
RHP Kyle Lotzkar, Delta, B.C. (1^st round*, 53^rd/Reds)
RHP Trystan Magnuson, Vancouver, B.C. (1^st round*, 56^th/Blue Jays)
C Lars Davis, Grande Prairie, AB (3^rd round, 102^nd/Rockies)
RHP Mitch Hodge, Vancouver, B.C. (4^th round, 106^th/Royals)

Aumont is the highest Canadian chosen in the draft since Adam Loewen of Surrey, B.C. was chosen fourth overall and Jeff Francis of Vancouver, B.C. was chosen ninth overall in 2002.

The First Year Player Draft continues Friday with rounds 6 to 50 and it is expected that many more Canadians will be selected. The second day of the draft starts at 11:30 am ET.

* supplemental pick

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