OTTAWA- Markham, Ontario’s Jordan Romano made his Major League Baseball debut last night at Camden Yards in Baltimore when he tossed a perfect seventh inning for the Toronto Blue Jays in an 8-6 win over the Orioles.
OTTAWA- Edmonton’s Madison Willan, who helped Canada capture a bronze medal at the 2018 WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup, along with Isabella Bortolotto (Nanaimo, BC), Ellie Jespersen (Spruce Grove, AB) and Noémye Letendre (Drummondville, QC) have been selected by Major League Baseball to attend the 2019 Girls baseball Breakthrough Series from June 14 – 18 at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida.
OTTAWA- Twenty Canadians were selected on day three of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft bringing the total number of Canadians drafted over the three-day event to 25.
OTTAWA- The Toronto Blue Jays made Junior National Team outfielder Dasan Brown the top Canadian selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft when they chose the Oakville, Ontario native with their third round pick, 88th overall.
WHAT: The annual Major League Baseball Draft (or Rule 4 Draft) gets underway tonight (7pm ET MLB Network/MLB.com) with the first 78 selections (First Round, First Round Compensation, Competitive Balance Round A, Second Round, Completive Balance Round B, Second Round Compensation), continues Tuesday with rounds three through ten and concludes on Wednesday with rounds 11-40.
OTTAWA-It’s that time of year where 64 Division 1 baseball programs begin their quest for Omaha, Nebraska, home of the College World Series, where a national champion will be crowned at the end of June.
BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic –-- Cater Morris (Vernon, BC) turned in four solid innings on the mound while Dasan Brown (Oakville, ON) drove in three runs to lead the Junior National Team to a 12-7 win over the Dominican Summer League Rockies in what was the 13th and final game on the DSL tour.
OTTAWA- Junior National Team alumnus Josh Naylor (Mississauga, ON) has been called up by the San Diego Padres and is set to make his Major League Baseball debut this weekend at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Blue Jays host the Padres for a three-game series.
GUERRA/BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic –-- Facing their 11th and 12th games in the last eight days the Junior National Team made the 45 minute ride to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ historic complex in the Dominican Republic for an early morning contest before traveling to Boca Chica in the afternoon to face the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Reds in the afternoon.
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