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OTTAWA-Eric Wood (Pickering, ON) became the first Canadian selected in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft today when the Pittsburgh Pirates took him in the 6^th round, 196^th overall.

In total, nine Canadians were selected on day two of MLB’s First-Year Player Draft which saw rounds two through fifteen completed. The draft will conclude tomorrow beginning at Noon ET for rounds sixteen to forty.

Wood played this spring at Blinn Junior College in Brenham, Texas where he hit 4 home runs with 39 RBI in 53 games, while playing third base.

This is the second consecutive year that Wood has been selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft as the Oakland A’s made him a 37^th round selection, 1125^th overall in 2011.

LHP David Otterman (Coquitlam, BC) was the next Canadian off the board as he went to the Milwaukee Brewers in the 7^th round, 245^th overall out of the University of British Colombia.

A trio of Junior National Team grads were next to go as C Rowan Wick (Vancouver, BC) went to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9^th round, 300^th overall out of Cypress Junior College; RHP Jeff Gibbs (East York, ON) went three picks later to the Arizona Diamondbacks out of the University of Maine and INF Maxx Tissenbaum landed with the San Diego Padres in the 11^th round, 345^th overall out of Stony Brook University.

Johnny Caputo (Toronto, ON) became the first current member of the Junior National Team to be taken as the Oakland A’s made the Third Baseman their 12^th round pick, 379^th overall. Caputo was followed by LHP Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, ON) who went to the Toronto Blue Jays also in the 12^th round at 385^th overall and Dayton Dawe (London, ON) became the third member of the JNT to be drafted on the day as he went to the New York Yankees in the 15^th round, 487^th overall.

Tyler Hollick (Calgary, AB), an outfielder from Chandler-Gilbert College was selected in the 14^th round, 448^th overall by the San Francisco Giants.

Follow Baseball Canada on Twitter (www.twitter.com/baseballcanada) as we will post all Canadian draft selections on Day Three of the draft as they are made available.

MLB First-Year Player Draft-Canadians Drafted

1. 3B Eric Wood (Pickering, ON) – Pittsburgh Pirates 6^th (196^th) Blinn JC

2. +LHP David Otterman (Coquitlam, BC) – Milwaukee Brewers 7^th (245^th) UBC

3. +C Rowan Wick (Vancouver, BC) – St. Louis Cardinals 9^th (300^th) Cypress JC

4. +RHP Jeff Gibbs (East York, ON) – Arizona Diamondbacks 9^th (303^rd) U of Maine

5. +INF Maxx Tissenbaum (Toronto, ON) – San Diego Padres 11^th (345^th) Stony Brook U

6. *3B Johnny Caputo (Toronto, ON) – Oakland A’s 12^th (379^th) St. Michael’s College

7. *LHP Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, ON) – Toronto Blue Jays 12^th (385^th) Henry St. HS

8. OF Tyler Hollick (Calgary, AB) – San Francisco Giants 14^th (448^th) Chandler-Gilbert College

9. *RHP Dayton Dawe (London, ON) – New York Yankees 15^th (487^th) AB Lucas HS

*Current Member of Junior National Team
+Junior National Team Alumni