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William Sierra


RHP William Sierra                 

Hometown: Montreal, Que.  

Bats/Throws: R/R 

Height/Weight: 6’ 0” 160 lbs.

Teams: Academy Baseball Canada/Sport etudes Edouard Montpetit/Canadian Junior National Team/C-Chipola Jr College.         

Coaches: Rob Fatal, Richard Emond, Stephane Lepage, Greg Hamilton. 

Previous Teams: Les Ailes du Quebec/DBacks Langley Blaze.

Previous: Coaches: Sebastian Rivest, Doug Mathieson.

Twitter Handle: @will_winning36 

Drafted: 28th round by New York Mets and scout Claude Pelletier in 2016.

On other lists: 12th best high schooler in Canada on Baseball America's top 15 list ... 499th on Perfect Game top 500 HS list (02/02/17) ... PG’s 15th best Canuck prospect 

Scouting Reports: Fastball clocked at 91 mph (7/11/2016)  ...     

 

2017 season: Dominican summer trip: Eight walks, nine strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings, 3.12 ERA ... Worked 4 1/3 innings facing the Mariners allowing two hits and five walks, while striking out seven in his 92-pitch outing ... Tossed a perfect first vs. Mets, then back-to-back walks in the second before allowing a home run. Two quick outs in the fourth before back-to-back singles only to see one run score on an error before a successful double steal. Fanned two ... Extended spring trip: Allowed one run on four hits, three walks while whiffing three in five innings (1.80) ... Turned in three scoreless innings giving up one hit and one walk, while recording a strikeout in draw against Blue Jays ... Pitched two innings against the Braves striking out a pair ... March trip _ Gave up four runs on five hits and two walks in five innings, striking out five facing the Toronto Blue Jays split squad ... Made adjustments between starts and had three scoreless including two strikeouts in win over Red Sox.


2016 season _ WWBA World Championship: 90 MPH at Jupiter ... At 17U Super 25 National Championship at Jet Blue Player Development Complex in Fort Myers 91 MPH with ABC ... Cuba trip: Five hitless innings but walked six, struck out four, two runs, both unearned ... Pitched 4 2/3 innings one run, four strikeouts in loss ... Facing IC All-Stars: Struck out a pair leaving bases loaded. but two two-run homers to build a 5-0 lead ... Dominican summer tour: two innings, two runs allowed to the Dodgers ... March trip to St. Pete’s ... Allowed two hits and struck out four over two innings of work facing Puerto Rico ,,, Three innings and allowed one run on two hits and a walk, while striking out one Toronto Blue Jay two hitless innings as he walked one batter and fanned two vs. Braves ... Extended spring trip: Allowed three three-run homer vs. Jays ... 

2015 season _ JNT Fall trip to ESPN: Doubles vs. Braves .,, Singled against Nationals ... Had 2-for-3 day vs Braves ... National Championship at Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint Sports in Emerson, Ga. Pitched eight scoreless allowing three hits and walking five, while striking out 10.  

Honours: 2017 .... Canada/Puerto Rico Rawlings-Perfect Game Honorable Mention All-American ... 2016 season: Perfect PG Super25 Mid-Atlantic Regionals All-tournament team ... 2015 season ... Earned all-tournament honours at 18U National Championship at Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint, Ga. 

Sierra selected by New York Mets

Sierra says no to Mets

Mark Lidbetter: Sierra has a future